Today’s Topic: The Blacksmith’s Anvil! Hello everyone and welcome back to the blacksmith blog! Today, I will be taking a step away from knives and talk about blacksmithing! I figured that since this is The Blacksmith Blog I should probably talk a little about blacksmithing. Square one is generally a good place to start so let's discuss tools! There are as many tools and tool variations as there are blacksmiths. Today, I am going to talk about the anvil. The anvil a key component of any smithy. It will be used in everything you make from knives to coat racks to S-hooks. The anvil is the main and most used tool in the smithy and often the most expensive. It is comprised of many parts such as the face, the horn, the step, the hardie hole, and the pritchel hole. The face of the anvil is the flat surface upon which you work most often. The horn, I feel, is self explanatory. For anyone who does not know what it is though, ...
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Hello everyone! Welcome back to another entry in the blacksmith blog! Today’s Topic: Knife Points! Knives are one of my favorite things in the world. I have collected them for my entire life and own dozens upon dozens. Of all the knives I own and all the ones I have made, I have a few favorite styles that I enjoy making time and time again that i could talk about for days! For now however, I'll give a brief description of the main types of knives tips out there. This will not include swords because that is a whole post of its own. Also just a reminder that slicing and chopping rely on the grind more that the profile of a blade; however some blade styles lend themselves more to one than the other. The first knife I would like to cover is the tanto. The tanto is a simple very simple blade to forge. It is a simple straight blade with, like most knife designs, a unique tip. The tip of a tanto doesn’t curve, but cuts up at a sharp fort...
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Hey guys! I had the idea to start a blog and I wanted to talk about some of my favorite pastimes and the basis of my business: Blacksmithing and Knives! Now I may mix in other topics here and there such as covering projects I’m working on or a history of knives or blacksmithing. But in general I want to discuss certain blacksmithing techniques or styles, guides on how to do certain processes and a general discussion on all things blacksmithing. I really hope everyone enjoys and comes back to read the next installments as i hope to upload weekly. I encourage everyone to have discussions in the comment section or just comment your general thoughts on the topic or my blogging skills or lack thereof. I can answer any questions anyone may have (or at least hope I can!) and if I can’t, I will do my best to ask some of my colleagues who have been in the business for much longer than I. Today’s Topic: A brief history on knife material! Around 2.5 mi...