Blacksmithing Thread Post what you've been working on recently.

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>>1159876
Was using plain red oak from Lowe's for the handle, planned on staining it with ebony or some other dark brown stain

>>1159876
If taking a grinder to an old file is "blacksmithing" then I guess me chopping firewood is "woodworking".

>>1159995
Give the guy a break dickhead.

Was watching forged in fire earlier, i wish i had access to the right tools to give a shot at it.
Post the finished product OP when you finish.

>>1159999
Forged in fire is awful.. I know a lot of the guys who have completed. Decent entertainment I guess with exposure.

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I wouldn't consider stock removal to be blacksmithing per se, but it is an extremely important skill for blacksmithing. You can't make a knife without it.

Here's one of my old ones. I have some solid, tool steel, saw blades now. I've been meaning to turn them into cutlery for some time. I just picked up a ton of discs from ebay too.

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>>1160026
Hmm I should have just posted this image I guess.

>repost

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>>1159876
made this over spring break. O1 and bocote

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>>1160084
>>1159878
when your done sanding it air blast the shit out of the wood, the large pores trap a ton of dust

>>1159995
>>1160026

Nah, although it wasn't much, I did forge the tip to a point from flat, and I used a hot cut tool for the handle end, which I made myself too. Again, although it isn't much, I consider it progress since I just started.

>>1160084
very nice

>>1160085
thanks, I'll keep that in mind

Is blacksmithing useful? Can I make money on it or create cost-effective tools?

>>1161757
Yes it is useful, yes you can make money, yes you can create cost effective tools. Buuuuut you have to be good at it or have a market for these things to happen

>>1161762
Which, of course, takes time and money.
Even getting your initial investment back will take a while - if it happens at all.