About to cut a strip off the spring to put it in the forge

Yes, the final hardness depends on the temper heat

When forging you go up to a high red/orange heat around 2000 degrees so it loses all its stiffness.

You have to re-harden it after grinding by quenching, in oil for this type of steel.

@uncephalized are you making a sword?

This knife forging thing is becoming so popular

Got a cutlass in progress @Clive

Yeah well it is pretty dang fun @Just for youtube [NB1]

But no @Clive right now just making some little knives.

you, sir, are fucking awesome

Couple of blanks ready to go in the fire.

Thanks man, I'm trying to make a living out of this so I try my best.

You've sold them?

I've sold a few. Just formed an LLC recently. I do repair work on swords and stuff too.

This is some of my best work to date

Ah I have some other ones but the files are too big and I'm not at my desktop.

I hate you, @uncephalized. 🤣

Working in the preform tapers

@Mandatory Carry ?

dude, that's dope

You have a blacksmithing shop.
Or access to one, anyways.
(Relax, I'm mostly joking. 😉)

wish i had talent like that. I'm stuck with this stupid drawing ability 😂

@RuRu I get you, can you show us something you draw?

drew*

Drawed??

Drawified?

@Mandatory Carry I started out with some rusty dull files and a floor sander clamped upside down in a bench vise. If you want to do it, do it.

at least you have a talent

cool man!

woman?

human?

@RuRu that is nice as hell man.

thanks!

i like the actively moving audio wave on the laptop

great pic, too bad it's the worst Zelda game ever CHANGE MY MIND

i played maybe 20 minutes of it

never played it. twas a commission

oh, well sweet