Yesterday was my first time back at the anvil after almost a 7-month break and I forged an 8-inch chef from 1095. Starting stock Normalizing fini...

@Michael Samdahl, this is all done in the press.

Welcome to the ABS and the madness of this craft!Post your work and not just finished pieces. Post progress shots along the way.

and made a bar out of it.  V2-Finished-bar-2.JPG

I took one of these  W2-slice.jpg

When I first started out, I built my first forge. There wasn't the plethora of tutorials and YT videos, etc. showing how to build a propane forge that...

Welome Wu. I am always interested by how people from other cultures make knives, set up their shop, and what their processes are. The ANS forum is a g...

Another thought: Get yourself enrolled in whichever school you decide you are going to pursue. There you will meet other students and teachers who c...

A few suggestions: You will be looking for commercial space, which can be pretty spendy. Especially considering the perceived dangers around the hot...

You are not overthinking it. As you have found out, bronze can vary from supplier to supplier, and from one batch to another. Silicon bronze is by f...

Also:A way to measure temperature in your forge is a gamechanger. In place of that set up, you can also use a small amount of flux on your billets to ...

I agree with Matt on this one. I notice in the second photo that the effect is occurring along the weld seam between different steel layers. Without k...

I use a 3M spray adhesive on my disc sander and attach various grits directly to the disc. The trick is to only use a light dusting of adhesive. You r...

That is a great example of doing a lot with a little piece of steel.

@Michael Samdahl I have failed a lot, so I got used to it. I still fail a lot, though not as drastically as I used to. Unless we are talking about m...