Having your quench tank to the side of the forge takes it away from directed heat coming out of the forge. As for the radiant heat from the sides sh...

You can make a pouch type sheath. Not sure if that’s the correct term. But you more or less tape the blade up. Then wet the the leather and press it t...

Not that I’m anyone. You can take your performance test after 2 years of apprenticeship. And “IF” you have completed the “Introduction to Bladesmithin...

@joshua-c-states Actually that’s preheat-treat in the picture. I was grinding of scale when I noticed it. so I take it that makes it worse lol. previo...

@krcashenabs if I overheat it. Do I let it cool to the 1800 before forging? Or do I need to normalize or stress relieve, before forging? I don’t gener...

I don’t have either of those steels on hand in dimensions that I’d be comfortable trying to forge a cleaver from. The O1 was what I had on hand in dim...