Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Been watching a lot of blacksmithing programmes on telly and YouTube for a while now and its been creating an urge to make stuff. I did a bit of blacksmithing in my RN apprenticeship so I know the principles, but that was 30-cough years ago.
So to see if it's something I can take beyond the "thinking about it" stage, I've decided to make a wee knife just using the tools I have to hand. I'm going to make a Kiridashi style knife like this -
Tools to hand are a hacksaw, Dremel, some files. Going to get a blowtorch for heat treating but hopefully that should be the only thing I need to get other than the bit of tool steel I've ordered.
I've no interest in making big knives, small crafting blades or pocket knives at most.
Any advice welcome.
So to see if it's something I can take beyond the "thinking about it" stage, I've decided to make a wee knife just using the tools I have to hand. I'm going to make a Kiridashi style knife like this -
Tools to hand are a hacksaw, Dremel, some files. Going to get a blowtorch for heat treating but hopefully that should be the only thing I need to get other than the bit of tool steel I've ordered.
I've no interest in making big knives, small crafting blades or pocket knives at most.
Any advice welcome.