Awesome!

vetryan15 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2020 at 8:57am:


I would totally buy one from you if the price is right. Dead serious. 

Cool knives. Forge isn't something I've ever thought about, but it looks like a cool hobby.

I loved forging when I was in highschool. I made a half a dozen swords and a couple dozen knives or so. Most weren't very good, but they were really fun to make. I never got into using different types of steels or forge welding though. I wish I had. I still have all of my forging stuff, just no where to do it that is quiet, or wouldn't set everything on fire.  I forge welded 2 pieces of mild steel together to see if it would work, and that is the only forge welding I ever successfully did.

God I get jealous of some of your adventures vet

Good looking knives.  They look indestructible.

Here are the finished products of the metal i was forging. These are Hudson Bay style knives. That mountain men towards the Rocky mountains, was most popular style. These are 12 inchs long.  7inch blade, 5 inch handle. Made out of old leaf springs that were found on my property in the woods. Lol. The light wood is Cherrywood. Dark wood is Walnut. 
( which was one of the more popular woods they used. ) i just used natural stain, as i like to make the grain out of the wood POP. last one is dyed leather, with hemp wrapped around it. These are very thick, i  filed in some jimping, which are littles marks on the spine of the blade right before the handle, it acts as you press your thumb on it, as extra grip on the knife. The sheath are dyed,  and made in the style of scout carry on your belt. Its 5 to 7 oz veg tanned leather. With Resolone as a protectant and waterproofing. 2 were supposed to be sold, but i think they might fall through. So after Christmas,  they might be available.  1 is a gift.


I apologize for the butt pic, but that is called scout carry

Starting the think of a possible trade... hmm