Marcus Folkesson

Embedded Linux Artist

Forge a kitchen knife

Forge a kitchen knife Another attempt to forge a knife. The metal I use for this project is part of a feather harrow that I collected from my father farm. I cut out a ~8x4cm long piece from the springs of the feather harrow: Bosse (the dog) never leaves me, so I got him a sack to snuggle down on at the outside of the garage. I used the gas forge for the entire project.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Thursday, August 1, 2024

Forge a knife blade from a car spring

Forge a knife blade from a car spring I helped my friend to change springs on his car, so I kept the broken spring as forging material. The carbon content of spring steel is aroundd 0.6 to 0.8% which works well for hardening - so lets forge a knife! I cut out a ~10cm long piece from the car spring. I use the induction heater to straight it out and flatten it a little.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Sunday, July 14, 2024

Knife making

Knife Making It's been a long time since I made knives. Knife making was actually the reason I bought my gas forge a few years ago and it's still something I intend to do. I forged a few knife blades back then, but it was way too much manual grinding to be fun and I didn't have the right tools back then, and I'm still missing a belt grinder in my toolbox.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Monday, July 1, 2024