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Ancient Flint striking knife,forged by sticks.
Flint striking knife.
These were probably the first real steel knives that were used in the woods in ancient times.
This knife was forged from lawn edging shears.
As you can see from the pictures i cut the basic shape with a hand grinder,this would have been done with a basic blank in old times so there wouldn't have been a need to do this.
First i drew out the tang with the hammer then shaped the blade out using hammers.
I then used hammers to put a basic bevel on the knife.
The next step was to shape the tang.the first part of this process starts with the fold at the tip,which was done with pliers and then hammerd.
then the next fold was done with pliers.
the largest fold was done last and if you take a look at the wood block you will see a metal rod sticking up,the last fold was bent around this using pliers and then a hammer.
I use railway track as my anvil.
Then i used a water wheel to finnish the bevel,in ancient times the black smith would have had an apprentice turning the wheel by hand and he would have pumped the bellows,well electric worked the wheel and i pumped the bellows,co's i an't got no apprentice:xeye:
Then i put the blade back in the forge and got it red hot,touched it on a magnet,it was not magnetic so i dipped it in motor oil.
The last part in the making of this knife will be to clean it up and temper it for 20 minutes at 350 degree's,then give it a good sharpen on mt stones.
Im going to have to make some char cloth and try this ancient method of fire starting out,i have natural flint in the area i live:thumb:
Flint striking knife.
These were probably the first real steel knives that were used in the woods in ancient times.
This knife was forged from lawn edging shears.
As you can see from the pictures i cut the basic shape with a hand grinder,this would have been done with a basic blank in old times so there wouldn't have been a need to do this.
First i drew out the tang with the hammer then shaped the blade out using hammers.
I then used hammers to put a basic bevel on the knife.
The next step was to shape the tang.the first part of this process starts with the fold at the tip,which was done with pliers and then hammerd.
then the next fold was done with pliers.
the largest fold was done last and if you take a look at the wood block you will see a metal rod sticking up,the last fold was bent around this using pliers and then a hammer.
I use railway track as my anvil.
Then i used a water wheel to finnish the bevel,in ancient times the black smith would have had an apprentice turning the wheel by hand and he would have pumped the bellows,well electric worked the wheel and i pumped the bellows,co's i an't got no apprentice:xeye:
Then i put the blade back in the forge and got it red hot,touched it on a magnet,it was not magnetic so i dipped it in motor oil.
The last part in the making of this knife will be to clean it up and temper it for 20 minutes at 350 degree's,then give it a good sharpen on mt stones.
Im going to have to make some char cloth and try this ancient method of fire starting out,i have natural flint in the area i live:thumb:
it was not done on purpose but there you go:thumb:
