Forging a wrought iron San mai knife
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Forging a wrought iron/1095 San mai blade. This knife can be purchased here www.etsy.com/l...
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That made a great looking knife. Very nice to donate the sale as well. Full time smith is a 24 hour a day job. I'm retired but, I sure wish I had done it better and opened my own shop. I worked at making paper for the last 28 years. My Dad was a fulltime smith and advised me to get a job instead. I would've traded all that money for the time with him.
That offset core is the stuff that nightmares are made!
Lovely. Thanks from South Africa.
You are my favorite blacksmith
I watched this when it first came out but hadn't made any wrought san mai blades at that point. Am finishing forging one today, and this was a nice reminder of how it can be done. Thanks!
So you have us five minutes more of great teaching and learning.
No waste of my time Sir.
I thank you Sir
Thank you for helping homeless veterans.
You need to make a shirt that says “nothing to it really” I so expected that on your forged in fire episode.. :)
You are good person mate helping home less vet's . I know you well get the press you need soon. as we say Australia what goes round comes round . cheers.
FYI 450°F is getting kinda close to the point where you start to see tempered martinsite embrittlement in some steels, you might want to do some testing with lower tempering temperures to see if you can get enough toughness at a lower temperature like 430°F.
Thanx, and good luck with your future endeavors.
Good for you. God Bless You. Our veterans deserve every chance they get. I just found your channel BTW. I watch John over at Black Bear Forge a lot. I remember you from Forge in Fire, I think. Well that was all over the place. Oh look, a squirrel.
The knife came out really nice!
Good to hear the shop is busy😁
Thanks
I am 100% shure I saw you today on Historys Forged in fire👌👍👍
Beautiful knife, I love wrought san mai. Also I watched the fif episode you were on last night. Tough luck, I was hoping that you would have won.
Hooah
Nice job man!
Nice work Mr. John. Really nice recovery from the forging difficulties. Really a good testament to the smithy skills you've got. I'm glad you could share this, as I and others gained a valuable insight into how to recover over a difficult situation. Glad to see you able to help our Vets also. Alot of these folks need help and bureaucracy is slow and tedious.
🙏 blessed days sirSir
Crawford out 🧙♂️
Like the way it came out, congrats on the abundance of orders.
Thanks again
Nice work. Always enjoy watching you work and your descriptions of what you are doing and why. Keep them coming.
Another awesome charity
That turned out really well. I find it kind of amazing the etched patterns you get from wrought. Awesome job John! Keep em coming. Oh and congrats on the change in full time careers.
Great job! You have a good heart!. Bless you.
Very nice
Great work john excellent show of skill, congratulations on the move over to being a full time blacksmith take care and God bless both you and your business
Exelant piece.. I love the contrast of the steels... Cheers, Martin
Nice work bud!
Great video!! Bless you for your giving heart and being a blessing to others.
Amazing
Keep on man! Great job!
Love that pattern. Great work as always! Been waitin 4 a vid, n im glad 2 hear business is booming 4 ya. Keep up the great n hard work. Haven had time 2 forge myself in over a month. Its sux!!
Wow John! That's a "sharp" looking piece! I was wondering if the difference between the materials would be tangible when it came to drilling... Good to know that I was thinking on the right track. Congratulations on the busyness of the business! I'm so happy for you my friend!
distal taper could have been forged in to save dramas with the tip. but beautiful knife and you have a subscription
Beautiful!
Looks good John! Been watching your friend from County Line too. Take care and God bless.
Randall Summers ah me and him aren’t friends anymore. We had an irreconcilable disagreement.
Wrought iron from puddle oven is hard to weld on steel cause of the melting point difference.
nice work.
Beautiful
Nice
Nice work.
Mate awesome work. That knife looks amazing. How about them shiney white pins (legs) though haha.
Don't worry mate you're not alone myself being very fair but being in Australia does not help my situation haha.
Nothing to it really ❤️
Yessssssss
are there two different types of steel when forging will create damacus pattern, isn't it
sweet kinfe.
Were do you get your steel
How is it considered san mai so you
SanMai is a bitch, and yes I've ground out thick spots on one side and then went back to the forge to get it straight again. Keeping that core centered is a real pain in the ass! Good stuff, great video as always. Good luck going full time!
Rounding hammer with square faces
Where did you have your stamp with your makers mark made?
Buckeye engraving
How much does your anvil weigh???
Hooah
want
Nice