Gary, Really enjoy when you get into projects like this. Not quite knowing what or how. Just a general idea of what you want. Really shows off your overall skill level. Don't think I've seen one yet that didn't turn out well. Kudo's to you. Great job!
Thanks Gary, I have enjoyed your channel for a while and I’m glad to see you make this loop knife. I like your method better than mine, I struggled for the first few ones and eventually got closer. The steel that I used came from the saw blade of a large lumber mill and it’s very appropriate for hoof knives.
Lovely work, as always! A tip for "workshop temper", for thin items, i often heat up another bar of mild steel, then let the heat conduct into the workpiece. Gives much better control than the gas torch
Sir, Again your common engineer since giving you a thumbs up for me Love your showing your tinplate.( After you showing what you was up to I thought it would be best to have flattered your broken knife but your job was quick) Thanks for showing
I’ve never been able to forge a serviceable loop knife. I’ve had a loop for years made in Tasmania by Fergus Paterson. I believe it’s a pinehurst forge loop that was made before Fergus hung his own shingle or right at the beginning of Dusky Forge. It’s a damn fine loop knife. I have all 3 sizes plus the little vet searcher that I’ve bought over the years. They are expensive tho. Here in the states Neal Baggett down in bishop Georgia makes some damn fine knives too,as well forged as they are beautiful. I have one that I retired because it was given to me by a good friend who also mentored me in lameness/therapeutic cases. Sadly he passed away so I retired it and it’s sitting in my desk. One of these days I’m gonna order me up some actual blade steel and give a loop and a drop blade a try again. I did manage to make a frog knife out of a section of broken band saw blade from a commercial saw mill and it’s still holding up. Back in high school I made a skinning knife out of bandsaw blade and almost later it’s still holding a good edge considering I knew next to nothing about tempering,hardening,when to quench and all that lol By the way,those are Chicago screws you used to attach it to the handle. A client had given me a set of knockoff copies of pinehurst/dusky forge loop knives and they used Chicago screw instead of rivets and burrs to attach the loops to the handles. They are actually pretty good knives for what they are. I use them for field trims and broodmares along with a cheaper pair of nippers to save my good knives and nippers.
Gary, the farriers I’ve used here in the western U. S. Use a hook shaped hoof knife, I’ve never seen a loop type like you show here. I recently found a hand forged hook type in a lot of tools that were given to me by the widow of a friend. I have no idea how old it is but it looks very old to me.
A hook shaped knife is the standard type used for general cleaning out of muck and removing loose sole. This is one i made a while back th-cam.com/video/NsCL2DAxDZ0/w-d-xo.html The Loop knife is slightly more specialist and used for trimming the frog as it can be used with one hand down both sides. Small loop knives can be used for digging out pus as you can make a nice small neat hole. Here is a selection of six different ones images.app.goo.gl/JvRvTUoJBurFjoc1A
Gary, Really enjoy when you get into projects like this. Not quite knowing what or how. Just a general idea of what you want. Really shows off your overall skill level. Don't think I've seen one yet that didn't turn out well. Kudo's to you. Great job!
Thanks Gary, I have enjoyed your channel for a while and I’m glad to see you make this loop knife. I like your method better than mine, I struggled for the first few ones and eventually got closer. The steel that I used came from the saw blade of a large lumber mill and it’s very appropriate for hoof knives.
Nice one Gary ,be interesting to see what it can do.
It amazes me that you always seem to have what you need in your shop! Very resourceful! 👍🏼😀
It's not coincidence, a lot of prep goes into making these videos!
Lovely work, as always!
A tip for "workshop temper", for thin items, i often heat up another bar of mild steel, then let the heat conduct into the workpiece. Gives much better control than the gas torch
Sir, Again your common engineer since giving you a thumbs up for me
Love your showing your tinplate.( After you showing what you was up to I thought it would be best to have flattered your broken knife but your job was quick)
Thanks for showing
you always do a great job Gary
Job well done! Very nice.
Excellent job Gary!!
I really look forward to your Vid's. Always interesting.
Nice job sir!!!
I’ve never been able to forge a serviceable loop knife. I’ve had a loop for years made in Tasmania by Fergus Paterson. I believe it’s a pinehurst forge loop that was made before Fergus hung his own shingle or right at the beginning of Dusky Forge. It’s a damn fine loop knife. I have all 3 sizes plus the little vet searcher that I’ve bought over the years. They are expensive tho. Here in the states Neal Baggett down in bishop Georgia makes some damn fine knives too,as well forged as they are beautiful. I have one that I retired because it was given to me by a good friend who also mentored me in lameness/therapeutic cases. Sadly he passed away so I retired it and it’s sitting in my desk. One of these days I’m gonna order me up some actual blade steel and give a loop and a drop blade a try again. I did manage to make a frog knife out of a section of broken band saw blade from a commercial saw mill and it’s still holding up. Back in high school I made a skinning knife out of bandsaw blade and almost later it’s still holding a good edge considering I knew next to nothing about tempering,hardening,when to quench and all that lol
By the way,those are Chicago screws you used to attach it to the handle. A client had given me a set of knockoff copies of pinehurst/dusky forge loop knives and they used Chicago screw instead of rivets and burrs to attach the loops to the handles. They are actually pretty good knives for what they are. I use them for field trims and broodmares along with a cheaper pair of nippers to save my good knives and nippers.
Nice job,
Good job. Take care and God bless.
@Gary Huston Why did you check if it was still magnetic when you were heating it up? (At minute 12:37sec -12.38sec)
because the moment it becomes non magnetic is the time to quench it.
Gary, the farriers I’ve used here in the western U. S. Use a hook shaped hoof knife, I’ve never seen a loop type like you show here. I recently found a hand forged hook type in a lot of tools that were given to me by the widow of a friend. I have no idea how old it is but it looks very old to me.
A hook shaped knife is the standard type used for general cleaning out of muck and removing loose sole. This is one i made a while back th-cam.com/video/NsCL2DAxDZ0/w-d-xo.html
The Loop knife is slightly more specialist and used for trimming the frog as it can be used with one hand down both sides. Small loop knives can be used for digging out pus as you can make a nice small neat hole. Here is a selection of six different ones images.app.goo.gl/JvRvTUoJBurFjoc1A
Oh that was tidy!
Gary out of all the shoeing knifes you have, which seems to wear out the fastest that you need to resharpen the most?
The cheap one that I use as a hoof pick and general dirt removal knife.
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Why don't you fill the voids on the handle with some thing to block it off and avoiding the mud.
tavit lertritsumpun why waste filler? Mud is perfect!