Before Roger started making knives, he searched on the internet and found plans to build a small forge.
This is the result. It ran on gas...it was big enough for knife blades.
Can you just imagine how hot that is? I don't even like to think about accidentally touching it.
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YIKES! I can almost feel that heat, just by looking at it.
So this was Roger's, and you do not have it any more? It looks like those forges they blow glass in. Stunning pictures.
Wonderful shots.
Happy to see Roger working with his hands, creating a beautiful knife.
I love knifes and have a few that I use regularly - I hunt vegetables and other inanimate objects :)
Happy Easter to you and fam.
Peace :)
Now you will have great sharp knives to use. I wouldn't want to go near because I can imagine the heat. I am at this moment sweating away even after a bath.
we love the show Forged in Fire, and I watch all those forges and think yowsa at the heat just like this photo. it would melt anything that went in there including stray hands or fingers....
Fascinating. I'm curious now about how you make a knife :)
The forge reminds me of a shop we used to drive by when I was a child. They had the huge ones and they sat right by big open garage doors.
Hello,
Oh yes, that does look hot. Happy weekend, Happy Easter to you and yours!
Amazing that he made his own. The extreme heat would make me so nervous. He made some extraordinary knives. I know he misses that.
It's a fascinating process and you can see how it was considered as serious magic in olden times.
Your search for plans paid off very well. This forge looks so extra Hot.
Oh my that sure does look HOT.
When my late husband started horseshoeing coal and fire was used for shaping the iron. Now a days similar to your. Gas or propane but he really like working in the big fire better.
MB
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