My friend Jenna K. sent me a package, when she saw that I was casting silver.
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My friend Jenna K. sent me a package, when she saw that I was casting silver.
Where we left things, my blade was clayed up and standing in the corner drying.
We decided to quench swords in order of length, shortest first.
This is what it looks like when you are correcting the back of the blade.
Nobody got hurt and nothing was permanently damaged. Other than that, the day did not go particularly well. [Read more…]
I stuck a GoPro on the end of the die of a Coal Iron forging press.
Today was all set-up for the big day: quenching. In order to minimize blade bends or change of a stress-riser triggering a crack, the solution is typically Japanese; you simply remove as much asymmetry as you can because that’s what causes the bends.
Finally, I am back on more solid ground; we have switched to grinders and rasps for shaping the blade preparing for the quench.
I don’t feel that my hammer control is very good, but once the shape of the blade gets refined, good control is more and more important.
I did not take many pictures today. Mostly because the object of my photos would be an object of frustration.