Post by Bjarki on Nov 16, 2012 15:04:29 GMT -7
Link to this guys instructions jarkko1.deviantart.com/#/d5d2l2v
Finnish guy makes his own knife from total scratch, there's an instruction of sorts just after the big picture explaining the process, copy pasted from the orignal link
"Making of the iron oldschool way and forging the knife from it.
1-2.
Searching and collecting the bog iron ore from the bottom of the river.
3.
Cleaning the iron ore by burning it.
4.
Burned iron ore, there's about 4 kg of it.
5-6.
Materials needed in the melting: iron ore, lime and wood charcoal.
7.
Melting ongoing. Furnace is made mostly from soapstone blocks and clay.
8.
View to the furnace at end of the melting.
9.
decrypted furnace.
10.
Lump that contains slag and iron. Something gone bit wrong in melting as the iron and slag were mixed in one lump, instead of two lumps where one contains mainly iron and another the slag.
11. Iron (on the left) separated from slag.
12. Crosscut of the iron piece.
13.
Iron pieces that are forged flatter. These are put together by forge welding.
14.
Folded piece of iron. The iron piece must be folded and forge welded solid again many times. That makes the iron piece more homogeneous and condensed.
15. Chiseling the iron piece, so that it can be folded again.
16.
Knife blade is starting to take shape.
17-18.
After three days of work: finished knife blade made from the local iron ore."
Finnish guy makes his own knife from total scratch, there's an instruction of sorts just after the big picture explaining the process, copy pasted from the orignal link
"Making of the iron oldschool way and forging the knife from it.
1-2.
Searching and collecting the bog iron ore from the bottom of the river.
3.
Cleaning the iron ore by burning it.
4.
Burned iron ore, there's about 4 kg of it.
5-6.
Materials needed in the melting: iron ore, lime and wood charcoal.
7.
Melting ongoing. Furnace is made mostly from soapstone blocks and clay.
8.
View to the furnace at end of the melting.
9.
decrypted furnace.
10.
Lump that contains slag and iron. Something gone bit wrong in melting as the iron and slag were mixed in one lump, instead of two lumps where one contains mainly iron and another the slag.
11. Iron (on the left) separated from slag.
12. Crosscut of the iron piece.
13.
Iron pieces that are forged flatter. These are put together by forge welding.
14.
Folded piece of iron. The iron piece must be folded and forge welded solid again many times. That makes the iron piece more homogeneous and condensed.
15. Chiseling the iron piece, so that it can be folded again.
16.
Knife blade is starting to take shape.
17-18.
After three days of work: finished knife blade made from the local iron ore."
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