https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/tags/knives/ Recent content in Knives on Marcus Folkesson Hugo en-us Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:39:34 +0200 https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/forge-kitchen-knife/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:39:34 +0200 https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/forge-kitchen-knife/ Forge a kitchen knife Another attempt to forge a knife. The metal I use for this project is part of a feather harrow that I collected from my father farm. I cut out a ~8x4cm long piece from the springs of the feather harrow: Bosse (the dog) never leaves me, so I got him a sack to snuggle down on at the outside of the garage. I used the gas forge for the entire project. https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/forge-knife-blade/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:39:34 +0200 https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/forge-knife-blade/ Forge a knife blade from a car spring I helped my friend to change springs on his car, so I kept the broken spring as forging material. The carbon content of spring steel is aroundd 0.6 to 0.8% which works well for hardening - so lets forge a knife! I cut out a ~10cm long piece from the car spring. I use the induction heater to straight it out and flatten it a little. https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/knife-making/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:39:34 +0200 https://www.marcusfolkesson.se/projects/knife-making/ Knife Making It's been a long time since I made knives. Knife making was actually the reason I bought my gas forge a few years ago and it's still something I intend to do. I forged a few knife blades back then, but it was way too much manual grinding to be fun and I didn't have the right tools back then, and I'm still missing a belt grinder in my toolbox.