Monday, January 29, 2018

Blacksmithing Post #4 Blade Curving, Shaping, and Annealing

Now that the blade was at the correct thickness, it was time to shape the bend in the spine(the non-blade side of the knife)to do this i used the channel, and horn of the anvil.









After getting the blade to bend the right amount i was ready to anneal or normalize it, which changes the molecular alignment making it slightly stronger but not so hard that you can't work on it, to do this you heat the blade to the point that it loses its magnetism, and then just let the blade cool down for hours beside the forge, which you also let cool down.



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1 comment:

  1. UnknownJanuary 29, 2018 at 1:56 PM

    Regarding the curving aspect of forging, what is the method for making sure that the blade is curved correctly? Do you measure it, eyeball it, or some other method?

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