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The Bone Dagger
A piece that was in process for almost a year and a half from the time the blade was forged until the final mounting, this has become an interesting fusion piece and much more technical than originally envisioned as the project developed. Mounted with the same technique as a traditional Japanese sword, the parts of…
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Crossed Heart Forge Maker Video By Stria
Created by team Stria
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Making Charcoal for Blacksmithing
More about making softwood charcoal: How Charcoal is Made
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Bullfrog Stream Kotanto
A compact and functional utility bushcraft knife, this clay tempered blade was hand forged from a stone cutting diamond saw blade. Natural texture from fire and hammer marks has been left on the surface of the blade. This piece is one of the first of a series combining the style and size of outdoor knives…
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Cocobolo Drop Point
The raw material for this blade was a piece of a large mill saw blade, hand forged and clay tempered. The bronze guard began as a scrap from another island smith, cut off in the making of a large public sculpture in Victoria, and the wood is Cocobolo. A five yen coin from Japan (dated…
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Forged from Farm Scrap – the Culinary Knife Project
Forging a spring tip cheese knife, along with some finished works from the Culinary Project.
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Maple Wrought Iron
This clay tempered blade was hand forged from an automotive leaf spring about 20 years ago. Some natural texture from fire, file, and hammer marks have been left on the surface of the blade. The guard and pommel are hand forged and shaped from some heavy duty dock chain from the Jordan River area, a…
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Antler Drop Point
This project began as an exploration of the traditional Scandinavian method of mounting a knife blade on a handle. The central element of the handle design is a slice of antler from which the wood handle and bronze guard flow organically. A different style and construction from my usual methods, this was an interesting challenge.…
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Maple Buffalo Skinner (Fusion Mount)
This clay tempered blade was hand forged from a sawmill blade. The natural texture from fire and hammer marks have been left on the surface of the blade. The shape draws inspiration from the lines of a classic clip point and the deep belly of a buffalo skinner. A fusion mount, the handle is constructed…
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PKN16 Presentation: Before & After
See the finished Mikazuki Kotanto project: Mikazuki Kotanto
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Metal Artists In Action
A two day collaborative invitational metalworking event hosted by Red Cod Forge in Nanoose Bay. We had the privilege of being on the demonstrator’s list for the first annual M.I.A (Metal artists In Action) event hosted by Dave Kasprick of Red Cod Forge. Also on the list were Jay Holbrook, a mixed media sculptor of…
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Chopping charcoal (sumi-kiri)
More about making blacksmithing charcoal: How Charcoal is Made
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Antique Japanese Farming Tools
Interesting tools used to manage a rice field and a mountain forest in the Japanese countryside. I have the privilege of being able to help out from time to time on the family farm. When we are in town, I enjoy hunting through the workshop and barn to see what old tools can be found…
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Sharpening a Nata (variation of a Japanese brush knife)
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Sharpening a Kama (Japanese farmer’s sickle)