Follow along forge day

[Spots]

I have worked 11 straight 12 hour shifts the last two weeks. I got today off and decided to do something special. I left work at 430 am, and fired the forge at 500 am. I'll post up dates to this thread as I work today if you want to follow along.

This is when I fired the forge at 500 am



Our material for the day. A 1 1/4" jackhammer bit that will be cut and used to make a tomahawk. A small file for a patch knife. A brick hammer for a Pulaski hawk, and a 1/4" leaf spring for a long hunters style belt knife

[Grand Torino]

This is going to be good.......and very interesting. :rock:

[RED333]

Yep, gona follow as best as I can

Edited May 3, 2015 by RED333

[Clod Stomper]

You should get on that Tweeter thing. Probably easier to upload pics to. You could post the link here.

[Ted S.]

I bet you can make a hell of a pizza with that thing.

[Spots]

Pulaski Tomahawk from a brick hammer. This is rough forged. And my first time using a hawk drift.

[Spots]

Tennessee long knife

[Grand Torino]

You really got it going on Spots. Great work. :up:

[Spots]

Pictures from yesterday. I had a photographer out for the second part of the day and she did an excellent job.

[Spots]

And the finished products. The big hawk from the jackhammer bit turned out a little off center. I left it to be finished another day, and chalk it up to a learning experience since I had never used a hawk drift before. The Pulaski hawk is designed with camping and Ginseng digging in mind, and the long knife is based on a knife I built for Dwight McLemore recently.

[JAB]

Just plain, pure awesomeness.

[Grand Torino]

Superior craftsmanship and terrific pictures to boot. Congratulations on some awesome work. :up:

[Monkeyman2500]

Good job Spots. Big and nasty as usual. I have to say you need to make some more out of the old framing hammers. That one you made, I thing I'd was an old eastwing was really light and sharp looking. Great work.

[DT INC.]

Great work and nice pics also!

[wileecoyote]

Damn dude. Just excellent. Superior skills and dedication, makes me proud to be an American. Nice work.