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Today is heat treat day for some kitchen axes. Nothing exciting to take pictures of because of the wait time during the tempering process. So, I had plenty of time to finish these 2 knives up. The knife on the left is made from 5160 leaf spring steel. Hand forged and ground to shape. Satin finished bevels with gun blued flats. Then hand sharpened and honed. The handle is cherry wood that has been soaked in a water proofing oil mix, dried, waxed, & buffed. It is finished off with 1/4" aluminum dowel pins. Available for $125 shipped! Add a kydex sheath for $25. The knife on the right is made from a lawn mower blade. I started off by forging it flat and into its rough shape. The bevels have a satin finish and has been hand sharpened and honed. The handle is walnut wood that is soaked in my waterproofing oil, dried, waxed, and buffed. It is also finished off with 1/4" aluminum dowel pins. Available for sale for $75 shipped! Add a kydex sheath for $25. Call, email, message, etc... all payments accepted! (at Crystal River, Florida)

Baby is still sick. No work for me this morning. I don't mind the cuddling instead from this one. (at Crystal River, Florida)

Got my shipment to make a higher quality flux for forge welding steel. I have motorcycle and timing chains that will be coming in the near future to make damascus steel knives. (at Crystal River, Florida)

Nothing like a cold one to finish another hard worked day. (at Crystal River, Florida)

Shipping out a couple bolt-action pens this morning before I pick Henry up from school! The wood is padauk and the hardware is gun metal grey. (at Crystal River, Florida)

The Viking kitchen axe is complete! Hand forged from 5160 steel. The handle is solid walnut the was hand shaped/sanded. Handle is epoxied with a steel pin to hold everything firmly in place. The blade is sanded to 600 grit then polished. The edge of the blade is sharpened and honed on a leather strap. VERY sharp! The wood has been treated with a mixture of mineral oil and bees wax to keep the wood protected. Finally, the entire axe has been lightly coated with food grade mineral oil to protect it. I have steel ready to get 12 more done next week. Orders are ready to open! (at Crystal River, Florida)

Got some final grinding done since the heat treat & tempering are done. Also, started getting handles attached. One to a knife and to both the kitchen axes using epoxy and pins. Also got another handle glued together for the last knife that i applied gun bluing to. Used a 24 hour epoxy so I will be back on the forge for another round of hammering tomorrow so everything can cure properly. (at Crystal River, Florida)

From catastrophic failure to becoming something new. The chefs knife is now going to be a paring knife to match the new chefs knife that needs to be made. I will reshape & regrind, then heat treat all over again. Sometimes, mistakes happen for a reason. (at Crystal River, Florida)

From catastrophic failure to becoming something new. The chefs knife is now going to be a paring knife to match the new chefs knife that needs to be made. I will reshape & regrind, then heat treat all over again. Sometimes, mistakes happen for a reason. (at Crystal River, Florida)

...and then THIS happened! Not a great start to the day. There was a slight warp so I was trying to gently straighten it back out. Apparently, my definition of "gently" is much different than the actual meaning. This was my 9" blade kitchen chef knife. At least the other 4 knives made it through. Still irritating though. :'( (at Crystal River, Florida)

Today is the day for heat treatment. (at Crystal River, Florida)

The cherry slab coffee table is 100% complete and ready for sale. The table is 15.5" tall x 19" at its widest point x 50.25" long. It has an oil hardened finish with a satin polyurethane top coat that has been hand rubbed and waxed. The legs are hand forged rebar with felt bottoms to prevent scratching the floor. The legs can be removed for shipment and are attached with 1/4" lag bolts. ***************** $135.00 plus shipping Free delivery within 30 miles Cash, PayPal, Venmo, credit card accepted. (Must have valid I.D. with credit card) (at Crystal River, Florida)

Time to head to the post office to ship off some wood. I have that box elder headed all over the country to people for their own projects. (at Crystal River, Florida)

Got some flaming box elder, that i brought back from Pennsylvania, cut up and sealed into turning blanks to sell. Most are already spoken for now. The cut offs will be cut down further into knife handles and turning blanks for pens. (at Crystal River, Florida)

A whole lot of tedious work today. Got knife handles cut out and glued up for the blades I am working on. Rain... rain... rain... Had to modify my bandsaw because the light was in an asinine position that made no sense. So that had to be removed, relocated, then rewired. Rain... rain... rain... Cut up some cherry wood into future knife handles. Rough cut the kitchen axe handles. A little less rain... Then decided to make an oak beer mug. I like the look so far. Need to clean up the inside cuts with sandpaper and make a handle for it. Then I will use marine grade epoxy to coat the mug inside & out so it can hold liquid with no problems. Made it so the outside bark will stay on it to keep the rugged look. No more rain... Cleaned up and straightened the shop. (at Crystal River, Florida)

Was able to get in the shop this morning to get some grinding done. These 4 are all ready for heat treatment. Just need this wet weather to pass so I can get the forge lit up. Gives me time to get handle material prepped for final assembly. (at Crystal River, Florida)

My progress so far forging. I have gotten them down to shape and have the ruler/tape measure there for size reference. I love being able to watch these come to life from starting from raw steel, going through fire and raw power of my hammer, to grinding to shape. Tomorrow, I will bevel the edges and prep them for heat treatment. I did have 4 of the Viking kitchen knives, but a small issue of a hidden crack (my fault) made itself known. So 2 became junk. #homeforge #knives #knivesforsale #handmade #knifeporn #forging #forgingsteel #forgingknives #knifemaking #5acresteel&wood #trophyhusband #becauseican (at Crystal River, Florida)