My brother in laws brother is a apprentice black smith. We visited Arizona this weekend and he presented this to my Cousin.
He forged it at his home forge. It was just like the show forged in fire.
He used a car leaf spring as the billet and a RR spike for the hand guard.
It was his first and as they say "your weapon will kill"
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March 14, 2017, 02:21 AM
KMitch200
LOVE IT!!
Wish I had one.
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March 14, 2017, 04:12 AM
sybo
SUPERB!!!!! Can we get some more pics please!!
March 14, 2017, 09:11 AM
IrishWind
I binged watched a bunch of Forged in Fire episodes recently. I would love to try to make something. Maybe not a sword. But a nice knife.
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March 14, 2017, 10:14 AM
msfzoe
Way cool. Resembles a Roman gladus on steroids.
March 15, 2017, 11:39 AM
UTsig
Well done, I want more pictures. too.
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March 15, 2017, 01:31 PM
PR64
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Originally posted by UTsig: Well done, I want more pictures. too.
I will work on getting more pictures. I have to go to my cousin house.
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March 15, 2017, 07:30 PM
PR64
Ok I got some more pictures
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March 15, 2017, 08:57 PM
3/4Flap
That thing looks pretty close to a Smatchett!
Nice job!!!
I make bolos and parangs. We use them in the woods regularly for clearing trails, maintaining trails and butchering and ranch chores. Forging is a heck of a lot of fun. A while back my son-in-law and I forged a heavy wood-chopping bolo from a plowshare. His first involvement and he got to be the power hammer, using the ten pound maul two-handed while I used the 4 pound and held the work. He had a blast.
The assistance of a big lug to work a second hammer is the bee's knees when you need to move a lot of metal!! LOL.
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March 15, 2017, 10:05 PM
Rey HRH
Wow. and shiny too!
You look like you could wield that effectively.
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March 16, 2017, 04:21 AM
sybo
COOL PROJECT!!!!!!!!!! Be careful, you might get addicted to throwing sparks and banging on steel! Thank you for posting some more pics!More,More,More!!
March 16, 2017, 07:33 AM
UTsig
Thanks for the pictures, what a monster. I have a collection of forged knives by Jimmy Fikes, a pioneer in forging. He used a springs, also, I always liked that sometimes there were imperfections.
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