Little George Forge

Had a go at some copper inlay on a stainless ring
Pretty happy for my first attempt, just a warm up for a bigger project incoming

Something a bit different (and not a knife)
Practicing some inlay for an upcoming project

Fun weekend!

Day 1 done and dusted
Well be back tomorrow!

Day 1 of the kelpie festival at with

Come say hi if you're at the kelpie festival! I'll be there with Otway Fiddleback hitting some things with hammers

Come and explore and see what has been done at Warrock. Some light refreshments will be available and the blacksmith shop will be running hot🔥 on Saturday & Sunday.

Please remember we are CASH ONLY

10 blades polished, now for handles
These cheese knives will be available over the long weekend at where and I will be doing some demos for the kelpie festival
Come say hi, maybe pick up a cheese kn3fe or 2 😉

Progress being made

Weekends efforts
10 cheese knives heat treated and ready for bevel grinding, 10 handle blanks cut and drilled

My arch nemesis, spalted sassafras
Big fan on the colour scheme with buffalo horn bolster and white G10 spacer

Timber line up for the cheese kn3ves
L2R, T2B: satin box, iron wattle, Blackwood, Osage orange, snottu gobble, maple
See anything you like? Or anything missing?

Doing a limited run on some 15N20 high carbon cheese knives, aiming for them to be more budget friendly still with some great timber handles
Stay tuned for for details on where/when/how to get your hands on one of you're interested

Win some, loose some
A small delam meant that inside this big slicer, was a little petty wanting to come out

Something a bit different and out of the comfort zone, but happy with the end result
9" bowie, polished hamon, blacked brass guard, fiddleback Blackwood handle with carbon fiber and copper spacer

Today's hamon polishing efforts
Undecided if I'll give it a few more goes Or leave as is, I'll decide tomorrow

Attempting a hamon polish
Starting to peek through

Two Damascus cu mai kitchen tools ready for grinding

A lesson in temperature control, Apex Ultra does NOT like high forging temps..... a few cracks I've (Hopefuly) ground out, still lots of material to make something hefty
Making this knife out of something special for myself, more details to come

Sneak peek

Test etch pre heat treat
Looking forward to this one

Bowie roughed in
Still more work to do on the handle and guard, but it's coming along

Test etch on some offcuts from Fridays efforts
Damscus clad cu mai, excited for these

A couple of fun experiments in the works

New toy day
I call it the spinning wheel of death

Good day of forging, 2 Damascus cleaver in the works

Look mum I'm famous!

AVAILABLE
8.5" chef knife
This knife has been a real challenge, months of labour, lots of trial and error but really happy with the final result
If you're after a high end knife with awesome edge retention, this is the knife for you
core with refined wrought cladding, this steel is super tough, I could feel the difference both on the grinder and when hand sanding
Tiger myrtle handle from with copper/G10 spacer

Pretty chuffed with how this is looking after coffee etch
Refined wrought jacket with core
Will be available once finished