Basket Hilt Broadsword Project

**Drac** · 6th October 10, 03:38 AM

Impressive work. To forge something that big and on a forge smaller than you blade, even more so.

Jim

**Ryan Ross** · 6th October 10, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Drac

Impressive work. To forge something that big and on a forge smaller than you blade, even more so.

Jim

I was figuring that the OP used stock reduction, as opposed to forging... and only used the forge for hardening?

**chewse** · 6th October 10, 09:31 AM

Hey Taygrd - nice work! Please show us pictures when the project is done as well as a selection of knives you've made.

**Taygrd** · 6th October 10, 10:55 AM

Yes it was all stock removal and no forging. I used a cutoff saw with a jig for the fullers and an angle grinder. The blade was to big to fit in my shop to use the big grinder so I worked outside. The hardest part was keeping the blade hot in the forge. Started heating from the back to the tip and had to moving it back and forth then it warped a little in the quench but I was able to straighten it out. I hope to get it finished this weekend