Blacksmithing

So most of you know that I like to get into alot of new hobbies. I am constantly making something or in the middle of a project. Recently I got into making knife handles and sheaths. I made three knife handles but quickly grew bored. I decided to move on to making the knife blades as well. I spent some time researching on youtube and other resources until I found some good plans to make a forge. I settled on making a ‘Brake Drum Forge’. I took an old brake drum off of a truck, turned it upside down and bolted a 2″ black floor flange to it. From there I put in a “T” with a one foot section to stick out the bottom of the “T” and a cap to screw on the other end. Then I stole my mothers’ dying hair dryer and inserted it into the non-threaded end of the 1′ section. I also took a thick wire grid and cut it to size to fit over the hole in the bottom of the brake drum. Fill it with coal, lit it on fire and Viola! a working forge.

Now all I have to do it get some metal to throw in, and make some  knives. Hopefully they’ll turn out looking like an actually knife and not a ugly hunk of burnt metal.