Blacksmiths show your stuff!

[BentBrewer]

Neat hammer, and an even neater window.

 

[divrguy]

TO Laredo,

You are an artist sir! fantastic looking work!

 

[BentBrewer]

Today being overcast, it was a good time to finally get a semi-decent picture of the oyster knives. My dad (a retired marine biologist) mentioned a couple years ago that he'd given away his last oyster knife to a neighbor after teaching him how to open them without a resulting hospital visit.

So with Christmas coming up, I decided to make him a new one. As you can see, I used used railroad spikes, which became a bit annoying during the finishing phase, as there were pits that just were not going to go away without a heck of a lot of grinding. And this again goes to why I suggest buying, over making.

Making the blanks probably took no more than 30 minutes each. Polishing was done over two or three days, because I had to knock off after an hour or so of grinding, as my shoulders were aching. So 3~4 hours of grinding for three knives. Then a light heat and a quench to make sure the tips were hard, (as hard as you're going to get medium carbon steel anyway) a polishing regimen, and then a very careful coloring routine, and an oil quench. These two are the rejects, the best one is in a cabinet at my dad's place.

Lotta words, hey?

 

[divrguy]

They look very cool. I can't say I have ever seen an oyster knife...and if I had, I had no idea lol

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

I have been making wood bottle openers for a few years now.

I recently decided to start messing around with steel openers, this is one my my first.

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[bobeer]

Pretty awesome to see the other talents we have at HBT. I wish I had time to get into another hobby. I hardly have time to brew!

 

[TwistedGray]

Revive, revive, revive

Would like to get into this; however, it seems awfully expensive to just get started (not interested in coal forging).