I’m making my own and following your steps, thanks for the guidance!
@oldpuebloforge
3 жыл бұрын
Best of luck! Don't follow the exact numbers I give in the video about sunobes. Those are just examples, and if you follow them exactly, you'll end up with a much shorter blade! You'll need to do your own planning for the dimensions of your bar stock and sunobe.
@sonix7902
2 жыл бұрын
@@oldpuebloforge how should i make those calculations?
@RovingPunster
3 жыл бұрын
1:10 I was surprised to see the Anvil jumpin around on that wood plank base in the start of the vid, but it looks like you fixed it shortly thereafter. Sweet lookin anvil, with scary sharp shoulders. 5:38 Impressively smooth finished billet, without having used a kiss block or guillotine, or even a flatter+striker. Enjoyable build. +1
@oldpuebloforge
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The anvil only really moves around when I do very aggressive work, on the ground, with a 12 pound sledgehammer. I'm sure I could find a way to fix it down, but it doesn't bother me enough. Once I move to the waist-high platform and the regular 2.5-pound hammer, it's not an issue. Thank you very much for the compliment.
@schneeballius2233
2 жыл бұрын
From my calculations the finished bar you have at the end of this video should have been ~928mm long, would you say this is accurate?
@HonkeyKongH
2 жыл бұрын
Good lord dudes back is gonna be hurting after swinging that sledge
@jameselders7139
4 жыл бұрын
How much material was used? Length of the starting bar?
@jameselders7139
4 жыл бұрын
My bad. 1 foot. Missed that part
@albertzosangzelahmar
2 жыл бұрын
Why are you add water on anvil? Japanese Swordmiths are always add water on anvil. What's that meaning?
@oldpuebloforge
2 жыл бұрын
The water causes the scale to flake off the hot steel leaving it clean. If no water is used, the scale can work it's way into the surface of the metal, leaving the surface pitted.
@ricardocorral1922
Ай бұрын
Great content, How heavy is your anvil?
@oldpuebloforge
Ай бұрын
@@ricardocorral1922 200 lbs
@enjoymusic4895
4 жыл бұрын
Are you selling this??? Nice look katana btw
@oldpuebloforge
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I do not sell my swords. I give them as gifts to friends and family.
@michaelrs8010
Жыл бұрын
Hello, if you're still there I have a question. I very much enjoyed your series and recently linked it to my Katana group on "Red it" (for some reason KZitem doesn't like when I type the name properly and deletes my post). Now I don't know what his background is but one individual there put forth that there was really no need to use water on a anvil when you're starting out with a bar or rod of modern processed steel because unlike the bloom steal that the traditional Japanese worked with there's really no scale to speak of from the forging process. I wasn't sure how to answer that so I just didn't, but then I figured I would ask you about it. So is there actually scale there that it makes the use of the water preferable?
@oldpuebloforge
Жыл бұрын
Great question. Modern steel still produces plenty of scale, and without water you drive particles of scale into the surface of the steel. Later, during profiling, those particles of scale are hard to file out, and you have to file away a lot of metal to get down to clean, unpitted metal. I had my doubts about the necessity of water, and I tried doing it without water, and it was a mess. It's much better with water.
@michaelrs8010
Жыл бұрын
@@oldpuebloforge thank you for taking the time to answer
@kevinburns8343
2 жыл бұрын
if you were able would you use that steel or togminhoginy the metal Japanese use I spelled it wrong which would you use 🤔
@oldpuebloforge
Жыл бұрын
This steel is much higher quality than tamahagane. Beause it's higher quality, it requires no folding. Raw tamahagane is very poor quality steel and requires a lengthy process of heating and folding to homogenize the carbon content and beat out impurities. It's a completely different process. Still, I have purchased legitimate tamahagane from Japan, and I occassionally go through the process of making a blade from it. It has unique properties and is fun to work with.
@blackheartedyt
Жыл бұрын
Where do you find steel with those dimensions? I can’t find it anywhere, or anything close enough to the finished bar
@oldpuebloforge
Жыл бұрын
You can find large diameter W1 drill rod online. I sell W2 bars that you can forge weld together. I have a video showing how to do that.
@gurpremsingh
4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work!
@oldpuebloforge
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! New video coming this week.
@gurpremsingh
4 жыл бұрын
@@oldpuebloforge Great! I binged watched all of them so I was waiting for the next one. Hope your injury healed completely.
@oldpuebloforge
4 жыл бұрын
I'm all better. Thanks.
@cameronduckett8911
4 жыл бұрын
Where do you get the bars from?
@oldpuebloforge
4 жыл бұрын
I bought them a long time ago from a metal supply site on the internet. I don't remember now which one. If I were going to do it over today, I would use W2 steel bars forge welded into an ingot and then drawn out into a bar. I feel that W2 is a step up from W1. I would probably take 3 W2 bars, cut them into 6 six-inch segments and then forge weld them. I'll be doing a video on that process soon. Here is where you can get W2 if you want: www.ebay.com/itm/W2-steel-flat-bar-Three-Pack-12-x-1-5-x-5-16-Bar-stock-for-knife-making/303644844373
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