In a few weeks my youngest son and I will be heading to my Buddys place in Georgia for his 1st Hog hunt.
Mission 1- Make a special gift for my friend who has generously offered to take us out.
My son and I decided to spin and forge out a frying pan for him similar to the one I made for St. Judes last year.
Mission 2- Forge a pair of knives with with my son that we can carry on the trip.
This is something that we really enjoyed! We both agreed nothing fancy, just simple brut de forge and razor sharp!
When it came to making the sheaths, we decided we could get a little fancier…
Mission 3- Make my son some special broad heads for the trip!
The last time I was hunting down there I was lucky enough to take a hog with a homemade head and it meant so much to me.
For his heads I decided to forge out some low layer Damascus and press it with the chevron dies.
After a little grinding..
I was shooting for 250g and I knew I needed to put these on a diet, I decided to fuller them on the mill with a little jig I made before I ground the bevels.
Once I heat treated them, the pattern was revealed!
Then it was back to grinding to get to final weight.
Once hand sanding was completed it was time to etch and darken the 1084!
As soon as the heads were sharp, I heat them up to 170deg and apply carnauba wax to seal them up from the elements.
Then it is time to put them on the shafts and have my son give them a test run.
The coolest things I make are memories with my kids!
Have a great day!
Thad
Topic: Prepping for our Georgia trip. (Pic Heavy!) (Read 2440 times)
