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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on March 2, 2011 at 19:12

Hand forged = hammer in hand forging (pounding) hot metal.

 

Forge - v, to form by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.

 

Any other claim .. will still be forging .... just the type we prefer to avoid.

 

I.e.   to make or produce a fraudulent imitation of (a signature, hand forged knife, banknote, etc.) or to commit forgery.

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Permalink Reply by Adlai Stein on May 5, 2011 at 22:28

Wes, doing sock removal you can claim your blade is hand made but not hand forged. To be hand forged you have to heat it and beat it. There is some stock removal in the forged blade but not the otherway around. Persoanlly I'm a pounder and I forge my blades as close to finished shape as possible. I forge the profile and bevels the rest is clean up on the grinder. What I like about forging is the controll I have over my blade shape. I move the steel to where I want it not just remove it.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on May 6, 2011 at 18:00

That was very infomative Guys, thanks for the info

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 16, 2015 at 19:25

wonder how that hand forging is going?

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