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Title: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: tippit on May 09, 2010, 05:16:00 PM

It's fun to forge files and rasps...but the edge quality isn't always as good as using a known high carbon steel.  BUT I love primative style Brute de Forge knives.  So when I saw Burt Foster forge up a primative bowie, then take a hammer with all kinds of irregularities on the face and beat the tar out of it...I was pretty amazed   :scared:  

This is just a 5160 blade forged almost to completion in order to almost eliminate any grinding of the blade bevel.  But while forging, I pounded it on a farrier's rasp/file to leave those impressions.  Plus I dinged it up the spine with my hammer rather than adding any file work.  Jason Knight had an interesting comment on my knives along these lines...he liked the the raw forging look but thought some of my file work was too fancy for that style knife.  He said Dan Winker just does his filing free hand without laying anything out...very rough like.  

Burt told me he got the idea from Don Fogg when he saw him pound forging scale into a finished blade for that look.

Just thought I'd share with ya'll...tippit

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Primative%20Forged%20Blades/PrimativeForgedBlade001.jpg)

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Primative%20Forged%20Blades/PrimativeForgedBlade002.jpg)

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Primative%20Forged%20Blades/PrimativeForgedBlade003.jpg)

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: skullworks on May 09, 2010, 06:41:00 PM

Nice!

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: Doug Campbell on May 09, 2010, 07:39:00 PM

Doc, your enthusiasm brings a smile to my face  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: Bobby Urban on May 09, 2010, 07:53:00 PM

Your baldes inspire me.  I really like the raw forge work on a blade and most of mine show the work to some degree or the other.  It is a good thing I like it too because my grinding skills and belt sander does not allow as nice a grind as a sweet KMG.  Oh the wish list.  

Bob Urban

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: Scott Roush on May 09, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

i went right home after that hammer-in and welded junk onto an old hammer.  i just gotta remember to change the angle of the hammer sometimes!  my patterns can get pretty repeatable!

great work..

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: prarieboy on May 09, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

Keep poundin and postin I like Your work!

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: wv lungbuster on May 09, 2010, 09:04:00 PM

Wow very nice, I love your blade design.

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: Steve Nuckels on May 09, 2010, 09:16:00 PM

Doc, you make a great looking knife!  I was wondering how Burt accomplished that!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
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IN GOD WE TRUST

Title: Re: Primative Froged 5160 Rasp..Burt Foster Style
Post by: OconeeDan on May 15, 2010, 08:41:00 AM

Very creative Doc!  The knives here really show a wide variety of "personalities".
Dan