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Fotos aus aktuellen Kursen, Projekten und der Arbeit in der Schmiede.

Photos from current classes, projects and the work in the smithy.

chef’s knife... available soon 144 layers random pattern #bladesmith #patternwelded #messerschmied #ferrumd #damascussteel #damaszenerstahl #customknives #chefsknife #kochmesser
two day forging class, pattern welding... #bladesmith #patternwelded #schmiedekurs #ferrumd #forgingclass #customknives #messerschmied
work in progress... japanese heat treatment on W2 Carbon steel ... available soon #ferrumd #bladesmith #messerschmied #customknives
two day pattern welding class... 256 layers of L6/En8 #bladesmith #patternwelded #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #ferrumd
fitting of handle halves... on thr conventional milling machine #bladesmith #schwert #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #messerschmied #ferrumd
katana from a 7 day forging class, forge folded carbon steel approx. 1200 layers, copper habaki, hand polish an quite sharp @ferrum_d #bladesmith #schwert #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #katana #samuraisword #patternwelded #damascussteel #damaszenerstahl #japanischesschwert #samuraischwert
two swords from a four day forging course... carbon steel blades, mild steel fittings, oak handles. @ferrum_d #bladesmith #schwert #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #sword #ferrumd
and here are the roughly forged guards for the other swords... #schwert #bladesmith #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #ferrumd
habaki all soldered and roughly matched to the blade... some more shaping and finishing and also fitting the tsuba to the blade ... last class day tomorrow #bladesmith #samuraisword #schwert #tsuba #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #habaki
habaki all soldered and roughly matched to the blade... some more shaping and finishing and also fitting the tsuba to the blade ... last class day tomorrow #bladesmith #samuraisword #schwert #tsuba #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #habaki
copper, roughly forged to make a habaki for the katana later... #bladesmith #samuraisword #schwert #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #habaki
cnc milling the tsuba... there will be a good bit of filing and sanding left for hand work... but this is efficient and easy for getting a rough shape cut out... #bladesmith #samuraisword #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #tsuba
forging class: 7 day katana and 4 day european swords... the heat treatment is done... and the polishing has begun #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #schwertschmied #schmiedekurs #forgingclass #bladesmith #swords #schwerter #schwert #katana #samuraisword
the work of a single day... three sword blades #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #katana #sword #schwertschmied #schmiedekurs #forgingclass
a good mornings work... three sword blades #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #katana #sword #schwertschmied #schmiedekurs #forgingclasd
integral french chef’s knife in the making... 2560 layers if O2 & L6 steel #ferrumd #bladesmith #patternwelded #damaszenerstahl #chefsknife #messerschmied
three days of forging class;)... 144 layers integral chef’s knives #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #schmiedekurs #kochmesser
forging class: integral chef’s and katana.. the katana has a masame hada at 2816 layers and us currently being forged to shape... the chef’s have been heat treated successfully and we’re now starting to prep the handles #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #chefsknife #samuraisword #katana #messerschmied #bladesmith
a good days work😁one overlong sunobe for the katana with 2816 layers with masame hada (pattern), two french integral chef’s fron a 144 layer billet and one french integral chef’s with 2560 layers... #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #forgingclass #schmiedekurs #bladesmith #chefsknife #katana #samuraisword