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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.

custom tanto: forge folded, pattern welded steel, 20000 layers W2 & 1060, pattern welded fittings (tsuba, fuchi, kashira) ***sold*** #tanto #bladesmith #koshirae #patternwelded #ferrumd #customknives #damascussteel #damaszenerstahl #messerschmied #japanesesword
pattern welded fuchi and kashira for a tanto... etched and blackened #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #japanesesword #fuchi-kashira #koshirae
making a cooper habaki for a tanto forged from 20’000 layers of steel 😎😬 #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #japanesesword #habaki #koshirae #tanto
pattern welded fuchi and kashira for a tanto... test etch.., now in for a deep texture etch #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #japanesesword #tsuba #koshirae
pattern welded tsuba for a tanto 😎😬 #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damaszenerstahl #japanesesword #tsuba #koshirae
small tsuba for a tanto in the making ... test etch #bladesmith #patternwelded #ferrumd #damascussteel #damaszenerstahl #tanto #japanesesword #tsuba
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