Hello From Rocky Mountain House Alberta

I am totaly new to knife making and pretty well don't know anything about it, all I know is that I feel a drive and passion to do it. I haven't made any knives yet, still in the process of making some of the tools I need. I made a forge out of a very large concreat block that had an 8" hole through it, drilled a hole through the top for a propain burner I peaced together. It is very crude but it heats the meterial so it will do for now.

 

Welcome . Once you start you'll be hooked.

 

welcome to the forum

 

Hi,

Welcome to the forum. Always great to see another Albertan on the member list.
A good place to start having a look around is the Canadian Supplier Reviews section. http://www.canadianknifemaker.ca/index.php?forums/canadian-supplier-reviews.44/

Cheers!

Dan

 

Hi and Welcome....just gonna give you fair warning ... concrete likes to explode when heated. Even if its just a tiny piece that flies off it can do so violently. Soft white firebricks are a good starting place for a forge and they also have the benefit of being modular.....as well as not shooting chunks of cement and aggregate at you! Wear PPE!

 

Thanks for the heads up. I do have fire bricks on the bottom where the flame is blowing. The concreat is only temporary as well just untill I can finish the forge I am building out of an old propain tank.

 

Spent the day building a safer forge with fire brick, at least I shouldn't have to worry about it exploding. Also whiped up a quick pair of tongs, first thing I have ever forged.

 

Sorry, pics not showing up.
We'd love to see what you did.

Dan

 

Welcome to the party. Lot's of good folks around here.

 

Hoping I have it figured out how to post pics, not to great with technology lol.
Still have work to do on the forge and tongs.

 

Guess I didn't figure it out. I have tried three diferent photo sharing sites and none have worked.

 

have you tried http://imgur.com/
you need to select the link with IMG in the address

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP1fztGju7h/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BP1f339jCCP/

 

Hi Camil,

Looks good. If you have another brick or two to block off the back end you 'll get better heat and save on propane.

Dan

 

Hi Camil welcome to the forum. Edmonton Alberta here if ever in the area feel free to stop by for a coffee and some knife talk
StaySharp
Jason