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Title: Rainy Weekend Post by: Cajun on June 07, 2021, 08:36:03 am With a rainy weekend I went by Mike the Knife’s shop to get him to show me how he forged a finger guard on his knives. You forge the handle first before you forge the blade. He used a torch to temper the blade before he did the heat treatment in his oven. We will put the handle on next week n finish grinding the blade. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/43d4bed7b9884872b49df010b71a3922.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/9fed60b6f18967c22f6aca7b9495f320.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/cd5844ef72b0febacc9aa853b9e6cb12.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/13d11c0cf55aa8017fc9244fb4280ced.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/b4486a99711325d475cff565b1a5e2cc.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/64d2dbf2b03d4966b5a6ca292271473b.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: WayOutWest on June 07, 2021, 11:36:34 am I like to see it, I used to forge all mine but been doing stock removal for a number of years. I need to start swinging a hammer again.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: The Old Man on June 07, 2021, 05:58:11 pm That finger guard he puts on them is as neat as I have ever seen, just hammer it in "if ya do it just right" then clean it up. Really nice.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: WayOutWest on June 08, 2021, 11:43:43 am I sure would like to see a picture of the finished product!
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: Cajun on June 08, 2021, 12:07:34 pm WOW, we will probably finish it this weekend. I said we but Mike beat out this knife himself, just to show me how to do the forged in guard.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: WayOutWest on June 08, 2021, 01:43:02 pm Excellent, thank you! I belong to a FB group, Bladesmithing for Beginners with something like 140,000 members of all different skill levels and I have not seen anyone doing what he is doing. Much respect to Mike!
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: The Old Man on June 09, 2021, 10:25:33 pm That's Mike The Knife's trademark, he should have patented it.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: Cajun on June 10, 2021, 11:18:16 am Actually that forged in guard has been around quite a while but not many knife makers want to go to the extra trouble of hammering one in. I think it does add a extra touch and is very comfortable to the hand.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: WayOutWest on June 11, 2021, 06:49:07 pm Cajun, I found a guy named Joe Keeslar who many are crediting with this style of guard. He is pretty well thought of and has u tube videos on it. He is out of Mississippi.
Title: Re: Rainy Weekend Post by: Cajun on June 12, 2021, 06:40:38 am Yes, It has been around for awhile. I borrowed a book from Mike a couple of years ago that had been in print for awhile and they discussed the forged in guard in depth. I forgot who authored it.
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