Finally back in the forge

After almost 4 months without access to the forge I'm finally able get back in there on a regular basis. So on my first few days in I decided to try my hand at a new project, bottle openers. I made a few with pineapple twists for the handle and they turned out quite nice. The small tab that goes under the lip of the caps still needs a bit of fine tuning in my opinion but I took to my local pub and had a few of the bartenders try them out and they worked, in their words, great.

New Handles

Yesterday I went to an antique tool show in Pickering. There were lots of very neat wood working tools and a rare few metal working tools. I saw a lovely anvil from 1928, about 25 kilos, but at $350 it was a little steep for me, plus I don't really need another anvil right now.

One thing I did find, was a guy selling ash hammer handles for $2 each. I don't need any handles for my hammers at the moment but I do have a couple rail spike hatchets that need handles so I grabbed a bunch. So with these new handles in tow I could finally finish two of hatchets I have lying around since December.

So here are two finished hatchets and a couple spare handles.

A few more finished knives

Finally putting up some pictures

It's been ages but here are a bunch of knives that I have made in the last little while.