Quote Originally Posted by zteknik View Post
Now as a tinkerer and an amatueur of sorts how would one get into bladesmithing?
Equipment wise steel to use and such?
I'm fairly good at making turds shine,but I would like to know how to do it right.
Is there anyplace one can research how to do it other than u yube?
Three are a lot of different forum type bladesmithing sites. Bladeforums, Knifedogs, knife network are just a few. Its unfortunate but you always get people on the forums that just blow smoke up your rear and give wrong info. It is hard to get real answers sometimes and it just takes hours and hours of research on the net. If you get a hold of someone and you visit their shop then it works out well. There is a guy in Keensburg named Steve Rollert (keen Edge knives ) that does classes that you could learn from if you wanted to drive the 2 hours.

Just realize that there are a lot of different ways to get it accomplished.

You get into bladesmithing by starting to make knives. Design and draw up what you think is a good knife. Then go do your research on form and function. You can get away with just using files and hand tools to make a knife, but they have grinders out there. There are so many steels that it is hard to just point to one and say go. You have to think of what you want to use the knife for and how to Heat Treat it. Heat Treating gets tricky. You can send them out to get heat treated though.

Who says that you aren't making knives right? Lets hear about how you are doing it?