Description
Integral Blade forging of both a drop point full tang hunter and a full tang dagger. Master Smith Deringer forges the dagger blade, guard and tang from a single 52100 steel ball bearing.
DVD #1 of 2 contains Integral Blade Forging of a full tang Drop Point Hunter in Chapters:
- Introduction
- Initial Forging using Power Hammer
- Hand Forging to Set Shoulders
- Use of Bearing Races
- Caution with 52100 Steel
- Power Hammer to Reduce Bolster Area
- Advantage of Coal over Gas Forge
- Forging the Tang
- Matching Scales to Tang
- Pinning Scales to Tang & Thoughts on Ricasso
- Heat Treating 52100 Blades
- Planishing and Completing Blade
DVD #2 of 2 contains Integral Blade Forging of a full tang Dagger in Chapters:
- Introduction
- Forging Safety Apparel
- Integral Blade Forging Process
- Strategy for Forging the Guard
- Guard Fullering & Forging Approach
- Blade, Guard & Tang Alignment Tip
- Double Ball Swage for Tang Configuration
- Configuring & Detailing Dagger’s Blade
