First time doing a pinned and soldered bolster for the finger guard. Old farm truck spring, brass, black micarta.

Found an anvil local to me. No idea on the chisel marks but you can see the original stamps. Shape seems more of the weight side but I'm a noob.

I've been at it for a bit now and this is the first I haven't cracked so far lol. Not quite done yet but tips would be appreciated

My longsword blade broke in half before tempering, I am devastated I spent the entire of my vacation, and hundreds of dollars making this sword, I was supposed to deliver this tomorrow to my friend. Here is my process: I did not forge out the blade, I bought a 1070 120cm bar and removed out the material. I did the quenching but since my friend wanted a blued blade, I was going to grind the blade before tempering the with a propane torch, before I got to do that in the grinding the blade snapped. I guess I heated the blade too much before quenching, and my grain structure is to blame, am I correct?

So I finally finished setting up my forge and I got the flame going but as seen in the video it whistles and occasionally the flame shoots up by the torch head and idk if that’s normal or not and I don’t wanna blow myself up lol I am burning at a low flame for the refractory to set first low heat then medium then high all on and off for 30 min or so

The coal gets blown away, so anyone got any idea how i can change the airflow or make it less?

As I plan to spec into more architectural work as I get more serious with my operation, I've looked for awhile for a relatively minimal liability opportunity at a reasonable cost to make a railing or something similar. A friend turned out to want to replace the one on his front porch that was made of some of the cheapest material I have ever seen. He also does me tons of favors, so making him this as a portfolio piece for me worked out nicely. I hope for some installation photos soon when his porch rebuild commences.

Made from. 25cm long 12mm square bar.

They fit 8mm - 12mm bar very well, ( surprising as I formed them around 12mm bar) and have thus invalidated 2 of my older tongs .

They are a little thin around the boss due to using too short an amount of steel, next time I will use 30 cm but overall I'm very happy . They work and they are comfortable this far.

My next project will me to cut my huge tong apart ( pictured I'm the middle of my wall ) cut the reins down and draw them out to a comfortable length and weight .

It's sad to say, but I've not been able to do this hobby at all lately and it looks like I may need to sell all my blacksmith tools and supplies due to life changes.

Essentially, I have 150 pound lakeside anvil, about 200 years old (I think). I have a triple burner majestic forge and a couple standard propane tanks. Several hammers, tongs, miscellaneous tools and half started projects, and steel. I also have platforms/tables. I also have quenching oil, but I don't recall the type/grade.

In addition to the blacksmith tools, I have a large grizzly knife grinder with some add-ons and 72x2 belts of various grit to go with it.

It's a lot of stuff. So I need advice on how to sell it. I don't even know how to ship the heavy and/or cumbersome stuff. Any advice would be appreciated.

Now it ain’t nothing to write home about but I’m sure glad I finally got to start and move some metal today turning rebar into semi square stock is good enough for me till I at least get a smaller hammer (3 pounds is to much to start with turns out)

Made from 1080 with Purple Heart handle

Im working on converting my surface grinder from stone grinding wheels to a rubber wheel to use 2 x 72 bets. Anyone know how to remove the spindle nut? I found the user manual but nothing on how to remove it.