HAND FORGING CUSTOM KNIVES

Almost all the knives and tomahawks I make are hand forged.

The first step is to think through the design details before heating the metal or striking a blow.

Hot Forging A Bowie Blade At Blade Show West

The next step is to hand forge the blade from a blank of the selected steel.

Hot Forging A Bowie Blade At Blade Show West

Here is the finished forging, and a steel blank of the size it was made from.

A Completed Forging of a Bowie Blade and a Blank of the Size it Was Forged From

After the forging comes hours of grinding, polishing, edge hardening, fitting, and finishing.

The Finished Bowie From the Forging Shown Above

Here is the finished knife, made from the forging you saw in the pictures above.