Learning how to use the power hammer by forging thin steel tubing
Starting the forge fire
Fire burning hot, ready for steel
Dancing sparks
Glowing steel
En route to becoming a blade
Forging to final thickness
Cutting out profile with cut off wheel (a Carter Cutlery specialty)
Stamping names in blades
Blades ready for quenching
Straightening
Shehan learning to grind on Murray’s kaiten toishi
Getting some pointers from Murray
Learning how to properly examine and diagnose the blade
Grinding the secondary edge
Cutting out the handle
Peening the pins into rivets
Soon to be finished knives
Students receiving some pointers again from Murray
Happy graduates with their new self-made knives
