Hi all, new potential blade maker here in Madison, MS, I haven’t made one yet - just bought a belt grinder and metal portaband saw and working in building a mount. Will be working out of the workshop side of my garage with two of my boys (17 and 12) who got hooked on FIF and then got me watching it as well.
They need a useful hobby anyway rather than laying around, so I decided to blow my new guitar money I had been squirreling away on blade making equipment. I hadn’t saved much but decided to get something that will tide them over and get them some practice. And truth be told, I could use both tools anyway.
Maybe a two burner forge and/or drill press for birthday depending on price (recommendations on these?). Anvil will have to wait until Christmas unless I can find something close by in the $100 range.
I haven’t found any local steel here in the Jackson metro area so it looks like I will have to order some 1084 bar stock online, any recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading, hopefully in a week or so I will have a picture to post.
Welcome Jeff.
There is a sub-forum here at Bladeforums specifically for knife makers. Click on this link- https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/shop-talk-bladesmith-questions-and-answers.741/
I'm confident that just about any question you might have someone there can answer it, or offer recommendations .