Blue knife

 

                         Blade forged from spring steel, blue rubber on handle.

                                        Inlay knife

   Knife forged from wrought iron and bloom steel work hardened blade, cherry wood
on handle. My first attempt with silver inlay.

 

                                             Glass beads

              Glass beads made from river bank shards (are blunt and is better for carried in pockets).

                               Bloom under the microscope

Photo of blooms maded in Knifest show at hearth furnace. All smelt add about 0,7 - 0,9 % C.

 

 bloom from steel with 0,5% C after smelt there is over 1% C 250x zoom:

800x zoom:

 Bloom from sheath has about 0,8% C- 250x zoom:

800x zoom:

 

                     New hearth forge and bloom knife

                     Knife is forged from bloom without folding. Boxwood scales sheath fittings and rivets.