Febuary Blog

Every one always asks me to make them a sword..... It gets old pretty quick. I could just make one real quick fairly easily but I take pride in my work so not happening. I would do it properly and these videos show the steps of forging a real blade and why it takes so mush time. This is a very, very, very nice blade and would not be cheap but I hope you understand the respect for the blade and how time consuming it really is to make a nice blade.

A very cool blade and a very respectable smith hope it gives you guys some perspective.

Answer 2

1. My EQ is: That is the most important factor in efficiently manipulating metal into a desired shape?

2.  1st Answer: The most effective way to manipulate metal is by using a hammer and coal forge.

3. The best way to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is by creating tools to assist in the forging process. 

4. My first answer address real world concerns because it tells you the type of tools you need for the best result and can be broadened into all aspects of smithing. My second answer is slightly more specific but relates better to my EQ because it shows the best way to manipulate metal not only by yourself but also how blacksmiths have been doing it for centuries.  it shows you how to overcome difficulties in the forging process which is focused entirely around my EQ.

5. "Crucible Tool Steel and Specialty Alloy General Information." Crucible Tool Steel and Specialty Alloy General Information. Crucible Industries, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2014.

6."Heat Treatment of Steel." Hardening. N.p.,N.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014 OR "Heat Treatment of Steel." Tempering. N.p.,N.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2014 Any of these three describe tools that blacksmiths make or process that can be greatly assisted by tools. This sours actually describes a tool that blacksmiths made for a process that is used on a industrial scale : "Heat Treatment of Steel." Casehardening. N.p.,N.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2023

7. The best way to think about my answer is to look at like this: picture something that you want to make, then picture a machine that makes it for you. That is what industry does nowadays which evolved from the simple blacksmith tools that I am making. while I am not making huge machines I am making tools that are a huge help if you imagine yourself as the factory or huge machine.

Independent component 2 approval

1. Because of my new answer which is: The best way to efficiently manipulate metal into a desired shape is by creating tools to assist in the forging process, for my 2nd independent component I will create necessary assistant tools to further my study in forging metal.These include abnormal tools that can only be made by blacksmiths such as: a nail header, anvil helper, spring fuller, adjustable tongs, re sizable tongs, hardy tools, and many, many more. creating these tools will not only give me more experience working with metal but when i use the tools they allow me to work on a project without any assistance thus forcing me to create tools to solve the problems of working alone. If blacksmiths have one trait its ingenuity and these tools are proof of that. So when creating these tools I will fashion them around my own problems as a blacksmith thus increasing my aptitude for that trait.  

2. With this topic as my component I can show much more than the 30 hours required by researching different types of tools requires for different projects as well as spending the 30+ hours forging them at the shop every other Saturday.

3. This will help me gain experience solving problems as well as more practice working with metal. It will also show me how blacksmiths functioned long ago with and without apprentices.  and how to overcome some of the difficulties crating abnormal pieces.

4. 2nd log posted

Independent Component

Literal:
A. I, Avery Brinkley, Affirm that i completed my independent component  which represents 30 hours of work.
B. I had two major souses for this project. First was my mentor Caroline and 2nd was: PROPERTIES IDENTIFICATION AND HEAT TREATMENT OF METAL form the Machinist Hand book.
C. Updated  Hours log.
D. My purpose was to try and create something that was useful and I could sell and make money off of. I ended up making a steak flipper. after many hours of experimentation and examples i decided to try and make one and am very impressed by how it came out. I have showed it to most of the teachers but it is a Square rod with a handle and scroll work on one end, then multiple  twists in the middle, then finally I forges a hook on the other end that enables you to scoop under the stake and flip it. Very happy with it and impressed at the quality.

Interpretative:

I have spent quite a lot of time on this project. it represents how far I have come by showing two different kind of tapers, scroll work, two different twists, and Shows that i can effectively use soft hammer like a leather mallet and know appropriate techniques for straightening metal after twists.

Applied:

In Blacksmithing their are a lot of different ways to do different things but their is no right way. By making the steak flipper I did a variety of steps that and needed for both the foundation of your skills and used techniques that can be polished and forged into new ones. Twisting was an especially difficult yet fun way to make things and I was taught different ways to do each type of twist I used. All of the Steps I used when making this can be used and applied on many different projects not just the steak flipper. Tapering both round and square, scroll work in the handle, and the twists are all things that can be used on almost every project and this one taught me how to do each of them or polished my skill with using them.