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German Hunting knife from hell ;-) got a new garage
Now you know this knife already. Might be the progress I made with it is tiny, but the effect is cool, if you ask me. I did some buffing up and made a dangler sheath for it. The sheath is made from 3...
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A cool day at the smithy @#Ahlhauser Hammer
Each Friday we open up the smithy for just about everyone who wants to come. It´s actual work most of the time, but sometimes just plain old fun. Last Friday was one of those days that were fun to...
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The wonder of spring
It´s been a while, on a day when the sun was shining so vibrantly, that I felt that urge again. I had to get outside, and so I packed my foraging gear and a cuppa and saddled my not-so-trusty steed...
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Ride with ´em crazy rookies ;-)
On Sunday the folks from the ironforge and myself decided it was some really fine weather to go for some mountainbike ride along some technical trails. A lot of the guys and gals actually ride, and...
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A ride with Natalie-it´ll be dry she said...
Natalie wrote me an SMS. Fancy a ride, she said. It´ll be dry, she said. ;-) Now dry it wasn´t, but fancy one ride I did. And I thought, well, get an early start, drop by the Deele café and have some...
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On the bench: "Grosses Messer" hanger short sword
This is currently a project that takes up a lot of energy, not necessarily in forging, but in research and creativity. I did quite a lot of research on this type of short sword, which was in use from...
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New backwoods utility knife on the bench
This is a project I am currently pursuing along the lines of the making of the short sword, and it may as well be a byknife to the big one, along with other tools... German hunting swords often had a...
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A much-needed solitary ride through the highlands
I had quite a stressy time again. At work and at the ironforge were a lot of things that - while not all being bad - required a lot of time and energy. So, what to do? I am so glad I cannot even begin...
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Adventure and magic and the joy of knifemaking from foraged steel.
Where to begin? How to write about something that is not commonly accepted? What is adventure and magic in the first...? I went on a bimble yesterday... and this beetle occured to me.Why did I say...
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Progress on my "Grosses Messer"
I just thought to give you some WIP pics of my "Grosses" Messer. The blade is all quenched now, selectively tempered (edge and half the spine).The wrought iron guard is roughly filed and waiting to be...
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Collaboration through the times - WIP
This is a knife I made quite some time ago in 2015 (http://fimbulmyrk.blogspot.de/2015/09/a-collaboration-through-times.html)... boy, time´s flying. The blade is forged from a blade blank I found in...
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WIP - collaboration through the times
There´s a lot of stuff going on these days, and I find little time to forge or make anything for myself... but still I fit in whatever I can, when I can. This is the knife from the last post. I...
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Face of stone - and when to kill and when not to kill
A strange endeavour. A strange venture. A strange adventure, it seems, and a lot to learn for me still about life... and death. I was on my way to the ironforge, and thought I would do the hike down...
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Hard work and good fun @Ahlhauser Hammer ironforge
After a somewhat shocking hike to the ironforge, I was greeted by Daniel and the folks. Daniel had forged a pipe accessory set (for cleaning up his pipe) and had brought some brochures and geological...
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The knife that happened... ;-)
This is yet another tall Fimbulmyrk tale... but i daresay you´re accustomed to weird stuff like this by now. There are a lot of extremely weird coincidences in my life indeed... it all started with a...
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Lo and behold the wonders of wood and water!
I am deeply grateful. Yes, people tend to complain a lot these days. It´s the weather, of course. When the sun is shining, they complain it´s too hot and the summers were different in ´em days. When...
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New steakhouse tanto finished
This is a knife I like a lot these days... made from magical sorcery steel I found in the woods and which contains more than just a bit of tungsten- it is frighteningly sharp. The blade is quite thick,...
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Leaf handled knife on the bench...
Yap, I love these knives. Made from spring steel, they are made fast and are dead reliable and handle well. This one is selectively tempered and mildly carburized in the forge. Convex bevel, high to...
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Those stone doors -the legend of the dwarven kindom of the ennepe valley
Sometimes, when i am at the ironforge, the door is open, and while I always hear that eerie cry of the woods in my heart and in my soul, it is different there. The light shines ever so brightly, and...
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Mountain man primitive knife from way back then
I recently redid the grind on this one, which was made long time ago at the Bethaus smithy...Spring steel, selectively tempered, with a handforged crosspiece.The handle is Sambar stag antler I found...
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