Blacksmithing
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Making
Here are the main principles about what I make and the way I work
All my products are handmade.
I do only unique pieces.
Workshop
My workshop is relatively basic and mainly comprises:
> Charcoal forge , anvil and their accessories.
> Workbench with drill press and scroll saw.
> Backstand, hand sander and angle grinder.
> High temperature heat treating oven (up to 1100°C = 2010°F) > Tempering oven.


My anvil

My charcoal forge

The workbench (tidy !) with drill press and scroll saw


The backstand

The heat treating oven

Matériaux
I use only quality materials :
> Tool steel: Most often 90MV8 (equivalent to O2), but I have some other steels in stock.
> Stainless steel: Most often N690, but also 14C28N or VG10 suminagashi.
> Wood: I have a confortable stock of wood in multiple colors and veins. I both use natural and stabilized wood...
> Horn: I am not a big fan of the horn. However I have zebu, deer...
> Leather: I mainly use veg tanned leather usually in 2 or 3mm thick. Sometimes, I embellish the sheath with iguana or shark leather.