Blacksmithing and Cutlery by Gérard HEUTTE Home Index A..Z Map About... Contact Links Bibliography Events Achievements Beginners Practical Metallurgy Workshop Cutlery Forge For Sale

Workshop (and tools) Without workshop, no blacksmith and no cutler! The price of the new equipment being exorbitant, reprocessing and making will render great services. If a certain number of tools are impossible to circumvent, it is completely possible to buy a great number on second hand or make some of them yourself. Here first of all a brief presentation of: > Common tools useful for blacksmiting and cutlery. > Specific tools for the work of leather . Then, some making: > Making a forge for cutler known as " U-shaped forge". > Making a rustic model of forge, Ground forge. > Blower for forge with the engine of a vacuum cleaner. > Installation of a stack to replace or supplement an anvil. > Quick making of blacksmithing tongs. > A Sanding block adapted for cutlery . > To help folder's design, here is a Folder's gizmo . > For those working with files, a Ricasso clamp . > To hide washers, a Counterbore cutter . > Accessories, gadgets and home made tools. > To replace the stamp, here is an electroetching unit . > For tempering, how improve an oven . > A machine for stonewash finish. > A system of water bath for acid. And to finish the mandatory one: > Safety rules.