#PhotoOfTheDay is another shot of the table knife that I forged out of a found spring or coil that was "rusted and busted." It cleaned up nicely.
The little dark specks are from imprecise hammer strikes, which I have mixed feelings about. On the one hand I shouldn't make them (I've gotten so much better) but also they show that the knife was made by hand & not just cranked out by a machine in some factory. The aesthetic of my work is important to me.
@croyle Those specks do add a little character, though.
When you do a project like this do you also make "before" photos?
@kr1st Confirmed that I don't have any proper "before" photo of the piece. From memory, is tarted off as about a 3" diameter ring of rusty steel, maybe 3/8" in diameter.
I do have several photos of the knife in-process, from the first rough shaping to the finished product. I'll see if I can pick out a sequence of them to post so it shows the steps it went through.
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