The Pirate Blacksmith of NC

More power.

May 23, 2013 by AAAPirate Blacksmith

I’ve been busy. Some of my main projects- between paying work- have been new tools. You can never seem to have enough.
I’m welding up my own power hammer, not like this, but I wanted to share it anyway. I’ve ogled it for a while. A bit antiquated, but none the less I bet it was top-notch for a small shop.. at least in its own day..

Blacker power hammer
(Not mine)

I’ve found a new artist blacksmith to follow. BobbyT keeps an interesting blog over at blogspot.

A random fun links:
Old power hammer info from over at NEBS

Posted in Tools, What is a blacksmith? | Tagged blacker, Blacksmith, forged, in-line helve, ironwork, power hammer | 1 Comment »

A small patternwelded desk-knife/letter opener

May 11, 2013 by AAAPirate Blacksmith

I forged this for my father-in-law at his request.

Pattern welded 1084/15n20

Getting ready to forge weld!

twisting pattern weld

I’m not unhappy with how it turned out but it certainly could have been better. I lost the laminate pattern I wanted on the blade by using the cross peen without thinking. Along with a few other aspects I wasn’t satisfied with. My father in-law really seemed to like it and alas I feel I learned a bit and had fun doing it! I hope you enjoy seeing it come alive in my first video!

Music by: Mr. Peter Biedermann “The Uncommon Man” (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Biedermann/)

Helpful links:
Heat treating 1084 thanks to Mr. Cashen – http://www.knivesby.com/knifemaking-Kevin-Cashen-treating-1084.html

Tool and knife steel from “The NJ Steel Barron” Mr. Aldo Bruno – http://newjerseysteelbaron.com/

Parks 50 Thanks to Mr. Kelly Cupples

Temperatures can be inexpensively tested with tempsticks. I get mine from markingpendepot.com.

Posted in Decor, Sharp and pointy, Video | Tagged 1084, 15n20, AAAPirate, bladesmith, damascus, desk knife, diy, forge, how to, knife, knife making video, letter opener, metal art, pattern weld | 2 Comments »

St. George’s Day demo

May 2, 2013 by AAAPirate Blacksmith

I had a grand time helping out Solvar at the St. George’s Day demonstration at Lafayette Village.
I even got to display and vend some stuffs from the forge.