Tools
New 3lb. Viking Style Hammers (Forge Welded)
On October 23, 2014 by jaustinTwo new 3 lb. Viking style hammers are on their way to customers today. One is going to a blacksmith in France and the other to a friend just north of me here in California. Both have low-carbon steel bodies forge welded to high-carbon faces and peens. The process is very time consuming but it
Axes & Straight Blades
A New Pair of Axes
On September 26, 2014 by jaustinThis pair of axes is ready to go to a good customer in the South East. He asked for a somewhat “matched” set to mount together so I picked out 2 pieces of similar size and heft which complimented each other from a small batch of axes I was working on. He wanted a finish
Axes & Straight Blades
New DVD Tutorial Now (finally) Available!
On September 6, 2014 by jaustinAt long last the DVD Tutorial entitled “Forging a Viking-Age Broad Axe / Traditional Asymmetric Wrap” is finished and ready to ship! A joint project with film maker Anna Geyer, this DVD has been over a year in the making. It is 62 minutes long, professionally produced, and covers in great detail the process of
Classes
Teaching at Penland
On August 21, 2014 by jaustinI got the opportunity to teach a course in the Iron Studio at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. The name of the course is “Silver Overlay for Blacksmiths”. In it I will lead students in the forging of small articles of iron which they will then decorate with pure silver by the
Axes & Straight Blades . Metallurgy
From Beach Sand to Blade
On July 23, 2014 by jaustinMy friend Jeff Pringle has been using his own method to smelt magnetite sand from the beach into high-carbon steel for years. About a week ago we used a slightly new approach to make a small “biscuit” of very sound metal which was large enough to yield two knife blades. Here are some pictures of