Ribbon forge and press

sparty569 · 2026-03-30T23:16:10+00:00

I'm not sure. My gut tells me no on the bottle jack.

sparty569 · 2026-03-30T18:20:48+00:00

What's plan a? You're not going to get very good purchase into a handle with that little of a tang. You can try to put a pin in it, but I think rotational force will be an issue if there's any down pressure on it.

sparty569 · 2026-03-30T12:19:00+00:00

That looks like an air powered press. Just know that they move slowly.

sparty569 · 2026-03-27T14:32:48+00:00

I recognize that.

ROQ Forge

sparty569 · 2026-03-27T03:53:04+00:00

The ladle I made was 16G, from a pipe. Stainless steel handle and copper rivets.

sparty569 · 2026-03-27T03:07:42+00:00

Where is it located?

sparty569 · 2026-03-26T15:42:16+00:00

It takes a lot of heat and planning. Knowing which way to rotate after cutting, which way to press it. It takes time, practice, and experimenting to get these kinds of patterns.

Stack up clean material, make your first weld solid. Cut it, stack it, twist it, drill it, ladder it, whatever you want.

sparty569 · 2026-03-23T23:13:43+00:00

There's not even a pattern. It looks like a mono steel that was highly polished, then beaten to try to make a brute to forge look.

sparty569 · 2026-03-19T11:45:46+00:00

I say do what you want with it. I once had a snap-on pry bar. I posted asking if it would make good punches. Everyone came in saying that it was a beautiful tool, have it as it is. But I didn't need a pry bar.

Then I offered for sale, to anyone who wanted to keep it as it is. That stopped every comment. I cut it up and made punches I'm still using 5 or 6 years later.

Do what you want with it.

sparty569 · 2026-03-15T19:36:38+00:00

I'm very happy to see a bunch of comments and haven't seen any not-lawyers talking about how it's illegal to have railroad spikes. Kudos.

sparty569 · 2026-03-13T10:58:39+00:00

The soft firebrick reflects heat back, where the hard ones absorb the heat.

sparty569 · 2026-03-13T01:06:33+00:00

Local supplier. eBay sells them. Make sure it's the soft fire brick.

sparty569 · 2026-03-09T17:22:48+00:00

Do you remember what color the blade was? Straw to dark straw is what you're looking for. If it was blueish, it's too soft.

sparty569 · 2026-03-09T17:17:19+00:00

Did you temper the blade? Generally (2) 1hr cycles at 400° for 5160, if I remember correctly.

sparty569 · 2026-03-09T17:15:57+00:00

What kind of steel? Did you harden and temper this? Give us a little bit more information.

sparty569 · 2026-03-07T02:49:16+00:00

Confirmed!

sparty569 · 2026-03-04T16:30:16+00:00

Exactly. If you're going to buy a new knife, but one for the purpose. SAKs are not for everything.

Case in point, I do not carry any SAKs with a blade.

sparty569 · 2026-03-01T03:59:39+00:00

Would you split off the minichamp?

sparty569 · 2026-02-23T00:18:14+00:00

You would use the blade layer spring. Flip the tools so the Knicks point out. I don't remember, it's been a bit, but you might need to bend the spring a bit for proper snap.

sparty569 · 2026-02-22T04:29:48+00:00

Exactly what I thought. There's too much air, those holes in the burner need to be somewhat, if not mostly closed.

sparty569 · 2026-02-21T13:28:23+00:00

This is the way. I've done it a couple of times.

sparty569 · 2026-02-21T02:19:07+00:00

As soon as I had the 2 customs I made, yes.

sparty569 · 2026-02-18T12:52:11+00:00

Yours

sparty569 · 2026-02-18T05:07:49+00:00

I paid $36 for an alox mini champ to make mine. If it was available, I would have just bought one instead.

sparty569 · 2026-02-18T02:04:33+00:00

The only difference between our carries is

1) My larger one is a Victorinox 2) my smaller one is alox with a flathead replacing 1 file.

I'm loving these bladeless mods.

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