Don Fogg gave two excellent demonstrations at Ashokan this year. The first was a forging demo, during which he forged a knife from round bar. In the evening Don gave a demonstration on his technique for hand finishing a blade. Below are some photos from those demos.
FORGING DEMO
Don making a point.
Forging the round bar.
Forging with a manly hammer.
Working on the point.
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HAND FINISHING DEMO
Don?s vise and backer for hand sanding.
Steel bars used to hold self-adhesive sand paper.
EDM stones soaking in windex, the blade, and other supplies.
Beginning to sand.
Working up a sweat, close-up of sanding technique.
Crappy picture of the partially finished, etched, demo blade. (Sorry about the poor photo.)