5 Elements Forge Hammer-in

My friend Geoff hosted the 2nd hammer-in in what may be a series. He continued working on a blade that he started last time as part of his press-testing. This time it was surface grinding and heat treating. Photos are at http://alchemyforge.net/5EF-H2-jan2010.html The finished knife will be donated to the Northwest Knife Collectors as a raffle item at their next fundrraiser, and I think they decided to do a sort of rifleman's knife with a forged S-guard... but I wasn't privy to the entire conversation, so we'll see how this progresses.

He also had engraver Tom Sterling in attendance with a hands-on demo. I wasn't able to participate in that, but it looked like fun. Geoff's Mrs made some killer chili, cinnamon rolls and cornbread, and the lunch table conversation was interesting and stayed on-topic (i.e. it didn't stray into the political) which was nice.