About Me

Hi, I'm Stephen Stumbo, I'm 18 yrs old, and a self taught knifesmith/blacksmith. All through my childhood I've had affinity for blades, probably starting with my first pocket knife. At 12 I tried to grind a knife out of a sawzall blade, and was so proud of how it turned out. At 14 I convinced my dad to help me make a forge so I could try blacksmithing. After building the forge I had a rough time getting started, but after meeting a local blacksmith and getting some tips, I went at it. About a year into blacksmithing (2009) I decided to try my hand at making knives. I started out terribly, but I've slowly been progressing to where you see now. Take a look around, and let me know what you think, you can also find me on facebook to keep up with the goings on around the ole smithy.














Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wrought/1080 san-mai wip

Recently I acqiured some wrought iron chain, I decided to weld some of it to either side of some 1080 steel. This way on the sides of a knife I get the cool looking and ductility of wrought iron, but for the edge, I get good edge holding 1080. This afternoon I finished rough grinding it and soaked it in ferric chloride for a few minutes to see the pattern. It's only rough, but I thought I'd share the pics.



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