Forging and Finishing a Brut de Forge Knife 

The "Brut De Forge" Two disc set is a step by step tutorial with the techniques used by Master Smith Joe Keeslar to forge, heat treat, and finish a knife from a worn out file and give it new life and function  A very Simple and straight forward procedure for making a knife.

The set contains two DVDs:

 #1 - Forging, Annealing and Grinding a Full Tang Knife:

•             Introduction and Tools

•             Steel & Forging Steps

•             Forging Tang

•             Forging Integral Guard

•             Forging Blade

•             Touchmark, Normalizing & Annealing

•             Grinding Knife

•             Hollow Grinding Blade

 #2 - Heat Treat & Grip Fit & Finish:

•             Heat Treating Blade

•             Blade tempering

•             Attaching Scales

•             Riveting Scales

•             Grinding Handle

•             Filling & Sanding

•             Raising Fibers “Whiskers”

•             Dyeing & Applying Oil