Messerschmieden bei Ferrum

 

Before we begin

 

Armin and Pascal at the pre-smithing briefing

 

The home-made forge (made from a propane gas bottle)

 

Karin, Marco, Remo and Dani at the forge

 

Karin carefully extracts her knife from the forge

 

Remo works at the forge while Marco looks on

 

Karin at the anvil

 

Daniel (the proprietor) shows Remo how it's done

 

The back side of the forge

 

A row of tongs by the forge

 

Armin (talking to Pascal)

 

Armin heads to the forge

 

Marco and Dani messing around with the anvil

 

First stage is complete

 

Dani is focused ... on getting some water

 

Encodo photographs itself

 

Pascal shaping the handle of his hunting knife

 

DJ Urs

 

Karin in the break room

 

Dani is thinking evil thoughts

 

Encodo watches the master smith at work

 

Daniel (proprietor) files down the raw knife

 

Urs (selfie)

 

Armin

 

Daniel (proprietor) grinds down our knives

 

Pascal just successfully dunked his knife in oil

 

Remo dunks the point of the blade in oil

 

Daniel (proprietor) at his home-made high-heat oven

 

Karin gets ready to dunk her red-hot knife in oil

 

Encodo watches Dani get ready to scorch his wooden knife-handle

 

Dani scorching his knife-handle

 

Karin fits her knife-handle on her knife

 

Daniel (proprietor) performs the (almost) final sharpening

 

Gang of four

 

Armin, Urs and Marco look menacingharmless

 

Karin and Remo

 

A finished hunting knife

 

A finished hunting knife (blade close-up)

 

A finished kitchen knife

 

A finished kitchen knife (blade close-up)