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borntoride

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  1. My church is sponsoring a fund-raiser to earn money to go down to Mexico to build a home for a family. I volunteered to make some Frederick's crosses. My Saturday was spent in my 'shop' trying to come up with a variety of crosses. It was challenging to try to come up with a variety of them. I was able to make ten.
  2. Thanks for the tutorial Ed. I just started making some spear points and had to learn the way you did, but I did manage to make one that looked and worked well, and one that was so so. On the last one I stated to short on the socket and now it's a wall hanger. The first one turned out almost long enought, when I stuck it on a shaft it stuck so well I had to clamp it in a vice to get the shaft out. Thanks again. BTR
  3. Great job on the candle holder and coat rack. I just made my first candle holder this December. Your tongs are really good looking, and a good idea for holding flat stock. I've only made one set of tongs and they didn't turn out to well, so I have not tried again yet. Keep up the good work. BTR
  4. Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. Frosty your comments help me because I like the rustic look and my wife really likes the painted look on some of the things I have made her. When I use blended metal like steel and copper or brass she is ok with the steel look. You are right, it is better to do what the customer wants within reason. I'll try to post some of my other work soon. btr
  5. Musika, I have used charcoal in a primitve forge while doing some living history demonstrations at a California Mission. I asked the docent why they use charcoal. His answer was that there is a lot of pine and other hardwoods in the area. The charcoal was easy to make in large quanities and was easy to store. As Thomas Powers said there is less smoke problems. The forge at the Mission was a raised brick platform with a side bellows. I have used pine charcoal and mesquite charcoal they both work very well. However,the mesquite throws alot of sparks. So after all that, the short answer as well as I can tell is that it works better then just plain wood. Hope this helps. BTR
  6. This is a candlestick I forged in Dec. for my wife's birthday. I would have prefered to have left it "rustic" but the gift was for my wife so & painted it her favorite color.
  7. Thanks Steve for your comments and suggestions. I had Googled Thor's hammer before and had looked at a lot of types and decieded to try and forge one for my son, so that he had a one of a kind. I have quite a bit of copper and brass sheet so that will be the next one I make. I will be looking at some Viking jewelery hords also, for some more insperation. The pieces that you make are very well done, I really like the ring with the striker and knife. Thanks again. BTR
  8. Thanks everyone for your comments. Yes, my son is a wee lad; 6' tall with blonde hair down to his waist.... just a snip of a lad. He has been reading Norse poetry and I thought he would enjoy this as a pendant. I forged it out of a scrap piece of 3/8" square stock. I forge out the tang into a long taper first and then forged the hammer head out of about 3/8"x3/8" piece left. I forge the head so it tapers to both ends. I used my nail header to hold the piece while I forged the head to shape. I've seen Thor's Hammers made out of copper or brass and many out of silver. I think making one of silver would be a fun project. Sukellos, that is very interesting about when Christianity spread to Northern Europe. They kept some of their old symbols yet converted them to their new way. As you said, practical survival. Thanks again everyone for your comments. I hope to post some more photos to the gallery but I am having trouble loading them. BTR
  9. I forged this Thor's Hammer for our son for Christmas. Thanks for Glenn for helping us get this posted
  10. Wow I started reading this to my wife but got to laughing so hard I couldn't read. She tried to read but started laughing so I had to start again. Great story. Glad you didn't zap that poor little cat. Thanks for sharing. BTR
  11. Thanks for the welcom. As the old saying go's, you can call me anything you want just don't call me late for dinner. Thanks again this is a truly fun and informative forum. In His Service borntoride
  12. This post is very interesting. Just before December I was doing a demonstration of blacksmithing for an AWANA group and I had a Crucifixion spike, I had made just to try. When I showed the spike to the children and the leaders the reaction was very intreresting. Some were fasinated, some were horrified. One of the men in the crowd asked if I could make three of them for talks he was doing. I made the three spikes and before I gave them to him I showed them to some other people the reactions were similar to the children. When people see the spikes they start to understand., Thanks for the posts about this topic. In HIs service, borntoride
  13. Hello to all you metal maulers. I've been hanging around this forum for awhile and finally decided to join up. There is a huge amount of talent and knowlage here. I am hoping to learn much and maybe share some. Thanks in advance for all of your help. In His service borntoride
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