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Thanks josh, I use 1095 and 15n20

wow thats great, how do you get that contrast, what is the black steel?

wow that pattern turned out beautyfully what steels were used?

There should be an opening/valve around 4:00 or 5:00 which is how much you fill it with oil.

Its a Canedy Otto/ western cheif that has no stand, and was midifyed to be portable

c-buy-and-sell-art-collectibles-DL059-Antique-Vtg-Old-Blacksmith-Hand-Forged-Iron-Ladle-149-W0QQAdIdZ259624389 this one is a litle better

i know where there is one in better shape for $5

well do you know of anyone in my area i could contact, i am thinking of joining

If vises can be aesthetically beautiful, Peter Wright made such. On top of the screw box "bell shape" you can sometimes make out in small stamped letters: P. WRIGHT PATENT SOLID BOX in three lines. The triple punch marks are probably "match marks," applied so the parts of one vise don't get mixed with another that is being forged. If you remove and clean the screw box, it may have a single letter stamped on it where it wouldn't be seen when the vise was assembled. If there is a letter, I guess it may be an inspector's mark.

If there is a symbol stamped on the vise, it could be the British coat of arms. I have only seen the coat of arms on PW vises that were exported to Canada and Australia, not the U.S.

i have one near mint

english pattern ruffly 78lb (not the 80's soft steel) and now have a 7/8" hardy hole instead of 3/4"

plop it down in front of the TV, get a file and pick two corners that are the most square and bring the other to meet them.
sunday when the game is on would be a good time, as you can rewind if you miss something exciting
it took me about an hour a corner to square up my kohlswa

got any pictures?

Ah... so what you are saying is that you are a robot in an industrial forge eh? ROFL...

ok i know i an not a member of the OABA, yet, but i want to apprentice or at least spend some time learning from a blacksmith i am about 2 hours east of Toronto in Norwood Ontaio is there anyone in my areathat could handle a 14 year old slowing you down and asking a ton of questions
thanks for reading
Josh

I and probably others would like to see those chaining tongs. Sounds like they'd be real handy. Could you please post a picture.

polish temper etch handle

the spark test i did showed the 6 i am gonna use are HC but i see your point i think i will weld each differant steel into a bar of its own and then weld them all together, the only "damacus" that i have used is cable damascus so i may just start with somthing simpler, i was thinking of a core of c1018 with the next layer of files (i got a ton of old ones) then a cable damascus outer peice then i will do a twist pattern
thanks
Josh

anyone know where the whearhouse is? is there anything guarding it? anyone to help me lift anvils into a truck? lol

From Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, I understand it takes about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to become world class at something. I heat up a fire poker and tally up the hours on a piece of wood, and make a poke for every time I have fired up the forge. Gives me a nice growing, visual reminder of the time I spend. I suppose a stump full of nails would be similar. A friend who took aikido at the university for 13 years (slow to graduate) had the oldest index card in the box, with one tally mark per session attended. It was impressive to see both sides of a large index card with the smallest tally marks possible.

oh and as i am ending a day in the shop i weld up a peic of cable or a damascus billet

I've been doing nails for years, though I just got back into blacksmithing over the summer, so I only have a few hundred nails. And, just a tip, for making chain, a pair of chaining tongs are a godsend. I finally made a pair today and it cut my time in half because I was no longer fumbling with the links in the fire. I also found it handy to pop the initial weld on my daughter's RR track anvil that I set on the corner of the forge before I move to the bick on the big anvil(I have a coal forge with a 2x3 table).

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the kind words. I made it just for fun, I may sell it or keep it, not sure just yet?? Thanks again.

Oh yes; Yes the base is a Railroad tie plate.

Uh oh... guess I have to up my nail production... can't be having you outdoing me

well i dont have a camera so i was thinking from bottom to top welded into billets, nails,file,saw blad,file,nails and weld the twist fold twist fold twist fold ect...