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Nice. How tall are they? Are the stems welded from underneath?

Beautiful! Is the handle made from antler?

Been making these out of about 2.5" of 3/8" round stock.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. It's good to hear others perspectives. The base support material matches the base of a lamp I had made to go with these. It has chisel marks on the ends to try and make it look more organic which don't show up in the pic. But now I can see how it doesn't really go with the table itself. The bamboo is 1" schedule 80 pipe. Scored a line around the pipe then heated about an inch around the line with a torch then upset. Hammered out the leaves and welded together.

Great design. I like it.

I cleaned up and repainted this table I had made awhile back. I'm trying to get juried into a fair for the first time and have realized that it's harder to get good pics of my work than I thought. Any feedback on the table? -Tim

Nice hammer Dave.

Thanks for the info and the correction on terminology.

I've always applied paste wax (Johnson's) on my interior stuff when it still has the grey scale color from forging which gives me a black finish. I recently found some candleholders I had made almost 10 yrs ago but never finished so they were coated in a thick rust. I have a sandblaster that I had inherited from my folks but hadn't used so I tried that for rust removal. I loved how it completely cleaned nooks and crannies in no time at all, but wasn't pleased with the dull grey I was left with. I put it to the wire wheel and shined it up then started heating with a torch. I liked the look as the colors started to run so I took the heat off and waxed it. I know that i can scratch or wire wheel the surface color off but will it hold up over time and/or on something like a hook that gets a lot of rubbing when things go off an on it? -Tim

Just one more so I can give you directions to my shop. Definitely look me up if you're in the area. Visitors are always welcome as long as I'm there(my shop isn't at my house).

Ok Frosty I'll consider that my first warning:)

I'm in Williams, south of Grants Pass. Hmmm... no go on the photos.

I've been lurking here for a little over a year now and thought I might as well introduce myself to folks. My name is Tim Holloway and I live in So. Oregon. I started pounding iron about 10 yrs ago with the help of Jim Rich of Takilma Forge and Wagon Works. Jim sold me my first forge, anvil, and vise and with the fire tools I had made, was on my way. During that time I attended several Hammer-in's put on by Jefferson Smiths which sent me careening farther down the slippery slope of blacksmithing:) Unfortunately my smithing took a back burner to my day job working in the woods( treeplanting, cone harvesting, fuels reduction thinning, and various tree and critter surveying) and before I knew it all my tools were put away and smithing was something I "used" to do. My work was pulling me farther from home for longer periods of time which is difficult on a relationship so now I'm in the process of "reinventing" myself into the blacksmith that has been waiting this whole time. Maybe I'm crazy, but what the heck, life's too short and I get so inspired by some of the "crazy" stuff I see here on this site. My friend Russell, known on this site as "poleframer" has been enabling these crazy notions by designing and building a hammer/press combo that I've been calling my 3R combo. Basically you take a Rusty style hammer, a Randy style press, give it to Russell and see what happens:) Russell posted some info and pics here of his first Rusty hammer that is powered off a hydraulic motor and this is similar but has a forging press and punching press inside the frame of the hammer. I'll work on getting some pics and video of it at some point. Anyhoo, I'm in the process of figuring out what I can create with this contraption and loving every minute of it except that it opens up so many possibilities it's kinda overwhelming at times. I am very thankful for the wealth of information on this site and the willingness to share. I'll try to post pics of some stuff, we'll see how that goes. -Tim