Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionDunno Stewart. It is Julien´s shop and Alec definatelly is able to decide for himself, this was and is not my beer. I wear glasses all the time, I don´t want to take any risk, but what others do in forign shops is not my business.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionA lot of fun actually! :D
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionSure was mate! :)
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionOn Saturday Alec Steele from Great Britain was visiting his grandparents in the near of Dijon and his uncle was kind enough to drive him buy so we three could work together a little bit. Unfortunately we had only three hours or so because I had to leave for traveling back to Germany early midday already. First Alec showed me a pretty cool technique on forging a one-heat-horsehead he learned from Brian Brazeal, which can be easily applied on a lot of items for decorative purposes. Here is a video of it: Then we where forging a gigantic nail to practice striking in a triad. The bar first was drawn out on the power hammer and then we upset the head in the swage blog by hand. Here you can see a video of that process: The front one in serpentine shape is the one we made that day: All in all I had a great time during these days and I really enjoyed my trip. There was some really great craftsmanship with Julien and Alec and I am keen to repeat this someday. Thanks again also to Julien´s wife who kept me fed well and drove me to the train station(s). Soo this was my little travel diary. I hope you enjoyed it! You all take it easy guys! - Daniel
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Hey Guys, during my autumn holly days I paid Julien Puy a visit in his shop near Dijon in France. I stayed with his family for four days. I helped him out in the shop, therefore he showed me some cool new stuff. He used to be a blacksmithing instructor for four years and did a lot of traveling around the world especially USA, the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic. On the first day we made this clothes hanger: The second day we made two Brazeal style rounding hammers. One was for a customer of Julien, he was forging and I was striking. Here you can see a video of it: After that we made a second one for me. I forged and he striked. Unfortunately there is no video of it... Toolsteel with a carbon content of 0,48% was used, pretty similar to 1045 or C45 steel. The handle I made myself from African hardwood. The hammer head ways somewhat around 3lbs. It is hardened and partially tempered at the cheeks. The all-in-all price for that one was 150€ (~200$). The next day we made inter alia this axe blank from pure iron I will weld in a cutting edge and finish it soon:
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Wow very nice exspecially for a "first project"!!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionNice! share your result then! :)
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etcHaha yes good tool for Zobie apocalypse^^. Julien and I made an axe blank for a viking axe from pure iron I will soon weld a cutting edge in and finish it.
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For a first pair they are quite good. It is usable, my first wasn´t, my second neither. Now I can make most of the tools I need myself. It is great, you start with very few and make more and more tools and become very well equipped with the time.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionThat was a very nice comment. Thank you!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionNice that it seems "alive" to you!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionA gift that you wrought with your own hands and that has a usefull purpose and will last over the next 300 years definatelly is a good one!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionI actually first forged out a fishtail shape with the peen of my hammer, then folded the socket, then forged out the stem on the horn, then cut of about 5cm of the stock material with the cut of hardy already leaving the tip tapered, then tapered a bit more and formed the leaf out also with the peen of the hammer. After that flattened the surface with the flat face of the hammer. Having that done I chiseled in the veins of the leaf, folded up the stem and the socket, a bit tweaking around making it stand stable and then some wire brushing and as the final step I burnished the surface with WD-40.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionI am very glad that so many people like my design and want to try it out! :) I am curious how you will put it into practice so I´d be very happy if you can post pictures or even videos of your tries.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionCool that my ideas are taken so good. I think I will also come up with a tutorial video soon.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etcTry try and try again I just can say! Every time it will turn out a bit better and after some while you will do that when I wake you up 03:00am! ;-)
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Hey Guys, today Henrick and I forged our first rail road spike tomahawk. It has a welded-in cutting edge from coil spring steel. It is hardened and tempered. It has some welding failuirs in the blade but it holds firmly and has a very sharp cutting edge. Bare with us, as I said this was the first tomahawk he and I made. Take it easy guys! - Daniel
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionImperfections just show that it is a unique piece. Wrought be hand. There is a difference between bad quality and the blatancy that it is hand made.
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionThat is one awesome idea!!!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionAhh that explains a lot! Thank you for sharing this information!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionThanks for the credit and the good tip!
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionI made that pin as smooth as I could get it. The pictures is extremely over-sized and small blemishes may appear way bigger than the actually are. I tested it on different fabrics and it worked fine.
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Hi fellows, after so many people gave me so many useful tips on my last post about a Viking-ring-brooch I forged things came really clear to me. Today I forged a new one regarding all the new knowledge I gathered. This is what came out: Thank you guys again for sophisticating me. I´d be glad to hear your opinion about it. - Daniel
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Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionI will go out in my shop tomorrow and will make a new one, regarding all new knowledge I gathered about broochs! Thanks for your comment!
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