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It is all one pice, I made a swedge to form the box , then folded the box over and forge welded it on the pointed end (there was a hole in the corner so I used my welder to fill it) then I put it back in the fire and finished shaping the box over a form I put in the vise.

Yves, I did not make a reproduction. I made to the best of my abilities with the resources I had. I made this as a trade item for the local blacksmithing group and everyone else made a bell shaped snuffer/ extinguisher and I wanted bring something a little different but still follow the theme . I started blacksmithing about a year ago and I'm not quite up to snuff to make a faithfull reproduction. Have you ever used a snuffer like this? I have used this one and a original one. They both worked the same way. You can snuff the wick without extinguishing the flame if you are fast enough. If you do it too slow it will go out. Also you can gently close the suffer at the base of the wick and it will put it out with out cutting the wick. Thanks for the picture of the snuffer stands. I was planning on making one that's why my snuffer didn't have legs. Unfortunatly I ran out of time so I took it to the meeting with out one

Yves, it does not have legs. The short blade appears elevated because it rides on top of the longer one. The rivet is almost flush on the back side and with it open its leaning back on the handle and makes it appear to be elevated. It will sit flat when open but in that picture it is not.

Thanks frosty, I haven't had the chance to read that book yet but its on my list to check out.

Thanks guys, and thank you Stan for the invite! I may stop by for the hammer in. MizuPsi they do fit pretty close (I made them with a .010" gap) but they only have to cut the chared end of the wick wich pretty much breaks off.

I wasn't sure id be able to pull it off because I chose possibly the most difficult style of candle snuffer. It an 18th century scissor style snuffer. Back then wicks were made from twisted threads of flax, cotton, or hemp, and didn't burn nearly as well as our modern wicks. Trimming the wick to get rid of "candle snuffs" was an important part of keeping your candle burning well. If you didn't attend to it, the candle could get too hot, melt too much fat and send it streaming wastefully and messily down the sides - known as guttering.Smoking andexcessive smell could also be improved by careful trimming.

Candle snuffers were not primarily for extinguishing the candle. Snuffers were like scissors (or nippers) for cutting off excess sooty thread. A sharppoint was useful for spearing anyscraps of burnt wick that fell into the hot tallow, or to clean the candle stick holder.The snuffers often had a box to catch those clipped threads- the "snuffs". Snuffers were sometimes called snuffer boxes or box snuffers.

A snuff-pan, dish, or tray to lay greasy snuffers on was useful too. Sometimes the snuffers were kept upright in a snuff stand.

We used 1045, Nathan had pre cut pices in 4oz increments starting around 1.75lb and going up to 3lb. I chose 2.75lb. Heated to non magnetic quinched in water, then heated the center of the hammer until the ends were a dark straw color. I might bring it to work and check the hardness just to see what I ended up with.

I paid $50 for the TC from Bob Alexander. He only had 2 and they were both gone by 10am Thursday. I'm striking a rounding hammer in the picture

This past weekend I attended the BAM comference where Nathan taught a hammer making class. there was 11 students and we all got to chose the size and style of hammer we made. He was an excellent teacher and we all had a ton of fun and went home with very high quality hammers as well as the knowledge to make more in the future. Attached is a picture of me striking, the hammer I made. Also in the picture is a Tom Clark 2.5 lb hammer I bought there.

I have a old kirby vacuum and I was thinking of using it with a router speed control from harbor freight as a blower on my coal forge. Has anyone used a kirby for a blower before?

Popular mechanics had an artical in 1941 useing a cast iron double bowl sink. There is a PDF file floating around the web of it, the guy who used the stainless sink pretty much went off those plans. I thought about trying it because I like the quinch tub attached.