Chris john

​Thanks mitch4ging  glad you like .

Chris

​Hi teenylittlemetalguy your eyes ok just a brass wire inlay thanks  for complement

Chris

Hi there Frosty glad you like  the end one i anealed drilled and rehardened left as quenched virtualy

may work as a fire striker but not sure havent tryed it

Chris

Use of another file hope you like .

Chris

Hi Benton thanks for that complements mate ,

Chris

Hi Benten looking good did you use a full length insert  piece of 5160 or arc that eye closed up the top ?

Chris

​Hi Dale just fine  thanks just buzy getting work done ,Wouldnt want to put you to any trouble .Always got  enough room for home security mate lol

Chris 

​Hi LastRonin glad you like my work very much appreciate

Heres a pic i cant get them all in to take good ones but hope you like these anyay .

Chris,

​Glad you got a smile mitch , But wait theres more lol . have another then, sorry for mess on bench

but im between stuff .

Chris

​Hi MAD MAX Nothing wrong with slit and drift  i do quiet a bit that way  i think most on the table are the slit method thanks for complements . Chris

​Hi tdeleh thanks for  the  complements and your  time appreciate ,

Chris

​ Hi Mitch realy glad you like my work thank you ,

American Walnut mate.

Chris

Not sure what happened to pix so i will try again

Chris

Thought  i better put a haft on the other head and finnish off

us walnut , leather wrap ,horse tail drop with beading ,jingle cones and feathers

used look with bit of scratching

Chris

​Hi Mad Max sure not aussie with that name lol .

The idea useing  the rasp is to leave the burs as is no touching in the shaping and forging and welding  easy the other way .

Thank you glad you like Chris

Hi Chris, That looks great! My son is very artistic and was wondering how you did the horse. You say a little bit of scratching. Would you please elaborate? Did you etch freehand or use a pattern? What tool do you use, do you use black paint or charcoal to highlight, etc. I don't do knives or axes so this may be common knowledge, I'm just not in that world. Thanks. Kent.

Hi Kent tell your son with whats in this pic just a simple hammer and chisel  you could make all your self for vertualy nothing  .

hammer i made from a piece of 52100 but any carbon steel will do . mild maybe a bit soft .handles from square stock ,

chisels are high speed steel  

best to draw out  pic first  then trace on because if you start drawing on the steel and your not quit centre  have to rub of and do again  and maybe again and again saves swearing lol

somtimes use gun blue in cuts and just clean surface off .hope this helps

Chris

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a bit of scratching???? You are too modest,sir. Beautiful work.

Hi aus thanks mate.

Chris

Some more nice ones, Chris!

Do you grind off some of the teeth on therasp before forging, or do you hammer them down as you forge?

Hi mitch4ging  thanks glad you like no grinding .

Chris

The farrier gave me a few rasps so i decided to use  a couple

Osage orange haft , raw hide plated wrap ,bit of scratching 1850 style .leather fringe.

Tomahawk drop with beading ,hawk bells .,copper jingle cones with horse tail.hope you like

Chris

well done!!

Hi there jimmy ,tryed to keep in a farriers type of theme thank

you

Chris

Beautiful hawk all round Chris.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Hi Frosty thanks for thumbs up mate.

Chris

Nice to see another post from you Chris! Love the carving and the inlay, always top notch!
Seen a video by Gary Huston on You Tube where he made a "farriers ax", and explainded how they where used in the days when horses were used in battle, the ax would be used to finish off a wounded horse, and then to remove a hoof which was marked with the horses i.d. for record keeping. Thought is was interesting.

Thomas, my grandpa who lived in Silver City use to make spurs from rasps as well. Still have a pair, and a miniature pair he maid my son.

Hi mitch4ging thank you very much for that nice comment

appreciate .

Chris

I've seen very nice spurs made from Farrier's rasps and at the SWABA meeting Saturday a very large feather!

Hi Thomas  i think its amazing what some people can do to give material another life so to speak ,

thank you .

Chris

Great work, mate. The engraving of the horse is a nice touch.
I have dozens of those rasps and never made anything except file snakes out of them. Never thought of any kind of cutting tool. The ideas that come from this site are endless.

Hi ausfire thanks mate.

Chris

A farrier  gave me a few files and asked if i could make him somthing .

so a hawk it became .german silver horse shoes , dear wrap .horse tail drop  and beads .copper jingle cone with horse

spotted gum haft .bit of scratching

Chris