Dave51B

 Bring it on over to my house and I'll give you an estimate ....or you can tell us where it is and show some more pics......... Dave

2 hours ago, Benjaman said:

Out of all the 8 inch Colombians I've seen they've all been this style spring. But I've seen the smaller ones have both. This is part of s catalog from 1924 I think. And it shows a picture of it with that style. 

 Thanks for the feedback Ben.             Dave

 Quick non researched question......Is that style spring common on the larger vices? Very nice find Ben.       Life is good       Dave

 TW, are you close by here? I'd like to see it in person.....                Dave

24 minutes ago, Timeswelding said:

however, paid what they are not yet worth.

 Consider this phrase stolen......             Life is Good              Dave

3 hours ago, beech said:

Well, I burned myself... but only once, made my first leaves (including a beech leaf), made a hanging hook for my leather apron from a rail spike, and met up with the local smithing group.  Oh, did I say I learned a lot?  Unfortunately I don't have any pics just now.

 Hey Beech....Would that be  The Covered Bridge Group?          Dave

 Location ?

 Just a public "Thank You" to Andres for taking the time to send me the link. Great Vid mutant....   Life is Good         Dave

 Well shoot.....I missed the second vid.....  Anyway I can find it?  I am of age......         Dave

 If the flat stock was cut out of a Spam can.....I say replace it......if  made from a forklift tine...I say use it             Dave

1 hour ago, Tubalcain2 said:

man, how many wives have you had? how do you get a half a wife, anyway....

 aawww geezz.....one wife......she is kinda small tho @ 4' 9" tall.    The horse shoe nails were # 41/2. Good catch tho. LOL     Life is Good      Dave 

 Made these earrings for the Mrs. # 41/2 horse shoe nails.                     Dave

 I played with some horse shoe nails for a bit.    Life is Good          Dave

 Thanks again Kozzy. Sorry I didn't respond to your earlier reply's. I missed them somehow. Must not have shown up with the "unread content" button. I got another recollection from a local farmer here, that stated he paid $2 to get his sharpened in the early 50s. He didn't even have to think about it. By the mid 50s, just about every farmer in these parts had switched to throw away shares.

Sounds like we are in the same ballpark on pricing. If your contact has some old shares, you might let him know that they are still of value if he doesn't know. The antique tractor "plow days" are a popular event in a lot of areas.    Life is Good         Dave 

 Miller57, advice? I would suggest, putting Grandpa's 4lb. hammers on the shelf for safe keeping and start with a well dressed 2lb. hammer for now. Also, keep your thumb off the top of the hammer handle.....     Enjoy the craft       Life is Good        Dave

 Am I the only one here that now wants to drill a hole in the waist of my anvil ?  Never thought I'd say that !          Dave

10 hours ago, B_HOSS said:

I started thinking I wanted to make knives... Haven't made one yet. Turns out I just love making anything.

 I've heard your life would be better if you make blades......          I don't know...............not a brain surgeon here      Dave                      

 TJ, this is what I did......When I first started out, and got to the point you are. I couldn't come up with a name so I just stamped my first and last initials.....DS. As the years went by, and still no official shop name, it came to me this summer. Before the state changed the name of the roads in my area to numbers instead of actual names. the road I live on was called Dead Sea road. Therefor, I just called my setup .....Dead Sea Forge and still use the DS touchmark.....Made sense to me.....            Life is Good       Dave

 Just wondering....Does "The Show" keep all the blades made?            Dave

 Gee thanks LB.....I think?....I hope the old equipment is what made you think of me. It did make me chuckle when this "Townie" (as I call them) (much the same as the city folks calling us country bumpkins) try's to figure out old farm equipment. I hope I'm not the only one here that knows what the "mystery" machine was.....let alone have worked with one....             Life is Good           Dave 

 If you look at the pic I posted above, The small piece at the bottom is a replacement point. After you trim the existing worn point off. This replacement is forge welded on the share to form a new point. Thanks for Dicks proper name Frank. I mistakenly called him "Ben" Carlson in the other thread...He was a wealth of knowledge and very accommodating to my questions...             Dave  

 This is what I'm working with.             Dave

 Thanks a bunch Kozzy......That helps, But now, that brings in more research.....I have to look up what plow shares sold for in the 40's......... Before Thomas tells me, I'm going to bring up the ole Sears catalogs.  

http://www.farmcollector.com/looking-back/oliver-raydex-point-plow-shares-zb0z1607zhur

 I may have found what I was looking tor...........       Life is Good            Dave

 Personally, I prefer to leave the spring as is, until I need a piece. Then I just cut off what I need and go from there. That saves me the trouble of trying to remember if this piece or that piece is mild  or spring. I have to admit though that my stock storage area is not well organized.        Life is Good                Dave  

 Thanks Frank, I have made a set of double bit tongs for shares. But the reigns are parallel and both bits hold the back of the share. They are heavy and hard to hang onto while working. I should make another pair like these and see if I can hang on better. I saw a set about like yours at a tractor show years ago. (Tipton In. I think) Like a fool I took no pictures and could not redesign them in my head.    Life is Good        Dave