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I have gotten a lot of use out of the book Indian Trade Relics by Lar Hothem. It has several pages of tomahawks and trade axes. Not to mention many other smith made trade items like flint strikers,arrow heads etc.
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It's called a treadle torch it is a realy neat little gadget . It is a stand made out of tubing with another tube or rod inside it to raise the arm of a gas saver valve that turns on the gas to the torch and lights it . It requires to sets of hoses one set runs to the valve and the other set runs to the torch head . There is an oxygen flame that is constantly lit wich lights the torch when acctivated. Here is a link to some detailed pics of the gas saver valve and some of the treadle assembly
.TREADLE TORCH PLUMBING

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My daughter is big enough to dress herself but not tall enough to reach the closet rod so here is what I did.

long - Ihope this continues for along time.
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My favorite hammer is the one I ahem "borrowed" from my father-in-law irnsrgn it is about a 3# diaganol peen the other one most used is just a lighter version of the first.

My first try at damascus. Will try and get clearer pics of pattern detail.

I have made alot of K.S.O. ( knife shaped objects) but this is first one that looks decent.
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I got a 14" chop saw .

Welcome to Texas early . The HABA organization is agood group of people. They also have a decent web site HABA Houston Area Blacksmith's Association .I am a member of Balcones Forge group most of our members are in the Austin area. Me I'm in San Antonio Balcones Forge .If you make it here before the end of March Dorothy Stiegler will be at our Blue Bonnet Workshop.in Marble Falls.

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The anvil from harbor freight is not a bad starter anvil or as a back up.

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Looks to be a saw set to me used to sharpen saws.

Dad always told me. Keep your xxx behind you.

Rember saftey glasses are not only for forgeing . I recently missed out on two days of work and had a pretty bad head ache and all I was doing was trying to drive a nail.
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A good book to read is How to stay alive in the woods written by Bradford Angier.

In high school we used to float down the river on toobs . The cliffs along the river where not tall but they did inhibit your view . The only to get your bearings since we do not do this often enough to know the land marks along the bank was to climb one of the cliffs on the highway of the river. The cliff was only about 20 feet . I must have been uncharestically quiet as I climbed it .when I popped up over the edge I was looking the biggest Buck I ever saw square in the eyes . We both jumped tankfully in opposite directions .Needless to say we opted to float a little longer before trying to figure out where we were.
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Nice hawks . Here are a few of mine.