Bibble

wow. that's a coinky-dink.

yeah, sure. here's the youtube video... YouTube - Blacksmith pt 2 Making a Copper Rose He uses copper but really its pretty easy to follow and it works just as good with brass.

Got the idea and how-to from a youtube video (believe it or not) while surfing the net. All that's required is some scrap brass or copper and a duplex nail. I made it as my lapel for prom but the person i asked is going with someone else so i didn't bother with the matching corsage.

EUREKA! Fast, simple, and easy to whip up when you need them! And it just so happens i need something fast and simple like that for railroad spikes! I'll try these out next time i light up the forge!

I've been using mystery steel, per usual. But the funny thing is, i have no flint!

So i was out at my forge the other day and i thought back to my summer camp days, and remembered fondly my setting of the camp record of starting a fire with flint and steel. So i made this: Anybody else make these for use? If so show us all your style!

oops, wrong button. Awesome signs though. I have to get over to my pallie Scott's and use his plasma cutter...

I was tired of beeswaxing all my thin leather and was sick of my knives punching through the sheaths, so i went down to tandy leather this weekend and bought a belly piece and some stamps. Went back home and promptly finished my hugely procrastinated sheath commission for a friend. Then, not a day later, my mum and sister came back from alaska, and they brought me back an Ulu, so its first use was used to cut the leather for this:

What i did to purge the tank is i went to my local hardware store (coincidentally i work there so it's a bit cheap and i get a lot of tool accumulation) and i bought a handheld, battery powered explosive gas detector. then i went and unscrewed the purge valve and turned the tank upside down overnight. Then i went and clamped the valve in a vice and spun the tank to get the valve off. Then i flled the thing with water and left it overnight. Then i took the gas detector and checked if it read the all clear in the tank. It did so i went at it with an angle grinder.

oh. Missed that. Sorry. Still. Fancy tomahawks.

I am extremely jealous of all you who can make decent 'hawks. I've done many axe-like objects but i've never been able to weld so i can't get a true folded tomahawk. One thing i may suggest though is that you think of using tomahawk specific handles ordered through the internet, and that you not use wedges in tomahawks. Just a thing to consider.

huh. i just did a general google search and used the average consensus of the hits that came up on the first page... i never really thought to look on anvilfire for that...

aww man... my new signature got delorted... Personally i think the language filter is a bit harsh but i can get where they're coming from... anyways, thanks guys, you've been a real help. Any other brilliant ideas, don't hesitate to post.

Where do all of you get your forge blowers? I'm at a loss over here on where to get one.

I wouldn't say a lot... But i have some.

Hey guys, I'm Bibble, you can call me Matt, Kiel, or Bibble. Doesn't matter. I spend all my free time out in the forge (friend's big xxxx yard)/foundry (my garage) . Most of my work up to this point has been blades and sculpture, and i've had a few commissions from friends that i'm working on (getting to slowly) I'm trying to score a job at Mountain Forge, which is a local metalworking company run from first and second generation Austrian smiths. I've been in and the guys are all really cool.

Right, but the HC spikes are still only about 40 to 60 point carbon steel. Again not the best ever but it still can make a more than decent blade.

You could do that but it's not entirely necessary. Unless you're gonna be using these for endless hours of cutting stuff and carving then it really shouldn't be too much of a problem. You've just got to experiment and see what you like.

40 point carbon steel. It's a medium carbon steel and it holds a decent edge, but is far from the best thing ever. I honestly love using them for blades (knives, tomahawks, etc...) but it won't hold an edge for as long as some other steels.

This has been the most informative thread on coal forges for me ever, and i just so happen to have a wheel lying about in the shed, collecting dust. New Charcoal forge, here i come!