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Hi: Thanks I tell people I don't run a shop , but 50 different shops , each for one week out of the year. The ball is hollow , made from about 4 feet of 3/16" round stock. The helmet guard is mostly one 1/4"x 1 bar punched and split, no welds. The ladle is mild steel and sterling silver. I posted these as work that could be done with out much tooling. I get a lot of oddball jobs and have made lots of strange tools but it is fun to see what you can do with just a handful of common tools

Hi: I have been working as a metalsmith for 34 years now, and can say that the hardest work is the work you are not used to doing, so try a different type of work, bigger , small , different metal , whatever you have not done before. That said , try making one of these . Daniel Tokar The Willow Forge Shepherdstown WV