Stew

Great to hear what a response you have had.

I just went to check out the website but it seems to be down for me. Is that the same for everyone else?

Glenn, you put that so succinctly! I think I also once wrote a long wobbly thing about how it's done, but that's basically it.

hey stew im uk too - not that many of us on here!! hello! im in gloucestershire.. i was a bit worried about if my leaf was right or not but i reckon anything we make will be really nice on the tree - i thought it was a great idea, i sent two copper leaves and it was the first time i had forged copper so they are a bit weird! what kind of work do you do?

Hi all.

I've finally got it together this afternoon & started doing SS leaves.

Here's a picture of the first one. What I'd like to know is:
Is it good enough for the project?
It's definitely a leaf that's seen some life. However, I've been studying the leaves around here & not many of them are beautifully spear shaped & 'clean'.
I intend to get better at these, but can I get suggestions for how this leaf would be better please? Cleaner edges? Better central vein (If so, how do you vein please?)? Lateral veins? Different finish (I did a brushed finish to black heat, then water quenched this one)?
I think the next ones need to be thicker, as this one's possibly a bit thin to meet the specification.




I want to make sure any leaves I send aren't going to detract from everyone else's.
Thanks for taking a look.

Thanks Dale.

Ah, hadn't noticed that I hadn't put a location in my profile - I'm in the UK.

Hi Guys!

I have a leaf to send but I wanted to make sure that it's not too late. I've been bogged down with life so it's slipped my mind a bit but I would really like to be a part of it.

The other thing is that my leaf is a real chunky thing compared to what I've seen from others as I'm very early in my experience of forging and my equipment is limited. On it's own, I think it's acceptable but in comparison to the real leaf, it's probably way off base. Is that going to be a big issue?

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