Bill Kight

Don't know much about it. The Gunter brother's set me up with it. Pretty awesome! Needs a new screw to replace the broken one it has. Right now it works well, but I would like it to be able to open all the way.

I really like those sconce, John. I will definitely be working your technique on a wider material as well.

Thanks John!  I agree that the material dimensions are not ideal.  It is the center of an ornamental door knocker and it will have 4 more split s scrolls surrounding this.  It all has to fit within approximately 3"x7" space. The L is a part of the frame.  I have to make two. I should have a go at forging a few more tomorrow. Will post more on what works and what doesn't.  Thanks again!

Bill

Awesome thread! This helped me win a contract yesterday.  I used 3/8 x 1/2. The center tip cooled to quickly to forge alone and kept breaking the center off. I ended up using the hot cut technique that John describes, but only 2 cuts to separate the three points.  I forged a taper with all three still together. Then I necked down just below the cuts as suggested(not enough). I had to upset the center to keep it from thinning out too much.  Now that I've done this I have some ideas I'm going to put in the fire to see if I can make it look even better, since I'm not 100% satisfied with the results yet. (will I ever be? probably not.) Happy forging!