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Yes it is from a museum. The barrel is also from a museum, it is vine making exhibit. The large hole is for cleaning the barrel.
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Varazdin, Croatia. I found the plug holder on the barrel interesting usually they are also made from wood.
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And there it is. Thanks Frosty. Now it seems obvious.
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Well it's not my anvil but I wouldn't want to start a new topic for a potentially a stupid question. I'm on vacation and there is little bar called Old Forge (closed at the moment, it is still out of season), there is an anvil for decoration. I thought that the holes for moving the anvil mean that it is a forged anvil and the absence of the holes that it is cast. Now this anvil has legs that look cast but also has holes. What am I missing?
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What did you do in the shop today?
Davor replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Whaaaaat? Quit your day job because you are a natural at this. Keep at it, we will follow your development with great interest. -
What's your latest blade look like? Post em and let us see.
Davor replied to HondoWalker's topic in Knife Making
Made a butchers knife. It is a bit too big for deboning chicken drumsticks. But that was the task at hand. -
That potbelly stove is beautyful.
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Thank you Irondragon, but after googling blacksmith memorial bouquet I don't think it would work.
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Years ago I used to work as a mechanic, fixing heavy trucks (not cars). And I found this knife on the engine jammed in between the heads. I'm guessing that whoever worked on the engine before lost it there. I have no information on it, but it is obviously forged. I cleaned it up and sharpened it and just used it in the kitchen today. The fuller is just on one side.
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So I made a small one. Unfortunately the spar broke when I was widening the hole so it is welded and I should have made it a bit bigger. I like the big one more. But I do like this theme, maybe I'll explore different ship designs.
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What did you do in the shop today?
Davor replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
That is a nice hook Billy. JHCC that is a genius design, I was looking at it thinking how that lever looks funny how are you gonna hold it shaped like that. Then I realised that it is not for pressing down, that it holds it self. Excellent. -
I went down the rabbit hole of viking ships, because of this debate. And if Viking ever made a two spar mast it would look like this. https://www.eldjarnbaat.no/index.php/byggeklipp?id=16
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This topic will be little treasure trove of curiosities. Here is my little collection of French wrenches, that is how we call them here, the T shaped adjustable wrench. The three on the right side are rescued from the scrap yard and needed to be fixed. The small one I bought on the internet. That leaves the second one from the left, my grandfather gave me that one, and he inherited it from his father in law - my great grandfather, who at some point punched in his initials with a center punch.
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It was fit and cut. First I made the big bend or I should say bow and tok a piece of cardboard just to see how to bend the ends, and that was also just a ruff estimate. And it was done cold, so I was able to manipulate it a lot easier with hands and hammer than holding it with the tongs.