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Been asked to make a few dragon head pokers of late. Funny how you can get a run of things like that. This is the latest one.
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Don't know what happened to the photos. Here you go.
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Yes, although I made them long so you don't need the handle but its there just in case.
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Littleblacksmith, it is one piece. The raised section was created using normal a fuller. No heat treating, other than annealing to release the stress from the heavy forging, then I just normalized it.
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Stander Standard oak wedge crossed by a steel wedge.
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Advice for a newbie?
forging-fool replied to Mavrick116's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
My advise would be to go take at least one course with an established smith. Learning the basics from someone accelerates everything ells. You also get to see how people set up their forges, which is a big help when starting out. Also don't buy to much gear to begin with. Anvil, hammer, forge, leg-vice and a couple of pairs of tongs. From there learn to make tools, start simple with punches, as Glenn pointed out there's plenty of info on this site which will be of great help. One last thing. I'd recommend Mark Aspery's books. They are the best I've seen and will take you through the basics into more advanced work. -
Thank's for the feedback.
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Is a $140 hammer really that much better than a $40 hammer?
forging-fool replied to Pancho07's topic in Hand Hammers
There's a saying everyone know "A bad craftsman blames his tools" But few people know the second part of that saying "That's because a good craftsman would not use bad tools" I've always found good tools fit in your hand better, last longer and are much more pleasurable to use. A tool being pleasing is, I find, can be a defining aspect of your work. That being said, the best tools are the ones you make and your learn from. -
I made this pair a few weeks ago. Needed a larger pair for a project. I must say I really enjoyed making them, good fun.
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These are a few of the hammers I've been making. Forged from Atlantic 3. Straight pein, rounding hammer and cross pein. All 3lb hamers
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Recently I've been making these garden trowels for clients. They are forged from automotive leaf spring, 70mm x 8mm x 200mm.
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Frosty your the first person who's ever had a problem with my swing. If you have ever taught groups you'll know there is always one person who thinks that can do it better. The best way to deal with it is to let them go at it. When they see others getting better results with less effort, then they start paying attention to what you are teaching them. This was one of those cases. But I'm happy to say she came around by the end of the first week and is still forging today.
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This was not made for the Beeb, it's RTE, which is halfway between a commercial station and what the BBC was. A bit like Channel 4 in the UK.
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This is a TV pregame for RTE the national broadcaster in Ireland, I was asked to be a part of. I had to teach three complete novices to the forge over a two week period. Craftmaster
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This is a stair railing I've just finished and installed for a customer in Co. Leitrim, Ireland. It's all hand forged with pass throughs, ball nuts and rivets. It was partly inspired by the willow that grows around my customers cottage, and partly by the idea of a slinky flowing down the steps.
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Yes in the US it's Atlantic 33, over this side it's A33. Neil, I tend to use the horn for moving metal fast and the pein for being more directional. I like my hammers to have rounded edges and a bit of a curving face but not to much as I like to get a good finish at a black heat by hand. M, I will try and post more on here when time allows.
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Here is the first of the new cross pein hammers I'm making. Made from A33 tool steel which is high in nickle, so will stay bright.
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I'm glad you all liked it.
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Thanks fellas. Here is a photo of the finished piece. We as yet don't have any studio shots of the sculpture which is why we did not include any in the film.
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This is a short film I made with a young film maker Simon Watson:
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The Passionate Apprentices - The Knifemaker [Part 1]: http://t.co/LPTPfWTeF2 via @youtube
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Congratulations. The first of many.
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Neil, I was talking about the start-up and running coasts of a small forge as apposed to ceramics and glass. Blacksmithing come in at about a third of the costs compared to them, yet far more art colleges have ceramic and glass departments than forge departments. So it would seem from those facts that cost is not as big a factor as we all think. It is more likely that reason blacksmiths aren't present in these institutions is down to how we blacksmiths have promoted and pushed our craft/art form.
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New drift for the eye of my axes. The old one has been caught for the last time. If you catch my drift. #too http://t.co/ptrxvzoO
