NickOHH

I can imagine, exquisite in picture, have to be true works of art in person.

Wow!! Those are some beautiful peices. Truly amazing work.

nope never heard of it

Welcome to the site, there are several talented smiths in your area and the surrounding. Look into PABA 

generous offer, but ill just come by sometime and show to make some

He musta hit submit while I was typing lol

Welcome to IFI  , the support group for people with metal working addictions ( we support your new addiction and will help you on your way down the rabbit hole ). I will steal frostys thunder and say if you add your general location you may be surprised how many local smiths there are in your area! 

Or throw some 15n20 in there and make some damascus hooks only $30 a pop!

Some s hooks out of 5160 would probably take some abuse, but I think I will save my carbon steels for tools and the like though.

Ahh, that would make sense

Wait, SR you don't make your s-hooks out of 1095??

It's ok I will just make Marcy help me !

I bolted mine down with lag bolts and a peice of flat bar drill holes just out side of the feet and it's pretty quiet makes a bit of noise when you work the horn but it's pretty quiet just a thud most of the time unless your getting cold

Haven't weighed it yet actually 24-32 oz probably. Can't wait to try it out on the new fisher

i normalized after forging, then heated to a low orange and quenched in slightly warm veggie oil, tempered at 375 for about and hour

You are right Thomas I will not be beating on any "hers"  but I will have fun beating on IT and bringin some life back to it.

Heh heh yup that's the stuff

Welcome to your new addiction joe! You got a nice start more than a lot of us started with, awesome that it has all been passed down, now get some metal hot and start cleanin up your tools 

Can't wait to try it out gonna bring a new stump for her today. 

If you read the blueprint on basic metallurgy it will make sense why it's so hard to move.

Well you have experienced how much harder carbon and other elements make steel . I would use my 4# by myself or am 8 if I can get someone to hold (biggest I have with a handle just need patience and only work it HOT .

I believe the same company that makes the magic smoke that makes electronics work make the weld glue. :)

I hope that's not to technical 

Don't squish out the magic weld glue !!

Good point Charles I do have a disk on my bench grinder so isn't to hard I have moded a couple engineers hammers into makeshift rounding hammers. 

The face is flat no crown, but the edges are rolled off. Gonna test it out a bit before I grind any more off.