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nice shape.next leafspring or coilspring?

very cool copper roses are fun to make and yours look good.

thank you all. it was 6 -10' coils I made them by wrapping around a peice of 4" pipe then welding them all together. and it was done in about 7 hours lots of cold bending.

Wow thats a really cool shaped anvil. looks older my trenton was made around 1915.

nice work I really like the copper wrap.

I just finished this one it is 60 feet of 1/4" round. the top and bottom are 3/8" round all bent cold and welded together with a bees wax finish.

nice. that wood stuff scares me.

thanks I forge with propane and propane accessories nc forge . 1050 came from the steel yard I like to know what i'm working with.

looking good love the mokume keep on th good work.

thats why I use 1095 :)

Bill beta titanium makes a good blade there is a lot of ti blades for scuba divers. I have done 30+ dives with mine no rust and light but I have not tryed to resharpen yet.

I have a stand like that and put a 1/4" rubber sheet then chained it down to the baseplate easier than grinding on your anvil.

I just finished this one its 1050. I was thinking camp knife throwing thingy
blade is 8" and 13" over all.

very nice I like the third one alot clean lines.

nice rose did you use three lobe or two and how thick was the stock.

the finish is bees wax I just stuck it in front of the forge door for a few minutes then smeared the wax on.

thanks I used 1/2 x3/4 stock for the center and 3/8 square stock and 1/2" pipe for the arms I'm a welder by trade so I miged it .

I bet they would make really fast knives :)

very cool hawk did you forge weld the spike end or bump up for the eye.

I finaly got pics of the menorah i made for the inlaws it was the first thing I made with my new hofi hammer.

very cool it looks great.

I use the red button on top (nc propane forge) :)

bring it up to 200, 250 pre heat weld with 70 s (tig) or 7018 (arc) and you should be fine. hope it helps

I use a hardie hole hold down 1"x1" stock bent past 90deg. one day I will forge the end nice but that's a lot of work.:)

I dont think many folks have good luck forge welding crome moly (I dont like to) but I have used cobalt 66 tig welded to axes and hardie edges makes a tough edge on mild steel. as for van.-stelite I dont know give it a try and let us know what happens.