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that's something I had not thought about. it would probably help when shaping or bending the petals up. another good point Littleblacksmith

I do agree with you. he does very nice work, and that was a very good video on how to make a flatter. it was just the article that was pretty bad. Littleblacksmith

so I found this when I was researching how to make a flatter. some parts I couldn't stop laughing. it seems like whoever wrote this has little or no experience blacksmithing. this article is nt as good as the one that someone posted on here a while back in the blade smithing forum, I think it was. if your big on terminology than you'll enjoy reading this. this guy makes it sound so easy. anyways just thought I would share this. enjoy !http://makezine.com/2015/06/03/blacksmithing-basics-forge-flatter/ Littleblacksmith

so do you forge tenon on the end of the bar and stack on the petals and heat up the end of the tenon and rivet it?thanks for the pictures and the replies, they have helped out a lot. Dogsoldat, I really like the curved chisel that you made to help cut out the petals. assuming that you made it, to get the curved end, did you use a swage block, or what. thanks for all the help so far everybody! Littleblacksmith

so about 1/8 inch material or thinner? Sounds like a chisel is something that I could do. like you said would just take a bit of time would a large copper pipe unfolded work? do you know of a good/cheep place to purchase a copper plate- I wouldn't need a whole lot, just enough to make one rose, since it seems like a fun/challenging project. I think that copper would look really nice! Littleblacksmith

are you sure that it didn't say $1.25! that's crazy, id feel bad for the person who buys them. that's a good idea! you'd be rich pretty soon!

i was just wondering where ya'll buy rose blank cut outs for making roses. I don't need to buy them buy the hundreds, just individually. No, I do not have a plasma cutter, I do have an angle grinder but I don't think that's capable of cutting out rose blanks. I did see the video that TechnicusJoe made about how to forge a rose but it just seemed like a lot of work and I cant find any steel that large. Also if any of yall have any ideas of how to make rose blanks with simple hand tools, than that would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Littleblacksmith

you could forge weld the handle back to gather. would be all original! but like you said shouldn't be to hard to just make a new one especially if you've made one already and know how. nice paint job. Littleblacksmith

heat up a small piece of the rasps and quench it to see if it hardens, if so than it would probably be good-most of the older files are good steel, also the newer ones. Littleblacksmith

If you don't have an anvil, and cant use the horn , than use a RADIUSED EDGE on some kind of steel block or sledge hammer head. if you use a sharp corner than you run the risk of creating a cold shut which will create a weak spot in the reins and it will eventually break. like someone said above use the horn of the anvil like a fuller to draw it out. If you don't have anything that I said above than you can use a cross/straight peen hammer to draw out the reins. now I have a quick question about drawing out steel on the horn, which is better, the fatter/wider part of the horn or the narrower/smaller part of the horn? Littleblacksmith

wow, you make some really nice knives. be sure to update us with some pictures once you finish them, il'l be interested to see the finished piece. Littleblacksmith

that's a really neat idea! nicely made. Littleblacksmith

do you remember what you made it out of? Littleblacksmith

that's a really nice/interesting pattern. I like it! Littleblacksmith

wow! that's a great deal. could we see a picture of the hammers and swages, thanks for sharing. Littleblacksmith

hopefully ill be able to go, sounds like a fun time. Littleblacksmith

or instead of putting it in the hardy hole you could weld on a piece of steel on to were it broke of and use it in a vice. Littleblacksmith

14 pounds! wow! Littleblacksmith

hey it looks better than my first railroad spike "knife" trust me thought they only get better

whooooops, sorry for my misunderstanding, I didn't know that they taught Texas history up north! glad to hear that yall cornhuskers know something about us.

did you anneal it before heat treating? if not that might have helped. it can't and won't resolve all problems but it does relive some of the stress in the blade. Littleblacksmith annealing is a heat treatment

was that a gas forge I heard in the background that you were using? if so that's an impressive gas forge to be able to bring that mass of steel up to forge welding temp. Littleblacksmith

ok thanks, was just wondering. Littleblacksmith

did you just coat it in oil as a finish? looks really nice! Littleblacksmith

so your in india, but you used an American quarter to compare your anvil to. you may want you make the base of your anvil not stick out so much so that you can get closer to your anvil. my old anvil stand, the base was made out of a really big disc plow head and I remember how annoying it was to be so far away from my anvil. just a thought, try it out and see how it works. If you don't like it than change it. Littleblacksmith