Ranchmanben

Hmmm. I used a plain twisted wire wheel. That must have been the problem.

I actually did do it but I didn’t like how splotchy it looked where the ti wasn’t really clean. I tried it again after using the wire wheel and it looked even worse. Did the wire wheel again and called it quits. Here’s what they looked like blue/purple.

The ti I forged before this definitely was 6al-4v and it had the same color scale. That’s why I think it’s the same grade.

Here’s a picture of them before I was done forging them to show the scale color.

I was given a 4’ bar by a friend. He said it had been passed around to a few different shops but no one knew what to do with it. Other than tongs, I’m not really sure what would be a good use for it.

That’s what I figured but wasn’t sure. I’m not positive what alloy it is but I suspect it’s 6Al-4V.

I’m not sure what you mean.

I cheated on that pair. Titanium scale is a weird orangish brown that looks really ugly so I used a pretty liberal dose of wire wheel.

Thanks Jennifer.

Farrier style 3/8” fire tongs made from titanium. Starting stock was for each side was 4” of 1.125” round stock. They weigh right at 17.5oz and hold better than any other tongs I own.

Thanks everyone. I can’t take credit for the engraving though. My dad did that work. He’s tried to teach me but I haven’t knack, some people can hammer steel and some can carve it. The knife was a fun change of pace. The Damascus was very fun to make, I can see how people get sucked into making elaborate patterns. I’m going to be playing with it more.

Got some Christmas presents handed over yesterday. A couple of fancy hammers with bois d’arc handles and one user 2lb rounding hammer. Also a knife with raindrop damascus I forged from 1084 and 15n20. Ebony scales and copper pins peened to fill the holes tight.

I’m a big fan of those wrench openers. Especially that darker one. Great work Mark!

The best book I can recommend is Mark Aspery’s first book, Mastering. The Fundamentals of Traditional Blacksmithing. The books are a bit on the pricey side but worth every penny. All the instructions are very clear and each step has at least one accompanying photograph. Well worth the money.

That’s looks good and stamps good too. What’s AA?