Gandalfgreen

that looks great thanks for a new project.

Thanks 

thanks apreciate it and it was amazing honestly dont know what it is but I am at so much peace and brain thinks about nothing else I love it.

Went to JHCC shop today learned so much it was great. Got to make my first hammer and am so pleased and thankful so far. cooling in hotbox now couple days I will finish the surfaces and then attempt my first  2 heat treats chisel first then hammer. Also first true use of a sledgehammer overall I believe I did pretty good just need to remeber  i can hit it harder lol.

excellent work everyone really like the hammers. hopefully get a shot to make a dog head hammer sunday. was to tired on my day off this week to do any hammering. ooo did I want to mentally was ready physically my body said nope.

thanks for all the info everyone I really apreciate it. 

thankyou David 

I was looking into making a couple different animal heads or full animals and I wondered if I made tools to say imprint eyes or different features on an animal say scales feathers or even lines on something. could I make almost like a stamping tool create the indent to specific shape or create lines on a surface with little more precision. I know on normal stamping it works because stamp is hard steel and metal being stamped is softer. just was not sure if I would have to finish these tools say like I would a chisel or punch.

love the hardy tool that's on my list of projects.

Question if I wanted to have tools to make certain impressions in steel for say more sculpting purposes. do those tools need to be hardened?  sorry for posting here not quite sure where to ask and lots of traffic here.

I don't claim to be smart at all but my clutter and messes in my work area I also know where everything is. things go wrong when I clean then I never find anything.  I am a genius with food besides that I get by. not sure what it is with food but It just clicks lady says to me today i know every cook that works this station uses all same ingredients but tour food just tastes better. she made my day.

Hey there was a study done by some bored scientists that concluded smarter people like clutter because organization is to simple for their brain and the clutter is like a puzzle that allows their brain to work more and also showed some clutter to certain people isn't clutter at all and the person that created it knows exactly where everything is. I love geniuses that have time to tell me I am messy cause I am smart........

Haha I lost my hammer a few times Saturday blamed it on the turf monster.

I can vouch for John losing things as soon as it leaves his hand I have witnessed the magic.....then we both end up looking for the tool.  

thanks billy think found next project.  nice start lary.

agreed excellent dragon

nice bracket Billy may I ask what it started from?  it was to wet of a snow to try and stand in today and forge.

thinking about forging outside myself home again with sick kid, but a lot colder today and not sure what to do for project yet.

thanks Pat and your work looks great. those dremel bits look nice for the price.

john love the rooster.

next mission find some steel to make a hardy tool and anvil stand.

Billy I think the knife looks great too.

well minus my homemade kastolite fire brick falling to the ground and shattering I had a good day. started off with a spring cut off a full coil was not sure how much would need. then straightened it out and cut off what I thought was a good amount and then went at making a chisel. really like the step down and extended part of my horn for that.  not to shabby I don't think turned off the forge to come in for dinner left chisel in it to cool off and I hope normalize but not sure got to read some more.

thanks for the info appreciate it. looks like I get to do some hammering today had to call off work kiddo not feeling well. Think I will start with cutting off a piece of the spring I have and making a chisel need one. just got figure out shape of head and how much of edge to put on it.

tongs I dont think I am ready for but I do know I need a different pair.  think I might try and modify a old set of nippers that their 2 cutting edges no longer meet. need something a little smaller.

I need to make a little horn l like that and those nice work.

John I honestly hope to get over there within next 14 days lol before start new job and only off monday and tuesday for a while. I am so happy I got to hammer all day but not sure how I am doing but felt much better at the end way less hammer strikes. just want to get that end sealed off be safe and wore mask all day just incase. 

oo I am keeping everything Frosty but thanks for reminding me. started to replicate hook but didnt like how metal kept making green flame so stoped to be safe and stuck a railroad spike I was given and said let's see what happens here is what is started before had to shut down for noise. 

it was the greatest honestly they are nothing special but like you said I made them. think going to try and replicate the coat hook 3 more times and make a set of 4. and yes not being wierd but its wierd I ket the metal tell me what to make I dont gabe any ideas just practicing my swing and see where the metal tells me to go. sounds crazy so be it haha