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Here are some pics of some of the stuff I've been making for The Nebraska Cattlemen's Ball art show. I finished a herford bull skull. The horns are made from an air brake shaft from a simi truck the skull is hammered out of sheet steel. I then started making roses 36 total so far. They are made from sheet copper electrodes from a industrial spot welder and are attached to 1/8 rod. Leaves all 108 of them were made from 1/4 in rod. I made the vase out of a piece of 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch tubing. It was then heat colored and clear coated. I made the roses during the week leading up to my daughters wedding. So I gave the ladies in the wedding party each one as a gift. The show is June 4 so I still have about a month to get a few more things made.

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Here are some pics of a longhorn skull I just finished. I made it for The Nebraska Cattle Mens Ball art show. It has a 52 in horn span. The horns were made from old air brake shafts from simi trailers. The skull is made from 1/8 in sheet steel. This is the first piece I've made for this show.

Rest assured I didn't part out the mustang. I got 3 complete sets at a swapmeet for $5. To good to pass up.

Started these a while back and finally finised them this afternoon. These are my second and third knives. They are made out of leaf springs from 65 mustang. The handles are elk horn with bronze fittings.

I use birchwood casys plub brown it is used to brown mussle loading fire arms. Ive bought it on line from the birchwood casys web site. you just heat the metal and rub it on. I use it on tomahawk heads works very good

This my favorite. It is a photo of my great-grandfather Soren Rasmusen Miller standing in his shop in Rockford, Nebraska. The photo was taken in the early 1900's. It was taken by my grandfather on a 5 x 7 view camera that I still have.

I just finished this deer skull of steel this afternoon. Many of you may have seen the antler of steel I posted earler. Funny how things get out of control and start to grow. The skull is made out of 1/8 in sheet steel and the antlers are made out of salvaged semi truck parts (leaf spring U bolts and air break valve shafts.

Good looking site. I have added it to my favorites and will check back regularly.

I got the other antler done today. Will start on the skull next week

I was wondering if there is any kind of a metal liner inside the antler handle or not. Couldn' really tell from the pics. Extreamly cool knife

The Tines are mig welded as I don't have a forge large enought to heat the whole antler. Just a note I have decided to do the other side and attempt to do the skull to mount them on. I will post pic when I get it complete the other antler shouldn't take to long but the skull will be a challenge as I've never attemped anything like that. But the you don't improve your skills if you don't try new stuff.

I don't really have set plans for it. It's just something I thought would be cool. So It will probiby hang in my shop or mancave. It might also end up as a display piece or for sale at some show. Could make the other one and use them as hood orniments

Here are some pics of an antler I made today. The Tines are made out of leaf spring u bolts out of semi trucks the main beam is made from some 1 1/2 round stock. Now I will have to make a matching side.

I too woul like to see the process. I am getting ready to attemp to make some pattern welded steel. so all info is of great interested. If it can't be on this forum what knife forum will it be on?

Chalky Man those are life like. what kind of steel did you use to make them. Thats most likley where steal wool comes from.

I thought this guy sums it up about as good as it can be explained. Entabulator.wmv

This twist is what really got me interested in blacksmithing. I came a cross a youtube video of a guy making a spike knife and used this twist on the handle. It was one of the first things I tried to do and is my favorite twist

I forged a 1/2in sq hole in the middle of the cross bar. I used a sawall to cut the bar. You cut oposite edges random depths then chisle a line on both side of the other two edges. I then heat and twist the cross bar from the hole out reheat ahd twist he other side. I twist the main cross piece up to the point it will go through the cross bar. I assemble the cross and heat then put in the vise and twist the top. The crosses in the pics are some of the first ones I made so the tops are a little long. I have adjusted that on later crosses

It's a great looking point, but as a bowhunter for 30+ years I don't think it should be used in a hunting situation. The way an arrow kills is by massive blood loss. I use a 2 or 3 bladed broadhead with a minmum cutting radius of 1.5 in. An other issue is the blade should be razor sharp. I am a bowhunter education instructor and we demonstrate this in class by taking a new razor sharp head and pushing it through a hole in a board with rubber bands streched across the hole. The rubber bands are very similar to blood vessels. The new blade will cut most of the rubber bands. We then take the same head push it one time into a coffee can filled with sand. Then repeat the rubber band test. The head will no longer cut the rubber bands. In bowhunting you are going to take the life of an animal. I think you owe it to the animal to do it as quickly as possible. the taking of an animal with bow and arrow is a challenge and any animal taken with a bow is a trophy. That should not be deminshed just because you didnt make the arrow head. Good luck on your hunt what ever head you decide to use.

I finished up a bunch of projects for an art show. So I thought it was time to tear into the powerhammer I bought awhile back. Last saturday I started and got it going today so here are some videos of the powerhammer. It's my first atempt at making a video with my lap top so excuse the shaky video 101002-154416.wmv 101002-155405.wmv 101002-160050.wmv 101002-160312.wmv