brianbrazealblacksmith Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks Brian, I really appreciate the photos because it removes all questions, but you keep raising the bar and I'm barely on the first level. Your level of experience is something many of us would like to some day achieve I'm sure. Dick Dick, I don't think it should take you as long as it took me to learn these things. They are just basics. I really started learning when someone asked me how I was doing something, and trying to communicate that to someone else taught me more than anything I'd been doing before. Now I learn much easier, and I'm just getting started. The learning will never stop, and I thank you for the questions. Speaking of raising the bar, here's some fire tools I finished today: rake, shovel, and fluxing shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Brian, you indeed do deserve many thanks. You inspire me. Regards, Steve ( Ten Hammers ) O'Grady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiFerro Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Brianbrazealblacksmith Hello, I am a blacksmith and then Italian, sorry for my English is not perfect .... I joined the forum recently and while I gave a look at the forum I noticed this trhead, fascinated by your horses' heads yesterday, I have forged 1, tomorrow also put the photo .... I wanted to ask after the forging treatment that you did for the heads? They are brushed and then? They're so shiny, what do you do spent some rust against the lens or what? Thanks again Hello Giancarlo. Here you can see some of my work ciaooooo Ferro Battuto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Ferro: (or is it Giancarlo? Please forgive me for not knowing enough to tell which is your name) That is some BEAUTIFUL work! I love the iron and glass table, the insect and so much more. Thank you for the link. Frosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 GiFerro, that was some really nice work! The finish is from rubbing the finished piece with a towel [that has had vegetable oil soaked into it] at the right temperature. If the piece is too hot, you just burn your rag excessively. If your piece is too cold, you are just wiping on oil. If your piece is at the right temperature, you are burning on a nice hard black coat just like seasoning a cast iron skillet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) Here are a couple of horse heads that my brother and I made in Arizona back in 2003 when we were traveling around with Tom Clark. Barry Denton got them in their auction and sent me these pictures after we did a hammer class at his place last June. One is steel and the other is copper. That is over a 6 year old finish. Edited September 18, 2009 by brianbrazealblacksmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 wow beautiful! what size are they? make nice chess pieces.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Man those are fine work! Frosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 wow beautiful! what size are they? make nice chess pieces.. Hey Beth, Karen here. Brian is working and asked me to answer for him. The copper horse is 1 1/2" rd stock, the steel horse is 1 1/2" sq. stock. It would be alot of work to make all the chess pieces with as much detail. later KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiFerro Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) This is my first horse, cast iron pot hopefully the next one will do it with the iron framework and we hope that it will be more beautiful ... Thanks to everyone and especially to brianbraz ....... Edited September 19, 2009 by GiFerro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Nice work! GiFerro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiFerro Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) Thanks, this is the dragon, little by little begin to take shape, but I have to build some new punch to make the details, like eyes, etc. .... My name is Giancarlo Edited September 19, 2009 by GiFerro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Cool stuff... inspiration for some of us :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Bugger Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Brian thank you for your great details and the step by step pictures on the process as well as the tools used to do these fantastic horse heads, sea horses and your step by step instruction sheets, will have to give it ago. And also another big thank you to all the people on this site who give so much infomation, coaching on how to learn and develop their skills for this wonderful art of blacksmithing. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molot17 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 The handle for a gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbalist Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Missed this the first time round. Lovely work again Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieryFurnace Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I just found this Mr Brian. I love this method and the results. I'm using a different method forging from 1/2" square......I'm hoping to give this a try soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 some pictures of a hoof pick made with my first horse head, hope it is up to standard!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 very nice, monty! keep practicing and you'll have it down in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 you have a much simpler way of doing a horse than I do , I like it. here is one of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake pogrebinsky Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Wow.Owen,that looks ancient,somehow,like it came out of a Sciphian burial mound sort of a thing. Beautiful,powerful image,that is just SO cool that anyone can forge something like this. My hat's off,to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 you have a much simpler way of doing a horse than I do , I like it. here is one of mine. PFFFT i could do that.... NOT it is soo cool, i have a couple guesses how its made but it is still amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Very nice, Basher! I bet it took a few heats. I've had to make mine quickly over the years so that someone would buy them. The flat horses can be made in one heat, and the 3-D ones are made in five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 That is magnificent! WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I am gonna make a thorough search and see if I can find one similar somewhere out by MY forge! OOOhhh, I hope I do!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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