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Show me your Bottle Openers!

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KYCATS, very pretty openers. 

Irondragon, I like the shoe opener very much. Y'all know I'm a sucker for things made from horseshoes ;)

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On 12/11/2019 at 7:48 PM, CrazyGoatLady said:

Y'all know I'm a sucker for things made from horseshoes ;)

Tracks?

Which way did she go Tonto?

Frosty The Lucky.

just a couple of simple openers for xmas presents, not sure if the dice needs some more twist. 

probably best to quit while im ahead.

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Great job on all, I wouldn’t twist the dice anymore 

Made a few last minute Christmas gifts yesterday out of some railroad spikes

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Welcome aboard blangley, good looking bottle openers there. I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST  It's full of tips like editing your profile to show location and how to keep off the moderators radar.:)

Thanks, updated profile and happy to be aboard

Excellent work all around Mark. Haven't seen goose openers before. Love em. 

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Great variety of openers there, Mark. Love the bulldogs. Did you use the same tool for the ears as for the opener tab?? Very neat!

Mark those openers are sweet! I also have never seen goose openers.

Here are my first horse heads. I think these are my new favorite to forge. 

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I keep giving bottle openers away, so I put one in the handle of a spatula I’d made for the kitchen. 

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 Bliadhna mhath ur to everyone, in the brief period of sobriety between Hogmanay and either today or tomorrow I 

 

oh never mind! Happy 2020 all!!!

 

 

27 minutes ago, MacLeod said:

Bliadhna mhath ur

Happy New Year to you.

In the new year may your hand always be stretched in friendship and never in need.

18 hours ago, BillyBones said:

Happy New Year to you.

In the new year may your hand always be stretched in friendship and never in need.

Thank you Billy!  That’s a great sentiment.  For the 3rd and 4th days of the year my hand was mostly holding my head.  I’m getting too old for Hebridean Hogmanays and all the whisky that goes along with them.  :(
 

However I did manage to make a pair of scrolling tongs out of a bit of rusty donated steel bar.  I was fed up of snapping long nose pliers when curling my horns.  They are not pretty but work a treat. 
 

On 12/30/2019 at 3:17 AM, Conrad.blacksmithing said:

think these are my new favorite to forge

Conrad, I also am dealing with an addiction to forging horse heads.  Although mostly mine turn out looking like fish, yours are great.  I usually ruin mine by trying to add ears, after seeing yours and @littleblacksmiths I don’t think they need ears.

That means crazygoatlady is off the hook for giving me a way of happy horses with ears pointing forward. :D

Happy hammering!

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I don't do much with the ears but I also don't do things like everyone else. Just do what you like and eventually it will turn out. That's my moto.

On 1/4/2020 at 2:09 PM, MacLeod said:

That means crazygoatlady is off the hook for giving me a way of happy horses with ears pointing forward. 

Ah MacLeod my friend! I apologize for not getting back to you with that. But I'm glad you have found your way.

P.S. I hadn't come up with anything yet so it's a good thing you didn't need me anyway! 

Happy new year!!!!!!!

Barley bottle opener

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My first attempt at one of those tentacle bottle openers. I think next one I'll start with a little bigger stock and taper it more. 

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I think that looks pretty good!

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