Project for Hammer-in

[Bad Creek Blacksmith]

Made these bookends for my regerstration peice. The gentlemen that won them is putting them to good use holding up some old bibles that belonged to his father.
Cross is made from RR spike,I always wanted to wrap a rose around a cross but didn't want to make another knick knack. I saw some bookends from the Blacksmiths Journal and used some of that plan to incorporate into these bookends.

[Paul42`]

Those are beautiful! A lot better than just another knick knack for sure.

[Tim McCoy]

Great work - especially like your treatment of the corners on the plates! These really are unique. Do the rose stems just touch the base or are they tenoned through??
Tim

[Bad Creek Blacksmith]

I was close on time so I drilled the same diameter hole and did a blind weld, not sure if thats the type of weld, but sounds good to me. I did a brown finish using a acid bath, won't do that again to much mess. Thanks for the kind words, put in alot of effort to get this done on time and looking so every thing flowed together.

[Double Y]

Nicely done -

I think the weld you are talking about is called a plug weld...At least that is what I have heard it called

[beth]

i really love them bad creek! they look just right - never seen any like them either. really like how youve done them :)