I did a little forging yesterday I recently got some wrought iron from a guy on ebay. This stuff seems like good material, I did not find any impurities. I forged some mushrooms, something that I learned from Brian Brazeal. Using 3/4 inch round stock this is forged over the far-side of the anvil on a sharp edge. It uses very little material I got 5 mushrooms using no more than 6 inches of material and very little fuel. The first couple of shots show the one that stuck to the hot cut and you can see the fibrous wrought in the second pic

Those are sweet! I'm thinking my wife would love a bunch of those to go in the planter...

Ward

Alright, Clinton, good job!
That's a pretty good forging exercise, isn't it?

Those look great.

Now you just need to forge some wrought iron gnomes. ;)

thanks guys I made a few more out of 5/8 inch round stock. Yes it is a good forging excercise Brian, this wrought moves real easy but you have to keep it hot, hot, hot or it splits open on you

Looking good Clinton! I sure like that Ozark pattern of yours. Gonna have to get one someday.

Nice looking work there chief!!! How are they sautéed on steak? :)

Ya ironstein those sharp edges are very necessary for this and having a nice solid base to strike back towards yourself using the far side of the anvil makes it easy to finish off (you could also use the near side but you have to drop the piece down low to get the right angle)
Fe- they are great sauteed, a good source of iron as well 1000x the recommended daily allowance

No doubt those sharp edges come in handy! I think the wife is breaking down, finally thinking about letting me purchase a nice new ozark pattern. Keep the fingers crossed for the tax return. Going in saturday. I don't have a sharp edge left on my hay budden, it will be nice to use something other than an anvil block!