April 10, 201115 yr Big ugly chisel for dad, promised to fix one of his long ago. A bic, socket tongs, first attemp at rolling sockets for arrowheads. and a reshaped knife from a broken blade, just needs finishing. and what you don't see is the two failed attempts at sockets on the shop floor. Going to take a whole lot of practice to get nice neat uniform arrow heads made up. At least the material is cheap, mudflap and bunk springs from our logging trucks. Hardest part is getting the socket wall thin and uniform enough.
April 10, 201115 yr You had a good weekend at the forge. Nice looking tools and arrowheads. Practice makes perfect. Any blacksmith, hobbiest or professional, that doesn't have failures laying around is lying or they hide their misadventures. Keep on practicing, things are looking great. Mark<><
April 10, 201115 yr Author Surprising how dificult it is to get everything just right on a small arrow head. Have to try making a slick for dad as he requested one and have a feeling the socket for that will be real simple in comparison. What style of hammer/s were used classically to make them. I have watched Hector Coles video over and over. the button in the hardy or pritchel looks to be rather advantageous. Guess I have two more projects, a button for flattening the flare, and a smaller crosspeen, rest of my hammers are too big or too small.
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