August 29, 201114 yr Well, after a year and a half of being forgeless (due to an unfortunate accident involving an ex-girlfriend), and knowing no one in the area who could let me bang around, I finally met someone who had an old setup. He'd banged around for a bit, but had never done anything serious. I was able to get with him today and get my first hammer-time in for 18 months! On a lark, we started banging on railroad spikes, and this is what I came up with: It's half-burned, the twist is uneven, the "blade" isn't straight, the curve in the handle didn't come out at ALL like the vision in my head.... ....but my God, was it good to be back at a forge!
August 29, 201114 yr "On a lark, we started banging on railroad spikes, and this is what I came up with: It's half-burned, the twist is uneven, the "blade" isn't straight, the curve in the handle didn't come out at ALL like the vision in my head...." LOL, that is rather horrible looking. Not intending to be mean. But, probably not bad for an 18 month lay off. I am glad you had fun though! Looks like yuo were just glad to be back at and not too much worried about looks. I sometimes just hammer just to make something square for later. That way I can get some hammer time without actually having to produce anything. Then later when my heart is in it I got something to work with and some old piece of trash gets recycled.
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