jayco Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 My daughter and son-in-law had this old andiron or 'fire dog' on their front porch for many years. They'd found it in an old barn on their property. They only found the one........the other is lost I suppose. My daughter got tired of folks using it for a boot scraper and gave it to me. I find it an interesting piece and suspect it's very old. As near as I can tell,it was made from a piece of 1 in. square stock.......doubled back on itself and forge welded. The split section at the bottom which forms the legs shows 'half-holes'..........perhaps that part of the piece had been welded also at some previous time. The weld at the top of the piece is very good, but the mortise and tenon are a little crude. this piece was someting else before it was an andiron, but I'm not sure what it was. I like examining old work like this......It gives a glimpse into how things were done many years ago. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Make another one like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Looks like it has seen better days, but neat none the less. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Great piece of history. Appears to be wrought iron to boot! What a find! I would go out to the barn that your daught found this in and do some digging, the mate just might be under the surface waiting for you to come get it. Worth the looking time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLMartin Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 i have two drug out of a barn made out of old wagon axles, there big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Rich...that's a good idea(making a mate for the one I have) I'll tr to do that! Thanks! Welder19 ....I don't think it was ever a 'pretty' piece of work, but rather something a smith did in a hurry (because somebody needed a set of firedogs). You can still find old stuff in old barns around here.....kind of like iron archaology! And yes.......Im still looking for the other one!! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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