Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 A farrier gave me a few files and asked if i could make him somthing . so a hawk it became .german silver horse shoes , dear wrap .horse tail drop and beads .copper jingle cone with horse spotted gum haft .bit of scratching Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Great work, mate. The engraving of the horse is a nice touch.I have dozens of those rasps and never made anything except file snakes out of them. Never thought of any kind of cutting tool. The ideas that come from this site are endless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I've seen very nice spurs made from Farrier's rasps and at the SWABA meeting Saturday a very large feather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Nice to see another post from you Chris! Love the carving and the inlay, always top notch! Seen a video by Gary Huston on You Tube where he made a "farriers ax", and explainded how they where used in the days when horses were used in battle, the ax would be used to finish off a wounded horse, and then to remove a hoof which was marked with the horses i.d. for record keeping. Thought is was interesting. Thomas, my grandpa who lived in Silver City use to make spurs from rasps as well. Still have a pair, and a miniature pair he maid my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Great work, mate. The engraving of the horse is a nice touch. I have dozens of those rasps and never made anything except file snakes out of them. Never thought of any kind of cutting tool. The ideas that come from this site are endless. Hi ausfire thanks mate. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I've seen very nice spurs made from Farrier's rasps and at the SWABA meeting Saturday a very large feather! Hi Thomas i think its amazing what some people can do to give material another life so to speak , thank you . Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Nice to see another post from you Chris! Love the carving and the inlay, always top notch! Seen a video by Gary Huston on You Tube where he made a "farriers ax", and explainded how they where used in the days when horses were used in battle, the ax would be used to finish off a wounded horse, and then to remove a hoof which was marked with the horses i.d. for record keeping. Thought is was interesting. Thomas, my grandpa who lived in Silver City use to make spurs from rasps as well. Still have a pair, and a miniature pair he maid my son. Hi mitch4ging thank you very much for that nice comment appreciate . Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Beautiful hawk all round Chris. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Beautiful hawk all round Chris. Frosty The Lucky. Hi Frosty thanks for thumbs up mate. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 well done!! Hi there jimmy ,tryed to keep in a farriers type of theme thank you Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensdudleyanvil Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi Chris, That looks great! My son is very artistic and was wondering how you did the horse. You say a little bit of scratching. Would you please elaborate? Did you etch freehand or use a pattern? What tool do you use, do you use black paint or charcoal to highlight, etc. I don't do knives or axes so this may be common knowledge, I'm just not in that world. Thanks. Kent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi Chris, That looks great! My son is very artistic and was wondering how you did the horse. You say a little bit of scratching. Would you please elaborate? Did you etch freehand or use a pattern? What tool do you use, do you use black paint or charcoal to highlight, etc. I don't do knives or axes so this may be common knowledge, I'm just not in that world. Thanks. Kent. Hi Kent tell your son with whats in this pic just a simple hammer and chisel you could make all your self for vertualy nothing . hammer i made from a piece of 52100 but any carbon steel will do . mild maybe a bit soft .handles from square stock , chisels are high speed steel best to draw out pic first then trace on because if you start drawing on the steel and your not quit centre have to rub of and do again and maybe again and again saves swearing lol somtimes use gun blue in cuts and just clean surface off .hope this helps Chris . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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