Chinobi Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Matt, thank you for sharing your sketch and the progression! That's a very clean method and a great end result; I hope I can do it justice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjenki Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Glad you guys appreciate it. I grew up in a small community named Cloverdale... so, its always been a shape that folks have asked me to make.I have been thinking on this a bit since I did the forge progression, and think that if it was done on the diamond, we could for get rid of the gate fuller and isolate the mass along the center line of the bar with half face blows only, (like a regular leaf). I don't think it really matters how the mass is isolated... but half face blows are pretty accurate and easy to do. Did you make the dividers too? Those are very nice.Frosty The Lucky.I did make those dividers... but they are from a long time ago. I have improved my filing skills a lot since then. I keep them around to remind me, where I was and how far I have come... I also have one of my first tongs in the shop, but I'll never tell which ones they are.... Matt Edited May 25, 2015 by mjenki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 It must be nice to have work like that to look back on as a beginning project Matt. It's good to keep firsts to track progress. I wish I had.What's next?Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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