ih242 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hello all new here so this will be my first question. Had a brilliant idea, maybe..... Was thinking of making a horseshoe belt buckle and then riveting a split cross on top with brass rivets. Has this been done, don't want to jack anyone's idea but think it would be pretty cool if I can get the proportions correct. Any thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Sounds like a fun project. Do it and post pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Welcome aboard, glad to have you. I haven't seen a horse shoe belt buckle with a spread cross. Sounds like an idea worth the effort. Give it a try or three and post pics please. We LOVE pics. I'm betting it's a marketable idea with a little tweaking.Don't worry too much about "stealing" someone else's ideas I doubt there are many things you can do with a horse shoe that hasn't been done. So long as you don't counterfeit someone else's work and try passing it off as such you're on pretty good ground. The blacksmith's craft is a series of mastered basics, the most complex project is made up of those basics. Once someone has mastered them you can't keep a secret about how something was made. Sure details maybe but not the project itself.Enjoy the craft.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih242 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Will give it a go this weekend. I'm of the beginner variety but have made working horseshoes and split crosses and got pretty decent doin so. Thinking bout joining our blacksmith group here and the next meeting trade item is blacksmith art. Was trying to come up with something that would qualify. Tripods, bipods and skwerl cookers are my specialty lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 All those are good products, especially if you put a little something special into them to make them your own. Horse shoes make fine barn, shed, gate, etc. hinges.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The question is wich way do you make your horse shoe buckle? Sideways with a bar and spike like every ine else, or somthing different? Sideways with a bar and toung, upright with a bar and spike, upright with a toung or somthing wild like Two shoes like a motorcyle helmet? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih242 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thinking vertical shoe. Toe at belly button heels down. Putting the completed buckle in the large radius on my swage so nothing is sticking way out to catch on anything. Weekend can't come soon nuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I see... so in the spirit uf hanging a horseshoe upside down over the anvil so th luck will pore out ont ot it...hope that dont get you in trouble with the missus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I see... so in the spirit uf hanging a horseshoe upside down over the anvil so th luck will pore out ont ot it...hope that dont get you in trouble with the missus!I've heard it called a lot of things, ... but never an "Anvil". . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Got be carfule, SM. I steped on my "anvil" once today. Dont need anymore chastisment from the management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih242 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Ha didn't think of that but its a good one. The misses got nothing to worry bout I think she's the only one that'll have me. Only an okie would think of that one, I'm an original okie but for the next 3 years I belong to uncle Sam then RETIREMENT!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Lol, oh I was just the first to post, lol. I was born to an Okie and a Coloradin at a naval air station near Oak Harbor WA. Raised in Arizona just north of Phoenix, did a stent in Germany for Uncle Sam and migrated to Oklahoma about 15 years ago. Thanks for your service. Sounds like you have a woman worth our respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I see... so in the spirit uf hanging a horseshoe upside down over the anvil so th luck will pore out ont ot it...hope that dont get you in trouble with the missus!Whatever it takes to get lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 With Sandy one would think I have one nailed to my forbead! The wooman Is just crazy enuh to love all of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorsHammer82 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 This sounds like a great project, what happened to pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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