Here is my take on forging a center punch.  I wanted to play with the visuals of an offset taper.  One of my first projects as a journeyman smith was in Wales in Andy Rowe's shop.  He had me forging long, offset tapers on big stock under the power hammer.  I haven't seen that form in a center punch yet, so I thought I would give it a go.    

I have a video of the process, but I forge Iron keeps shutting it down.  Look up: forging a center punch on you tube.  

That is a beautiful piece of work!

VERY nice! Why am I not surprised?

Frosty The Lucky.

Very nice work. Now, tell me about those calipers......

Very nice!

Over the years I've enjoyed looking at your tooling and fixtures almost as much as seeing the finished product. You've impressed me yet again.

ok I admit to being totally confused by the photo's, wondering how you turned that block you machined in to a handful of half finished punches, then I watched the video and realised I had only had a "man look" at the photo's, because on second viewing of the photo's the block was obviously becoming a tool! .

Great stuff, as always.  I really enjoyed the video.

Thanks   I'm happy how the forgings came out.  I have had a number of positive responses on my double calipers.  My plan is to both make a video of the forging process and have a few sets available on my website in the next few months.  I'm most current on instagram (rigoni_ironworks) for those interested.  I will post there.  

I can personally attest to the fact that these look much nicer in my hand than they do in the picture.