July 25, 20169 yr It was hot, I was sweaty & tired, and was about to call it a day at the forge, but just wanted to try a couple of different projects before quitting for the night. Glad I decided to keep it fired up, because I'm really liking how both of these came out, and I think both should go over well at the show this weekend. First, I wanted to try a spoon. I haven't done one before, and even though we don't have a lot of Civil War reenactors here in Northern Michigan, I still wanted to have at lease one on the table. Started with 5/8 round stock, finished with olive oil. The other is a hook that another local smith, Dave McConnell at North Woods Forge, showed me an example of and described how to make it. He calls it a wheat twist or a chevron twist. It looks braided, but its all just twisted. Very easy technique, and I think it came out really cool.
July 25, 20169 yr Nice spoon and very cool twist on that hook. I'll have to try to figure that one out.
July 25, 20169 yr You chose wisely when you kept the forge running. I like 'em both, but that wheat twist takes the cake. Very nice!
July 25, 20169 yr Looking good. Going to do a how to on the wheat twist? I THINK I see it but I think I see lots of things I really don't. Frosty The Lucky.
July 25, 20169 yr Author 23 minutes ago, Frosty said: Looking good. Going to do a how to on the wheat twist? I THINK I see it but I think I see lots of things I really don't. Frosty The Lucky. The smith that showed me how to make that already has a video on youtube on how to do it. The quality of the video isn't the greatest, but it definitely gets the point across. In a nutshell, you take four equal lengths of round stock, bend them each in half, then twist each one. You do two clockwise and two counter-clockwise. Stack them in the square, with the alternating twists next to each other and forge weld the ends. Then just do a light forge weld down the center to hold it all together and square it up. His video is under his youtube channel, North Woods Forge. But like usual, I don't wnat to post links
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