ripleycopa Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I spent four hours at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Doniphan, MO on Saturday working on a new fire tool for the shop. I had a nice model to work from made by another smith that we received as a trade item at a BAM meeting several years ago but I wanted a different decorative handle and twist so I studied up on YouTube and completed my first Rubic or Cube Twist on the center of the shaft. I did not want to use that twist as a handle grip so I made the handle grip with a thorn twist. The entire piece was drawn out of a 25 inch long piece of 5/8 inch square stock. Although I left the working rake end unfinished, I did a power wire brushing and a brass brushing on the twists while at a black heat and then, when cool, applied a spray acrylic lacquer to protect the brass coating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 That cube twist came out great. I like the thorn twist idea for the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Nice work with both twists. OK, I've been trying to work out how you got the thorn twist. Nearest I can figure is you made a line of punch marks with a bob punch on opposite sides of the stock and then twisted it. Something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Unless I'm mistaken, it's similar to a pineapple twist without scribing the lines down the center of the bar. Twist the bar clockwise, flatten back to square, then untwist half the number of turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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