April 19, 200818 yr Cleaned up all my hardies and a 146# PW, and these are the ones I do not know what they are, or used for. Any help from the blacksmiths out there would be great. Please refer to them by the number when replying so I know what one you are talking about. All of the pictures can be seen at: Photos 1, 2, 3, 4 cbl4823 - ANY IDEAS?
April 19, 200818 yr 2 - swage for making transition from round to flat for straps that are bolted or riveted to something else. 3-4 - unknown 5 - bob on the left, cup on the right 6 - a bottome bob 7 - hand dolley 8 - cup swage
April 20, 200818 yr Author Just did a search for blacksmith bob and cup, nothing comes up. Do you know what they are used for? I was told by one person it was a countersink, and also was told it is used to put dimples on metal. Do they go together or seperate?
April 20, 200818 yr I gave up trying to identify or name tools a long time ago, now I just look at them and ask myself what will they be useful for?
April 21, 200818 yr I picked up an old piece of large plumbing steel last night, it's the connical cover for a rod that actuated a valve---I'm using it as a cone mandrel. The pieces are used for whatever the smith needs them for. Two smiths might use them for radically different items. In general I call things swages, hardy tools and usefull shapes.
April 22, 200818 yr Author Well they are going up on ebay this week, I guess Ill let everyone else out there decide what they want to us them for as well.
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