MotoMike Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Recently I was in Door County Wisconsin. Stopped by the Maritime Museum at Gill's Rock, (AKA Deaths Door) Outside this hook caught my eye. do you think it is wrought? was it the product of a steam hammer? You can still see hammer marks on it. for scale, that it 5/4"x6" deck boards below it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I would say Yes: the grain pattern visible on the side of the eye and on some of the chain links is pretty typical of WI. Maritime ironwork that's exposed to salt air and ocean spray shows this kind of pattern even more vividly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 WI, yes. As to steam hammer; perhaps. Some of the hammer marks I see may be post production when someone was trying to shift the hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 A Beauty, regardless of material! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I hope to be that good of a smith someday.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 woa.. that just extended my reach a little further from my grasp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 They are fun to make. I've made them from 3/4" square stock. There is a good lesson on making these in Schwartzkopf's book "Plane and ornamental forging", Ernst Schwarzkopf (Author) This book was used by the NYC school system as their blacksmithing course around 1900. Its avalable in many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Motomike.. It's kind of an inside joke.. Internal that is.. Anvil, that is a great book.. I love it mentions using weights as an easy way to figure out estimated sections and it conviently mentions this like very early on.. LOL.. Probably one of the better books I have seen in awhile for guts information.. I had or have a copy of this book somewhere.. My copy was red though.. Great book.. Thanks for sharing it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Snuffy Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Ooh, I'll have to see about adding it to my library. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamboat Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 A FREE ebook or pdf version of that book is available here (move the cursor over "READ EBOOK" or "EBOOK - FREE" and make your selection): https://books.google.com/books/about/Plain_and_Ornamental_Forging.html?id=PjpVAAAAMAAJ Al (Steamboat) Or Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Steamboat, Wow! Great book! Thanks a million for posting the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The book and the link has been added to the book section of the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamboat Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 10 hours ago, arkie said: Steamboat, Wow! Great book! Thanks a million for posting the link. Glad the link was helpful. And thanks to Anvil and Jennifer for suggesting and endorsing the book. I hadn't seen it before and I've already found some useful material in it. The section on building a chain hook with a swivel looks like a particularly challenging exercise. Al (Steamboat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Forging a swivel is also discussed in "Practical Blacksmithing", Richardson; and IIRC with consideration of doing so in real wrought iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I made my first one at Turley Forge. It is a well remembered challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 10:40 AM, ThomasPowers said: WI, yes. As to steam hammer; perhaps. Some of the hammer marks I see may be post production when someone was trying to shift the hook. Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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