I'm very new to this wonderful hobby. My first project was to build a set of tongs. Then I built a chisel to build a leaf. I built 2 as practice. Just wanted to show everyone my leafs. I'm proud of them also a pic of an old sprocket I cut up and assembled into a makeshift anvil. It's crude but pretty cool looking in person.

that looks awesome man great work!

Thanks. I'm very excited to learn the trade. 

Very nice job! I too am new to this and I would be proud of that leaf as well. 

Very nice job on your first leaf. I would be proud of that as well. 

Good job pepper!  Better than most of my leafs after 2 years trying

NICE leaf Busta! You even turned a respectable snub end scroll for a finial!

Oh you have De makins of one heck of a smith. 

You'll be so much happier finding a better anvil. Check out the improvised anvil threads for ideas.

Frosty The Lucky.

Ordered a Ridgid peddinghaus #9 anvil. 165 pounds will be perfect 

Let the FUN begin! 

Frosty The Lucky.

Terrific start!!! Completely respectable first tongs, and the leaf is great. You clearly have a good eye for shape and proportion, and I look forward to seeing what happens when your skill catches up with your talent.

You're doing great Busta, keep it up. Wish my first leaf and tongs looked that good. 

Very nice design features on that first leaf. I like the way the scroll sits against the shoulder of the leaf. It leaves my first one looking a bit ordinary!

18 minutes ago, ausfire said:

It leaves my first one looking a bit ordinary!

If you think I'll Fall for that one your barking up the wrong tree. Usually its Frosty raking it up. 

Hoe hoe hoe.

Frosty The Lucky.

Im leafing this one alone,,,

Guess I'm the stem of the problem. My puns are all in vein. Perhaps there's stipuleations.  

This stuff crops up but did you HAVE to plant the image of your trunks in my mind's eye?

Frosty The Lucky.