Max pywell Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Every one has a style can I see yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 you are ware that the Smithy is the building right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 My smithy's style is cluttered. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max pywell Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hahaha my bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Our Smithy is organized confusion. My leaf style is what ever strikes my fancy at any given time. Here are but a few, the large maple leaves have been given away no pictures of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max pywell Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Looks great man, love how many styles there are when doing leafs I removed the quote, please read this... The quote feature Edited September 3, 2020 by Mod30 Remove excessive quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur210 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I tend to think of mine as laurel leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Good Morning, Laurel and Harley?? LOL Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Is that a jiggler key on your keyring? Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max pywell Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Haha no just a cheep padlock key What size stock does everyone use for a standard leaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Depends entirely on the project. I've used everything from 3/8" round to 1/2" x 2" flat bar, and I know folks who've used both larger and smaller stock. Remember that leaves are traditionally not stand-alone items, but parts of larger projects. You want to scale your stock to the eventual size needed; there really is no "standard". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I'm with JHCC. I like to add decorative leaves at the ends of things like bottle openers or fire poker handles with little leaves. Sometimes a do big leaves. Depends on what I'm making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 A couple of the many ginkgo leaves for a significant project that I really need to get back on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hmm I wonder if real Wrought Iron would make good ginkgo leaves and the imperfections from hammering thin work as a feature rather than a flaw. I have a long weekend and a lot of WI of various quality levels, I may have to give it a try. As for starting stock size 1/8" to 1" sq stock; but I may go larger when I have a powered shop! Now if you specify starting stock for a leaf keyring that would narrow things down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thomas, a good experiment. I've never found a difference in wrought and mild steel in the finished product. The finished product is a function of hammer control. A Renaissance leaf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Real ginkgo leaves are notable for the striations on them. Real wrought iron shows striations when etched. Just trying to make use of a property of the material rather than putting striations in with hammer peen or chisel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I have never seen a Ginkgo leaf with more than one centered notch in the outer edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I have; some cultivars seem more prone to it than others. They have been around long enough to vary a bit. In art the "perfect" leaf may be extolled or the imperfect leaves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 My neighbors have a huge old Ginkgo tree. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the leaves for my project and there seems to be two variations on this one tree. The lower branches have leaves similar to what I forged (shown above). Small random splits long the outer edge. The upper branches have more of the leave type with a deep split in the outer edge with a ~1/16” radius at the bottom of the split. Also the leaves all sprout from a the end of the woody twigs in groups including the fruit. (I hope this description is understandable?) If there is interest, I’ll try to get pictures... David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Wiki has nice photos of some of the various leaf shapes leaves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba#/media/File:Ginkgo_Biloba_Leaves_-_Black_Background.jpg follow the arrows to see a bunch of different types including fossilized versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Interesting. My first intro to a ginkgo leaf. Another idea would be to make them from a simple pattern welded steel etched in acid. Looking forward to your experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 My first intro to Ginkgo in general, was walking in a town near by, where Ginkgo trees lined the street sidewalks. When the fruit of the tree was stepped on it emitted a strong odor of dog poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max pywell Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Thought these would make a good project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 By Rlarkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 This might give help with forging out leaves . http://treeproject.abavic.org.au/pdf-articles/How-to-Forge-a-Gum-Leaf.pdf Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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