Hand forged steel orca whales from angle iron. As far as I can see, this idea is original to me. Forging an orca out of a single piece of angle iron. Overall I’m getting happier with the shape but getting the forging process down is still tricky. These will part of a special piece I’m building for the #sookefallfair Hope you like them! #blacksmith #blacksmithing #orca #killerwhale
Battery dies on the phone just before I finished these but you get the idea.
Needed a ball and a mushroom stake to help shape my forged orcas. So forged one. Love being a blacksmith and being able to make my own tools! #blacksmithing #blacksmith #MetalArt
As a blacksmith, carving animal heads out of steel is one of the most rewarding and fun things I do in the forge. This wolf head bottle opener started out as an off cut. A piece of steel I cut off of another project that wasn’t working. I remember looking at the “scrap” and thinking “that looks like an animal head!”. So I saved that piece of scrap for over a year! Feels good to use fire, a hammer and my minds eye to transform it into something special. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #metalart #forging
Always struggle getting these hair pins to a consistent bend. Finally made a jig to help with that. Took a 8” piece of pipe, sliced it in half, than sliced a section out of one to make a hardy shank followed by slicing the other almost in half in two areas. Bent the attached section back, rolled it into a “handle” and formed it to match the fuller on the anvil. Works pretty well.
PS I don’t have a welder before you comment it would have been easier to weld that… 😜
Forged a splitting froe for a client. First time blacksmithing a froe or something with a rolled eye. Things I would do differently next time: make the eye bigger so I don’t have to cut so much off my hickory staves! #blacksmith #handforged #blacksmithing
Working on finishing the cabins yesterday so no newly completed blacksmith forging videos for you today so here’s a little montage of projects I’ve completed recently #blacksmithshop #HandForged #handmade
Not very original I know. People do like to buy stuff forged out of railroad spikes. If you are a new blacksmith you might pay attention to the part where I’m drawing out the spike Ofer the edge of the anvil. It’s a very aggressive way to draw out quickly.
Not terribly happy with these but also not terribly unhappy with them. First try so learning how to improve them.
Blacksmith forging a dragon head on a steel magic wand. Vanessa found this discarded piece of steel while trimming the end of the driveway so I decided to save this thrown away steel into a special magic wand for my lovely green witch wife. Hope you enjoy! #blacksmith #witchythings
Blacksmith forging a re-enactor renaissance faire Raven headed cloak pin. These have many names: penannular brooch, kilt pin, blanket pin etc but they all take the same basic shape. Thought I’d try and forge one with Raven head finials giving it a sort of Viking-esque sort of feel. Hope you enjoy the video! #blacksmith #blacksmithing #renfair #reenactment
Blacksmith forging a divination dowsing pendulum combined with a candle scribe. These are forged out of steel rebar that has been twisted. Usually twisting a round bar doesn’t result in anything but twisting rebar creates really interesting patterns in the steel. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #divination #dowsing
Forging a tear drop punch. These punches get used for forging all sorts of decorative shapes. The first plan I have for the tear drop punch is forging a flower shaped finial.
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