My "brother-in-Law" has been in contact with me recently, he is on a hunt filming; filming the hunting of customers. They saw his knife and asked him about it, now they would like order so we have been communicating regarding these. The customers were interested in knives similar to this one, just a few changes to be made. I'm so excited, I am going to be so tired. Two knives to make amongst all the rest of life. I'll keep updating
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Anvil stand and firebrick
I felt very productive today, I made an anvil stand for my anvil and cleaned up shop./
Then I was busy with the fire bricks I Bought on Thursday from kamel potteries, I am busy making a new forge. Although the kiln shelving has been doing its job, I know that if the chamber is smaller the forge will heat up faster. Another reason for using fire brick is that, when I made the my original forge I found the flame would shoot out all of the join even though they were flush. So bought some fire cement and my fire bricks and I will make A better forge, I will keep you updatedWednesday, August 7, 2013
Makes you think
Sometimes you really make the ugliest things at work, and I'm seeing a lot of tiny finger sizes coming in now days.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Smallest wedding ring
This is a wedding ring I made today, it is a size D and a half. The smallest I have ever made, it is 9mm wide. It will be pave' set with three rows of 5 each, 10 pointer RBC. Ridiculously small, with my chubby fingers I had a fun trying to hold onto it.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Drifting
I forged two Drifts, to help me along with my forged ring. I must say it made it ten times better, it is already looking better. One uses it very similarly to a jewellers triplet, the difference being that steel must be worked when it is hot. So I will try again and try to find the balance between good craftsmanship and rustic appeal.
Comfort fit, otto shank ring
My first comfort fit Otto shank. Very comfortable on the finger I must say. It took loads of filling because we don't have a draw horse or an oval draw plate. Time consuming but I was happy
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