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07-28-2007, 12:46 AM
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One for the wall
Forged from 1/4" leaf spring with an elk antler handle. The guard was forged from some old bridge wrought iron and the pommel from wagon wheel wrought.
Blade 10.5" and 15" O/A.  The display mount is a slab of western red cedar from my neighbor's tree that went down in our big wind storm last year. It has over thirty coats of polyurethane on it.  This will go on the wall at my office along with a pipe hawk I am working on and a picture of this dude. 
Last edited by B.Finnigan; 07-28-2007 at 11:58 AM. 
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07-28-2007, 02:17 AM
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Primo knife, hope you keep it. once you sell it, only a memory.
Gene __________________ Happy Hammering, wear safety glasses. Gene Chapman Oak and Iron Publishing www.oakandiron.com/
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07-28-2007, 06:52 PM
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Thanks for the feedback. The guard split four times while forging so I had to use very high heat to weld up the splits. It seams that if you get the silicas to liquify and you move it around a bit the patterns get more complex.
 The last guard I forged from the same chunk of iron did not have any wild patterns. But I only heated it to cherry red just to flatten it out and bend the ends for the "S" guard.  So if you want more complex patterns out of your wrought heat it and beat it! Heat it to bright yellow and get the silicas dripping out of the piece.
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