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My first bodkins (pics)
SimonUK:
It also might be possible to weld the overlapping flaps together.
duffontap:
--- Quote from: kviljo on July 13, 2007, 05:38:32 pm ---Yep, bet that would work well. I'm going to fetch a big old anvil some day soon now, so I'll make some tools for it. Though I've found out that it really isn't neccessary to get a nice socket, it sure would be a lot easier.
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You need one of these: (They're only about 2,000 bucks).
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Kviljo:
Ohh :D That looks HUGE! ;D
"Mine" is weighing 150#
Making a tanged point there? - or are you making the socket after the point?
That looks like a little more effective furnace than mine 8) Maybe I shold give mine some walls and a roof too. Bet that saves a lot of coal.
duffontap:
The local blacksmith was just letting me use his shop one Saturday. I actually have an open invitation to work there and use his natural gas forge and anvil. He was pretty interested in my desire to make bodkins. At that point, I had no idea what I was doing so I was just practicing shaping the necks and points.
That was hard enough. After hunting season I'll try some more.
J. D.
Kviljo:
That looks very nice! The part I'm struggeling the most with, is hitting where I want, hehe. ;D So I most often end up drawing the point out in a long and not so thick point :-\
But I see you don't have that problem :)
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