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My first bodkins (pics)
Kviljo:
Yep Tiller! The bad thing is that I forgot to bring with me that book from where I study :-\
I partly remembered the sequence where the type 16 or swallow-tail was made, but seeing it again would be a lot of help.
Don't think I will bother more with that point. I suppose it would be possible to use some borax and weld it better together, but I'd much rather start on a new one :)
Pat B:
I'm not a blacksmith and what I know is from observation only. ::) From what you have there, you need to get it hot enough so you "weld" the metal together into a harmonious mass then refine the shape. Those techniques come with experience. ;) ...just like building bows. That head on a 1000gr goose feathered ash shaft would put a hurtin" on you! ;D Pat
duffontap:
--- Quote from: Pat B on July 18, 2007, 12:32:47 am ---That head on a 1000gr goose feathered ash shaft would put a hurtin" on you! ;D Pat
--- End quote ---
Or a horse. :o
J. D.
duffontap:
SWEEEEEEEET anvil! Please put me in your will. (It never hurts to ask ::) ).
J. D. Duff
Kviljo:
I've been told that I do this the wrong way, because I split the bolt in front and make a T first, then make the socket, and then fold the barbs back. I may have confused the method of making type 16s with the cresent-thingy. I'm going to try to chisel the barbs out from the side of the point tomorrow. Sounds like the correct way to do it. Although large swallowtails must be hard to make that way.
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