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SimonUK:
You may laugh, but I'm proud of it  :D :D :D

Kviljo:
Five more of those, and your there :)
Nice to see that you have your forge up and going!! 8)

SimonUK:
Thanks Kviljo. Can you see the socket actually extends into the head a bit? I had to hammer it closed again!

When I hammer the end flat, should I be aiming for a rectangular shape? I had a triangular shape and the end nearest the tip was far too thick. I couldn't curl it round. I also think I haven't flattened the socket enough in general - it wasn't wide enough and the edges don't overlap.

Kviljo:
Yep, I remember doing the same thing. The socket just kept getting longer and longer :)  Try using the "screwdriver"-side of a hammer like this one:
That really helps to widen it out quickly.

I'm aming for a trapeze shape.


Tried making a 12-century dagger, plus a to-be 13-c quilliondagger by the way.

SimonUK:
Yes I need to get a hammer like that.  How do you use it to shape the flat bit?  Do you hammer with the long axis of the 'screwdriver' parallel with the axis of the arrow head?

Beautiful daggers by the way.  I'm looking forward to seeing that quilliondagger when it's finished.

Since I started this blacksmithing, my girlfriend has been asking for iron cake stands and chandeliers etc ...somehow I think that's a long way off  :-\

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