some artistic forging, between heats

[Sam Salvati]

Between heats working on making some tongs, I forged this guy. Again, no welding, all forged from one piece of 1" by 3/8" by 2.5" long. It's about 2.5" round.

Let's see if anyone can guess how I made it

 

[Brian.Evans]

Split down the middle and then however you made the curly-qs?

 

[woodzman]

Slit it in the center about 2/3 of the way so you had 2 legs 1 part wide and 2 parts long, and 1 leg 2 parts wide and 1 part long. Since each leg had the same amount of steel you drew them out to equal lengths and rolled up the ends?

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Slit it in the center about 2/3 of the way so you had 2 legs 1 part wide and 2 parts long, and 1 leg 2 parts wide and 1 part long. Since each leg had the same amount of steel you drew them out to equal lengths and rolled up the ends?

+1 :thumbup:

 

[Sam Salvati]

Woodzman you got it.

 

[mgysgthath]

Very neat

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very cool.

 

[tedinatl]

That is cool, Sam...

 

[Sam Salvati]

Thanks guys! Thinkin I might use this guy or another for a sword guard

 

[Atlas Knife Company]

Sam, hang a malformed blade from each hook and you have a bladesmith's wind chime.

 

[Troop]

Very artistic, Sam. At least you don't have to worry about putting a handle on it.

 

[J.Marsillo]

Very artistic, Sam. At least you don't have to worry about putting a handle on it.

ya beat me to it Mitch! Nice Hammering Sam!

 

[Dixieblade57]

Sam it reminds me of a star fish! :thumbup:

 

[Dan Pierson]

Cool Sam. I'm sure there are lots of things you can do with this shape.