Wrought iron hawk .

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Chris John

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Hi Hawkers
made a very plain one this time from wrought iron and w1 cutting edge wrap and weld version .
spotted gum haft copper jingle cones and horses hair deer wrap and a beaded drop brass studds
hope you like anyway .
Chris
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Very nice Chris. I like the grain on that Gum. Wrought can be a pain to weld, you have to keep it hot,hot,hot!...........Randy
 
Hi Randy ,
Yes not the best after i did this i thought i should have forged the piece the other way to
show more of the grain in the wrought ,maybe next time .

The spoted gum is very strong over here they use this wood on picks , wood splitters , sledge hammers and such .
i used steel filings desolved in apple cyder vinigar to try and bring out some colour in the wood ,

Thank you .

Hi Stuart,
Thank you very much
Chris.
 
Chris, Another fine job....Really like the Spotted Gum may have to find some of that....
 
Another great hawk Chris. You have some neat wood over there in the other colony ;-)))

Best regards

Robin
 
I have been fortunate enough to spend some time in both colonies and like both. Hope I can afford to spend more time in both.

Howard
 
We certainly have some great and interesting people on this forum fantastic.

Hi pullrich it was a light colour i just kept going till i thought it would be presentable i guess
and finnished of with a coat of true oil to seal it off .true oil is used a bit on gun stocks
never used on leather yet , i use stuff called raven oil for leather mainly ,must try it out .
Thank you

Hi Howard,
yes i guess it would be preety strong stuff .
thank you .

Hi there Robin,
glad you like mate ,
Chris
 
Hi Operater1975,
After the 1850 around that time the produced mild steel .
through the bessemer process what it bacicaly did was remove the impuritys
that was in wrought iron and we have virtualy what we have today mild steel .

before that time it was wrought iron ,
when you forge the wrought you can actualy see the impuritys
in it ,

look like strands of spagete thats about the best i can explain it
some here may have a better explaination tho .
Chris
 
I'm not positive this is correct, but heard that it takes 5lbs of wrought iron to make 3 1/2lbs of steel. Wrought iron is not as hard or strong as steel.

Howard
 
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content, in comparison to steel, and has fibrous inclusions, known as slag. This is what gives it a "grain" resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched or bent to the point of failure. Wrought iron is tough, malleable, ductile and easily welded. Historically, it was known as "commercially pure iron";[1][2] however, it no longer qualifies because current standards for commercially pure iron require a carbon content of less than 0.008 wt%.[3][4]

Before the development of effective methods of steelmaking and the availability of large quantities of steel, wrought iron was the most common form of malleable iron. A modest amount of wrought iron was used as a raw material for manufacturing of steel, which was mainly to produce swords, cutlery, chisels, axes and other edge tools as well as springs and files. Demand for wrought iron reached its peak in the 1860s with the adaptation of ironclad warships and railways, but then declined as mild steel became more available.

copied from wiki.

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