I love that you can pick an old bolt out of a skip & see that it was handmade, how it was made & the blacksmith was right handed. The work you are doing now will be looked over in 200 yr time and someone will do the same. It took me a while to get used to the marks left by my hand tools, now I see them as makers marks.
interesting to see your process on the restoration side, I'd be fascinated to see more if you are up for filming it. I have seen the sutton hoo series you did which was also very cool but this is also an area of blacksmithing that I really enjoy ...actually if its very hot and theres metal involved I'm good.
I love that you can pick an old bolt out of a skip & see that it was handmade, how it was made & the blacksmith was right handed.
The work you are doing now will be looked over in 200 yr time and someone will do the same.
It took me a while to get used to the marks left by my hand tools, now I see them as makers marks.
interesting to see your process on the restoration side, I'd be fascinated to see more if you are up for filming it. I have seen the sutton hoo series you did which was also very cool but this is also an area of blacksmithing that I really enjoy ...actually if its very hot and theres metal involved I'm good.
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Nice. I like how you used the original measurements.