Well now I have to try that on a brooch. I love how good a twist looks and how dead simple it is, and the twisted-oval would probably make a really nice hand feel on a brooch and wear the fabric less.
What's crazy is like yesterday I was over at blacksmiths depot and I saw a springswedge that could be a cousin to the one used to make the quillions on a piece another TH-camr recently posted. I've been thinking a lot about how combing hotwork with benchwork would speed up production or even make it possible. Though it's been puzzling me if you look at the terminals on writhen qullions many seem to have a spherical shape added within the writhe like A520 in the Wallace do you think they hot formed a button in the center? Sorry for the essay just it's been on my mind this last week
In OP, is that an ass-ettlel-line torchiere, or ass-ettle-lean?😂 JK, love the analysis. Subbed! Edit: I don't think Smiths started with round bar, since that would have had to have been made from square/rectangle first...
@armsarmorinc.4153 there is a rich history of bar mills, sitting mills, triphammer ironworks and the like. There is a pretty good kids book about Saugus ironworks that was required reading for working at Plimoth Plantation. I never realized cast iron went back as fast as it did, thinking it was 19th century at the earliest. I was wrong!
Thanks man
more forging and tips and tricks for the future please 🙏🏻
Will do!
Im literally sprinting out to my shop right now to try this!
no wonder my training rapier needed the guard sanded at the twist.
I found it interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always thought modern twists were off. Never thought it through, but that makes perfect sense.
Well now I have to try that on a brooch. I love how good a twist looks and how dead simple it is, and the twisted-oval would probably make a really nice hand feel on a brooch and wear the fabric less.
What's crazy is like yesterday I was over at blacksmiths depot and I saw a springswedge that could be a cousin to the one used to make the quillions on a piece another TH-camr recently posted.
I've been thinking a lot about how combing hotwork with benchwork would speed up production or even make it possible. Though it's been puzzling me if you look at the terminals on writhen qullions many seem to have a spherical shape added within the writhe like A520 in the Wallace do you think they hot formed a button in the center?
Sorry for the essay just it's been on my mind this last week
Maybe, I'll have to take a look up close. I do love that sword
In OP, is that an ass-ettlel-line torchiere, or ass-ettle-lean?😂
JK, love the analysis.
Subbed!
Edit:
I don't think Smiths started with round bar, since that would have had to have been made from square/rectangle first...
True, they just forged out an oval bar from a lump of iron 😊
@armsarmorinc.4153 there is a rich history of bar mills, sitting mills, triphammer ironworks and the like.
There is a pretty good kids book about Saugus ironworks that was required reading for working at Plimoth Plantation.
I never realized cast iron went back as fast as it did, thinking it was 19th century at the earliest.
I was wrong!