I started forging a cooper's driver today. I got the eye punched and drifted, the working end forged out, the struck end forged and shaped, and some rough filing on it.

Next time I'm there, I'll do some more filing to get the ears symmetrical, and I'll need to flatten the working end and start filing in a groove because it'll be too difficult when it's hardened. I need to harden and temper it too. I can likely get all that done next time in addition to hanging a handle.

#blacksmith #blacksmithing #cooper #coopering #tools

This is one of my oldest and dearest friends ... I like to bask in her reflected glory! 🤩

I also like to say "I knew her when she was welding horseshoes together to make firepit trivets" 😅

Check out some more of her work at https://www.jennypickford.co.uk/

#art #sculpture #inspiredbynature #blacksmith #metalsculptures

I haven't bought anything leather for many years, but I do have a few things from before I became vegan that are leather. I have a belt that is too big and a pair of sandals that should be tighter. So today, I forged a punch that hopefully will let me punch a few holes. I don't need it to last long, 5 punches would be great. It'd be nice if it worked well and held up for a lot longer than that so I didn't just waste this tool steel on this.

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Visite nocturne sur le fediverse : ce soir, un corbeau s'est posé sur une branche de merisier dans notre atelier, et ça donne ça !

Un grand couteau fait à 4 mains en synergie avec La forge d'Asgeir :
www.la-forge-asgeir.fr

Une pièce unique : une lame forgée en acier durable, à haute résistance à la corrosion, et du bois local sculpté au couteau.

Disponible dès demain soir (sur mon site dans un premier temps : www.missive-to-bears.com).

#celtic #woodcarver #blacksmith #normandie

"Muguet printanier" : un nouveau couteau de notre gamme "DRUIDES & DRUIDESSES".

Ici, une lame résistante et durable en acier suédois à haute résistance à la corrosion, forgée à l'atelier. Mitre en laiton massif et manche en érable du Calvados sculpté main au couteau d'une scène printanière.

Petit couteau de cueillette mais il peut tout à fait servir de couteau de table.

À retrouver ce vendredi 22 mai à 19h sur www.missive-to-bears.com

#woodwork #blacksmith #spring #forge #flowers

RE: https://sunny.garden/@dustin/116577113983538072

While doing the final drift, the handle of the last hammer I made broke. I guess it decided that it was no longer needed.

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Ce matin, un couteau de notre collection "Druidesse" (enfin ici c'est un druide qui l'a acquis lors d'une exposition 😉)

"Le printemps du cerisier" est une pièce unique réalisée avec mon mari, Benjamin Albrycht : www.la-forge-asgeir.fr

Lame forgée. Manche en merisier entièrement sculpté au couteau.

Nous avons créé cette collection de couteaux ornementés pour vos cueillettes sauvages.

Prochaine vente vendredi prochain (22/05) sur www.missive-to-bears.com

#woodcarver #blacksmith #mastoart

I finished the hammer today. All I did was a final drift (making the eye better shaped), put my stamp on it, some light filing to take the corners off, and hardened and tempered it. I hung the handle, blackened it, and oiled it.

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I did basically everything except hardening and tempering a new hammer today. The hole I punched was super clean- I was happy about that. In the photo, you can see the steel with the hole punched. Next to it is the small bit of steel lost from punching. To the right of it is the punch I made last year that I used today.

If I don't go finish it tomorrow, I'll go next Wednesday and can take some photos of the finished hammer.

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