NICE. I really like the pattern. Just the right layer count👍👍 In general, when you buy a bone, that has both ends intact, like that ostrich femur, you should expect it to have marrow inside..... I mean, how should that have gone away?? Go draw some blood with that iklwa👍
Columbus Ohio and we met Africa transplants some are nice and some worthlesd my opinion.... But one truly seems like a super person and she highly interested in my Blacksmith hobbyist said in her country it sounds like knives are often referred to as weapons and laws don't allow some are not legal .And spears are illegal but sales for a good price.Might be a black market if you're shipping out of country be careful.. So happy for you having a great work place. Hickory is a great choice of woods.
Look up Heather and Kevin Harvey. They both ABS MS and Heather specialised in african weapons before she retired. She probably has access to the most relavent info on them. You'll find them under heavinforge in south africa.
I really like the light with darker lines through it, its pretty distinctive. From what little I know of these things I've seen they did do either a wet rawhide wrap like you did or a series of braided weave down the end so when it dries, it shrinks and holds it all together tight. Used to use muriatic for cleaning stainless welds but for forge scale I just found the white vinegar they use for cleaning in a pretty stout 50-50 solution was a lot easier and safer to live with than the acid, safer to dispose of, cheaper and it does it about as fast. Still want to put it outside for the big jobs when its not covered because it'll rust everything!
Say John I really like your work I was wondering how much you would charge to make a blade making hammer or dog face I was watching Jesse hu who is a young bladesmith and he has what looks like a 2 lb or more I think more 4 lb maybe and I really would like one like it I have never seen one before in my 65 yrs.
Its an amazing weapon. One i learned of believe it or not in a scifi novel series. But they called it by a different name. And i think it was the name of a tribe and not the weapon. But that name was "assegai". Likely has no bearing at all but from a martial arts standpoint i thought it was an awesome weapon with potential out the yingyang. Slice / dice/ stabby fun. To me that looks amazing sir.
✌ Thanks for video ! Going for a smaller one 'till I get out of an apt. but I can still do Leathercraft with it. Then learn Blacksmithing as a Hobbyist.
What’s some tips on canister with no press or power hammer? Could it be done without any tooling if you forge it like a regular billet or would you have issues with corner cracks
@@Little_River_Forge it's definitely possible. I have an older video on it somewhere but it's not easy. I'd expect a failure rate of around 50 percent and you'll need to start with a pretty small billet. I'd say no bigger than 1-1/4" square and only 3-4" long
Your Civil War folklore and anvil brittleness spiel made me think of this 200LB Hay Budden anvil top WITH NO BASE that I have and of course it has beautiful markings too. I doubt Gen. Sherman had it sledged...however I do believe it was likely dropped at some point in it's life. Clean shear right at the top where the base would start sloping outward. This 100% lends credibility to your argument on brittleness regarding antique anvils. One day I may design and cast a bronze base for it, or go the cut out steel plate & stack up method & weld/grind it into a usable base for the poor Budden top. Not sure what would be best but I do know that anvil top does deserve to be fixed up in a proper & solid way.
