Horse Head Back Scratcher 

Beautiful job on the scratcher! I can't wait to get to the forge and make one (some). Have a lot of rider friends who would love to have one. A suggestion...when finalizing the forks, instead of working so hard to bend the longest one to match the other lengths, just make all the same bend, then file down the tip of the longest to match the others. I didn't see you smooth the tips, but it would be good to do so in order not to snag any fabric (or skin!!).

My blacksmithing mentor, Alan Ball (sadly deceased from MND), used to make dragons heads a bit like that, except he started with square stock and made them 3D, with two ears, nostrils and eyes. Just used a round punch for the nostrils. I like the speed of yours, and they look great. Thanks.

Itchy backs....old mans gremlin. A friend commented on this. Last few years (I'm 70 now) I've had the same. Even saw Bernie Ecclestone scratching his back. So no cure. Everyone needs one (grin) make your fortune/pension Gary.

Awesome project Gary. I truly enjoyed watching.

I did one of these for my friend last year before he past away. I even made the horse head look like his favorite sports team's horse head.

Great job! Turned out really well! Thank you for the video!

Hi Gary. Very interesting project. I do like the look of it

I know what i'm making tomorrow! great job as usual Gary.

I really like how the lines of the twist echo the lines of the mane.

That's beautiful!!

Nicely done!!

Brian Brazeal is the one who set the world on fire with his horses. You did an amazing job and came up with a good place for this horse to hang his heat [hat] : Thanks for sharing this with us! Dave WinDancerKnives

Nice one!

came up very nice!

I would love one of these!

Thanks.

Thanks looks good but I've had an itchy back from start to finish lol Anthony Kent

Good luck with the power hammer Gary.

Cool I video man

Like that one.

Great Video,Could you try to put the eye,nose and nostril,and mane on the other side of the face?

That is a significant piece of steel, just to scratch one's back :O Maybe there is some serious itch to work on though :P

Gary I can't believe it, but I have never made a horse head either (25 years shoeing). I know what I'm doing on Sunday. Cheers

Fancy intro there young man ;-)

Hows your hand doing? Any better? Great video, thanks!

Alright Gary, just wanted to say thanks for being an inspiration. Have you heard of the Facebook page called forging it forward? I think it may be of interest. Cheers

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I am sorry if this is a silly question... all the bits of metal that come off when hammering, can you save and re-use later on other peojects?

Hello from Northern California Gary, how is your hand feeling? I haven't heard you mention it in a while, hoping that's a good sign.

How's about a demo? :0)

Can I buy one from you sir ?

Should have just used the grinder... hammered the fingers out in shape of cross and rounded fingers with grinder or file..

здравствуйте а почему вы себе молот механический не купите???????

I could see one being turned into a horse fish.

Gary can you tell us again the make and the weight in pounds of your anvil?

GARY ==== make a horse head on a horseshoe == even on both sides of (ware side)of shoe

Anyone else tempted to trade 'shipping the hammer to him' for 'a backscratcher? (sadly my corsa won't do it...)

there's a 20? year old tutorial on Anvilfire for the same horse head, that may be the common origin of the shape www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/seahorse/top_index.htm