[TheForge] Scale

Wed Jun 19 08:30:02 2002

Then I have to see him make a Suffolk latch and peen out the cusp in a single
heat.
On the one I made, the cusps were 2 3/4" by 2 3/4", made from 3/4" x 1/4".
I doubt I'll ever be able to do those in a single heat.

Bob

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Peter Ross of Colonial is the best I've seen at ending up with smooth
forgings.  I have one heck of a time doing it myself, but his end up smooth
and with out scale.  He does not use a wire brush as he says they didn't
have wire brushes in year 1776, the period he works in.  He says he forges
so he does not reheat (and scale) the last part he forged.  He forges and
completes just what can be done in the one heat, then he heats up the next
area to be forged and finishes that.  He finishes hammering at a black heat.
To forge like he does takes more skill than I have, but I have not given up
on trying and watching him is proof that it can be done.

Dick Nietfeld
Shady Grove Blacksmith Shop
Grand Island, NE