[TheForge] Forging blackberries?

Sat Jul 5 10:26:00 2003

What about casting it? Does that part have to be forged?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Forging blackberries?


> A customer want some blackberries like these
> http://www.homepages.ihug.com.au/~sjs/berries.jpg
> in a railing, the picture is taken from page 88 of the  book "the
> contemorary blacksmith" by Dona Meilach, Im sure many of you will know it,
i
> the nota says it was made with a clam shell die. Im looking for tips on
> making these, I can do balls with a clapper die but I can only think of
how
> to make these blackcurrents in 2 halves and mabey join them together ie:
by
> sinking a half blackcurrent depression into a block of steel and then
> hitting a hot blank into that with a flat top die on the P.hammer. even
then
> I think the part of the berry closest to the top of the depression would
> have little detail because it isnt being hit into the die, more being
> squeezed sideways into it, and thats only if the blank is the right size.
I
> cant see any way you could rotate a ball in a "clamshell" die to get an
even
> effect. Anyone done these before???
>
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