[TheForge] Forging blackberries?

Sat Jul 5 10:55:00 2003

Spose I could, I like the look of forgings more though but I might keep that
as an option.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc V. Davis III (Marc of the Hammer)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 05 July, 2003 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forging blackberries?

> 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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