[TheForge] OT (?) What's this?

[Peter Hirst]

Something hung from this and rotated.  I betcha the old pack  rat (or a 
predecessor) forged chain -- heavy chain -- at one time.  I am betting that 
this was used to hang the finished length of chain in loops whilst the smith 
swings the link being worked on between forge and anvil.  Bottom mounted on 
a stake plate for lighter work and overhead --likely on a sliding track --  
for the heavy stuff.  Look for other evidence of chain-making in the shop. 
An Oliver, for example, would be a dead giveaway, but also some kind of 
plate, eye,  ring  or track on the ceiling or beam over the area between 
forge and anvil,  heavy swaging tools, pehaps permanently mounted to a heavy 
hammer  and corresponding bick that would match the short, curved section of 
the chain link, where the weld was.

PGH
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Apologies for the inconvenience!

Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS

rich at muchhadhamforge.co.uk
www.muchhadhamforge.co.uk


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