Forged Forks

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

I thought it was a relief printing at first...you already do gun building, blacksmithing, leather crafting, probably other stuff I missed...thought it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to think you are also into plate making :idunno:

 

[Crewdawg445]

Unfortunately bud the ones you took actually didn't turn out to well... This one I snapped behind the catfish inn. I guess it would be a selfie?

Actually Obi-Wan, I do enjoy painting and sketch work. I've also worked a little in relief prints, reason I made it look like that in the image editing thing.

 

[coloradoclyde]

:haha: nice touch.... :thumbsup:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Now make a spoon..... :grin:

I've been thinking this since he posted originally: how even cooler this fork would be if he went generous on the loop side and hammered that side into a spoon :shocked2:

No sporks !

 

[Crewdawg445]

I agree! Lol

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

No sporks !

I don't think it would be classified as a spork if the two utensils were segregated by the handle?

 

[pondoro]

A table fork and a toasting fork. Both done with a propane torch only.

 

[LRB]

14" fork with propane torch for heat, and of course, basic hand tools.

 

[coloradoclyde]

No sporks !

I don't think it would be classified as a spork if the two utensils were segregated by the handle?

There are numerous examples...All called sporks. The terms foon and fpoon have also been used.
Regardless, it wouldn't be a 18th or 19th century reproduction.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Now that's a fork... :thumbsup:

 

[SgtErv]

Quite consistently impressed with your work man! Keep it up, too cool! Hope to see you around as I'm not too far away from the Ohio country

 

[Crewdawg445]

That there is an extremely fancy eating device, in fact to nice IMO! :thumbsup:

 

[pondoro]

Wick did you weld the tine end with a torch? That is impressive!

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

Just to clear up any confusion anybody else might be having: when I first joined this forum, it was driving me nuts trying to figure out why your screen name sounded so familiar, and then somebody pointed out that you are Legendary Bladesmith Wick Ellerbe :bow:

 

What am I missing here? Do you really need a torch to twist a coat hanger?

A table fork and a toasting fork. Both done with a propane torch only.

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

What am I missing here? Do you really need a torch to twist a coat hanger?

The same effort that is used to denigrate somebody else's work, could be better used to encourage them in my opinion.

 

[pondoro]

What am I missing here? Do you really need a torch to twist a coat hanger?

A table fork and a toasting fork. Both done with a propane torch only.

Both of those are a bit thicker than a coat hanger, the long one is 1/8", the short one just a bit less. I'm an old man but even as a young stud I'd have struggled to twist the thicker stuff. And it was an interesting experience, to make the twists look uniform the metal had to be hot enough. You'll see they are not completely uniform. I expect with a forge and/or more experience I could have gotten better results.

 

[coloradoclyde]

It's really hard to get enough even heat to forge and manipulate stuff with a propane torch....

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

No sporks !

I don't think it would be classified as a spork if the two utensils were segregated by the handle?

There are numerous examples...All called sporks. The terms foon and fpoon have also been used.
Regardless, it wouldn't be a 18th or 19th century reproduction.

...there is this original example of a 3rd century Roman spoon-fork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Perhaps this pattern was copied to very limited examples later on in the 18th-19th century?

http://metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2006.514.3/

 

[MC One Shot]

Very nice... :thumbsup: