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Legba

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Have a passion for Blacksmithing and woodcraft.
I use these with a shaves horse for making bows, tool handles and many other items.
I made this one the other day with a small firebrick propane forge as the work is small and I don't need to light the larger Charcoal forge. The handles are from my Grandmothers Magnolia she passed last year :sad:, and the steel is scrap from my father who passed a couple of years ago :sad:.

It will be awesome to think of them both as I use it.

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Nice job ! :thumbup:

I used to spend many a day sitting on a shave horse whittling branches down to toothpicks, just to relax. I miss it.
 
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Well done and really great idea incorporating sentimental raw materials!
 
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Very nice work. I would be interested in seeing your shave horse - would you be so kind to post a picture? I used one many years ago and an older friend showed me how to use. I made several hammer handles and a matttock handle. Still use them all today! Thanks
 
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How is magnolia wood for the handles? Magnolia always seemed soft to me. Never heard of it being used for anything. I moved to Dallas and I miss the magnolias of the SE :-/.
 
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Cool that you'll have handy memories of your father and grandmother as you use it. I have an old Stanley drawknife. Be careful though, you know the accident that happened to Roy Underhill's half brother when he used one.
 
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Very Nice!

Your anvil looks perfect. You must be very cautious with the hammer! Mine are always taking unneeded blows. :sad:

What was the origin of your steel before you forged it into the blade? And cool Idea with the handles. Let us know how they work out over time. Ive never considered using it before but its definatly availible down here.

Making stuff from something else thats unintended to be what your head envisions is a very satisfying experience, and Im glad you could add that feeling with the feelings of your grandparents memories!

Very cool

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gotwheels said:
Very nice work. I would be interested in seeing your shave horse - would you be so kind to post a picture? I used one many years ago and an older friend showed me how to use. I made several hammer handles and a matttock handle. Still use them all today! Thanks
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Thanks, and I would enjoy the opportunity to share!

Here is an English Shaves Horse I am currently using.
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And I picked this up last week. I'm going to mount it to the cart wheels at the back and a single forked leg on the front (when I find the right limb). It will be made in the French/German manner with a vise head coming through the center. I've got it smoothed and scraped with a cabinet scrapper. It's a foot or two longer than the other one and will still the the sharp edges knocked off.
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helterskelter said:
How is magnolia wood for the handles? Magnolia always seemed soft to me. Never heard of it being used for anything. I moved to Dallas and I miss the magnolias of the SE :-/.
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When I use it, it holds up very well, and scorches the ends when sanding on the belt sander similar to maple. I have a ball peen hammer handle and an 8 pound sledge handle I shaved out of Magnolia, some bowls and spoons I've carved, and I've been using scraps as the center wedge when I re-handle hammers, prior to driving a cross angle steel wedge. (lately though I've taken to a 1/2 to 3/4 inch long piece of hardened copper pipe sharpened on one end in place of the steel cross wedge). Seems to spread the wood better, and just looks cool.
I love hammers and pick up any junk ones whenever I find them clean them up, shave a handle and give them to friends/family/neighbors.
 
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DoghouseForge said:
Very Nice!

Your anvil looks perfect. You must be very cautious with the hammer! Mine are always taking unneeded blows. :sad:

What was the origin of your steel before you forged it into the blade? And cool Idea with the handles. Let us know how they work out over time. Ive never considered using it before but its definatly availible down here.

Making stuff from something else thats unintended to be what your head envisions is a very satisfying experience, and Im glad you could add that feeling with the feelings of your grandparents memories!

Very cool

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LOL, I'm a hobby/wannabe Smithy and work on my hammer control each time I pick one up!

It's one I picked up a couple of months ago. Looked like the guys father used it a couple of times to chisel :( stuff on the face is all. It's a Brooks and Vaughans from England. Cast steel (not iron) and very nice, I think Milwaukee tool still imports them and lists this one at $1800, and probably sells them at about $1000. I paid $125 and could not get my wallet out fast enough.
Prior to this anvil I used a 2"x2"x10" piece of steel driven 6 inches into a heavy stump. and a one inch piece of round stock for a horn. Made quite a few items on that little thing! :willy_nil

The steel was an unknown piece of stock that was in the shed when I cleaned it up this spring? It was the right length after drawing out the tangs, and had a nice carbon spark on the grinder, so I used it. Took a very nice edge quench and we'll see if it holds the edge with use?
 
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rick carpenter said:
Cool that you'll have handy memories of your father and grandmother as you use it. I have an old Stanley drawknife. Be careful though, you know the accident that happened to Roy Underhill's half brother when he used one.
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Ok, so I searched Roy Underhill and Draw knife and got a bunch of stuff, but nothing about his brother, so I added half brother and got a bunch of hit's referring to "what happened to his half brother". But none telling me what the heck happened to him? Then I started laughing loud enough to wake my wife (thank you for that by the way!). I might be a bit slow, but finally got it.
"half" brother! Cracked me up! :beer:
 
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I've got a bit of a passion for metal myself ... :D It's wonderful to see people who still know how to do things the old right way.
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Thanks!
With age/time and patience, I've come to quit buying tools and started making and refurbishing everything. I actually seem to enjoy the tools as much or more than the product!
 
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That looks really nice. I've made a few homemade tools out of metal and a welder but your skills are amazing.:beer:
 
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signcrafter said:
That looks really nice. I've made a few homemade tools out of metal and a welder but your skills are amazing.:beer:
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Thanks!
My Brother in law gave me a small oxy/acy set-up and a HF mig (no shielding gas) welder this year and welding is a freakin art. I can get my stuff to stick without failure, but thank the tool gods for angle grinders and wire wheels.
When I run 240 to the garage he's giving me one of his Lincoln sticks, (if I improve my bead to the point where he doesn't just look at it and shake his head!)
 
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Legba said:
I would love to see them as well!
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:+1: :thumbup:

And very nice work you do Lepba! I like to fiddle with the old manual tools a lot and really like refurbishing them. While I've made my share of tools in the past, I haven't yet gotten into making something like a draw knife or similar wood working tools. Excellent work, and please be sure to post your progress on the new vise! :beer:
 
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Outlawmws said:
:+1: :thumbup:

And very nice work you do Lepba! I like to fiddle with the old manual tools a lot and really like refurbishing them. While I've made my share of tools in the past, I haven't yet gotten into making something like a draw knife or similar wood working tools. Excellent work, and please be sure to post your progress on the new vise! :beer:
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Thanks for the kind words. I'll start a thread as progress evolves on the Shaves Horse.
 
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