A spatulated nail header and two nails sitting on top of an anvil.

Simple nail header and square nails. #blacksmithed #handforged

A black steel hummingbird sculpture

A little hummingbird I made. #blacksmith #metal #sculpture

A metal hook decorated with a ram's head at the top that holds an extension cord from an exterior wall.

Need a tool? Make a tool.

Make this quick ram's head hook to hang an outdoor extension cord, so my mother doesn't have to bend, or dig it out of the snow whenever she needs an extension cord.

#blacksmith #tools #blacksmithing #outdoors

A thin, steel rod smithed into a spiral handle, clenching a tin can, and balanced over an anvil.

I have a water sprinkler made from a csn, but I needed something with larger holes when scooping wet coal.

I took advice from another blacksmith on this one and made the can interchangeable.

#blacksmith #blacksmithed #tools #forge

A handmade steel froe with a light stained hickory handle sitting on a red picnic table.

Made myself a froe to help me make handles for my other tools. Luckily I had this hickory handle sitting around already. #blacksmith #woodworking #tools #toolsmith

Charcoal can fire off a lot of sparks. Here's my brake forge doing it's best to keep me at a distance. #blacksmith #forge #fire

A live edge, oblong maple wood disc with a clear finish and hand forged coat rack hooks. The wood has a large dark brown central splatter shape.

Here's the larger project the previous tool hooks were for. This is a maple biscuit about 2'X1' with just linseed oil.

#Blacksmithing #blacksmith #decor #woodworking

Black steel tool hooks on a paper plate.

A couple more hooks are waxed up for a larger project.
#blacksmith #blacksmithing #hooks

A thin wood-carving knife with a forward curved blade. The handle is purple wood with brass rivets.

Made a simple shop knife from some scrap high-carbon steel. Used a little cutoff of purple heart wood for the handle with brass pins. #blacksmith #knife #carving #tools #exoticwood

Eight slender steel rods of progressing length aligned along a steel forge table.

In the middle of making a wind chime for my mother in honour of my grandmother.

Here's the actual chimes. Striker and wind catch to come as I get further along with them.

#blacksmith #blacksmithing #windchimes #family

Hardly the flashiest of tools, but this hardy chiselling surface will help me keep my anvil face nice and smooth.
#blacksmith #blacksmithing #tools

A pair of blacksmith steel vambraces on a red velvety background

Finally taken shape. Here's a nice pair of vambraces. #blacksmith #armoursmith #armorsmith #armour #armor

Takes a while before a piece really starts to take shape. This one was right on the verge. Betcha can't tell what it's going to be. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #forge #steel

On the left is the twisted tool hook from 1/8" square stock. Forge welded the two pieces together. I might try making a piece similar to the 1/4" tool hook on the right, but with the 1/8" stock. #blacksmith

Oh, this is definitely the 1/4" square rod.

Made this twisted hammer hanger from 1/8" square rod. Quick way to hang a hammer without having to split metal. #hooks #tools #blacksmith #blacksmithing

Made another one of these hair pins for my sister's friend who was admiring the few I had set aside for other family members. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #forge #jewelry #hair

Honestly, I'm surprised this isn't happening more.

A steel ruler forged to fit over an anvil.

I saw this anvil-mounting measuring tool in a Denis Frachette video and just had to make one for myself. #tools #blacksmith #blacksmithing

I haven't worked either square rod this small before, but I'm going to play around with it a little, and see what I can make out of it. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #forge

Swung by site3 to check out their workshop and made a nice little pair of bolt jaw tongs. They're a bit asymmetrical, but that's alright.

#blacksmith #tongs #blacksmithing #coworking #makerspace

Made myself a simple pricker. It's a medieval eating implement that's a precursor to the fork.
#blacksmith #blacksmithing #renfest

A pair of black-steel box jaw tongs on a red blanket.

Made a pair of box jaw tongs. Could be a little straighter, but it does the job. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #tongs #tools

Been making more tools for myself. Had to increase my tool storage space.

#blacksmith #blacksmithing #tool

An antique power hack saw in the corner of a modern blacksmith shop.

Picked up a beautiful power hack saw at auction this weekend. Can't believe it's mine. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #tools

Frightening

Oh, I'm going to have to try this method of securing a handle.

#Blacksmith doing the finish touches

A round steel rod wrapped into an even circle sitting on an anvil.

In the process of building a nice bowl swage. Wrapped this around a brake pad to keep the circle even. #blacksmith #blacksmithing #tools

A black steel S-hook with a flat bend in the center held out on a hand.

A simple S-hook with a flat bend.

#blacksmith #blacksmithing