Kevin Colwell Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I love those, Alan. The spirit in which they are given, as well as the techniques to make them. Very cool, indeed. please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Helm Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Awesome projects, Alan. I still remember the other one you made. James Helm - Helm Enterprises, Forging Division Come see me at the Blade Show! Table 26R. Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Just goes to show, everything is better patternwelded.... I've never lusted after a trowel, until now. If you can do a patternweld fillet knife I can do a trowel, then we're even! That is how I saw it, anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Boggs Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cool stuff :-) <p>Gerald Boggs <a href="http://www.geraldboggs.com">www.geraldboggs.com</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaka Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 You cracked me up with the comment about "no welding rods were harmed." These are super nice trowels and reflect your expertise in metal working. I'm extremely envious. Thanks for sharing the procedures you used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I guess this makes up for not getting a weld to stick at Bowie's... The Tidewater Forge Christopher Price, Bladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I like to think so. Sorry 'bout that scarf, btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rigoni Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Very cool man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 OMG Awesome! jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Thomas Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Those are freakin' cool as hell Alan! All you need now are some some custom geologist's hammers! Guy Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 As you said: Everything is cooler pattern welded! Very awesome work, Alan! I love to see PW objects in every day use. I love our craft, but I often lament that the beautiful, functional products of it live on shelves and not in daily use. Could be because I'm reading Morris lately. Cheers! Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Shearer Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Those are beautiful and super cool! Looks like a really fun project “Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 amazing , I'll never look at a trowel the same way again... To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Provos Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Looks very cool. Would love to see some in between construction shots. Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks again! In the event I make another one I'll try to do some progress shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Mercier Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) As an amateur archaeologist myself... I cant like this enough ! Those are awesome =) Edited January 26, 2015 by Justin Mercier --- Justin "Tharkis" Mercier www.tharkis.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 pretty slick machines! Davej - Crossed Heart Forge * islandblacksmith.ca * instagram * youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John N Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Those are epic Alan !! They put me in mind of something prehistoric - like the scaling on a sturgeon ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks again! And some progress: #1, my personal one with the little weld flaw in the tip, is now finished. Curly ash handle with sterling silver ferrule. Thanks to Owen's helpful suggestion, I am now designing a Gotland-style holster for it. Gonna be interesting adapting it for a double-edged blade with vertical carry, but I think I have it sorted. Give me a week or two to get it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burns Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Those are looking awesome Allen! http://www.wildernessironworks.org/http://www.facebook.com/WildernessIronworksRobert Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Mitchell Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Just awsome work! I would not evenan begin..... The curly ash and ferrule just really set it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Brannen Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I've always enjoyed the finishes you employ on each piece you do. Almost surreal in its depth and quality. I really enjoy seeing utilitarian tools being done in such a fashion. Excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 That looks fantastic "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Awww, they are cute , especially all together like that. Are you going to make seax like holsters with brass work for them? I like them a lot. Ask and ye shall receive! My brasswork isn't up to the standards of the rest, but it gets the idea across. So: One Gotland-style trowel sheath designed for a flat double-edged blade and vertical point-down carry with integral belt clip. and the back showing the way the clip is built. I also finished the one for my boss a week or so ago. No sheath for this one, but rather a display stand. Handle and stand are both rosewood, but I suspect the handle is Honduran rosewood and I know the stand is Bolivian rosewood. The handle also got an inlaid silver escutcheon and initials, which I left off mine since in use we often use the butt end to pound stakes and such, which would play hell on a polished sterling inlay. The last one isn't done yet, I'm waiting for the right piece of elk antler per the customer's request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLenaghan Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thats all kinds of levels of awesome Alan! -Michael Lenaghan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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