owen bush Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I am working on a great project. One that is quite a honour.I do not make comissions any more but could not turn this one down... The SEAL insignia is an Eagle holding a trident and a flintlock in front of an anchor. I am Making a Trident for US Navy SQT (SEAL Qualification Training) Class 312. It will be a Graduation Gift to NSWBTC (Navy Special Warfare Basic Training Command). US Navy SEALs tradition to give a graduation gift upon completing training required to become SEALs. So I am making a pattern welded Trident, not a fishing trident but a hero piece, Neptune's trident suitable for use against (big)sea monsters . I have taken my inspiration from the sea, using heavily laddered wavy material and of course pattern weld............I wanted the piece to be reminiscent of harpoons and anchors and wieldable by a by a (very) strong SEAL but not a trident for a mere mortal....... I have found this to be a very challenging piece and I am now on version 3, which ironicaly was my original idea (thanks Mick Maxen for putting me back on the right path). I tried to split the forks from an 8 bar patternweld, but alas it was not to be. and I have a monstrous billet of not wavy enough patternweld that will make some lovely (big)seax....... anyhow here is where I am at the present, the handle is to be wavy ash with a damascus spacer and buttcap.....The prong are wavy random lap welded onto a 3 bar patternweld and the core is the same with 4 bar and forge welded socket. hard to tell size from the pic but its big..... I have cleand the bits up and will HT and complete the clean up tomorow..... 3 forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin_Lyles Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Very cool... and that thing is huge! Excited to see the pattern of the steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.W. Deavers Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sweet project! A very honorable one also. You are NEVER too old to learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Florianek Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 seeing your boots in the picture puts it in perspective! great work GULLINBURSTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 here is the split socket to mid point bar lap weld 1 forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Neptune would be proud. That is a wicked thing. If the prongs are sharpened, that will be brutal. It will definitely draw attention, wherever it ends up. Be sure to put your mark where people can see it! 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 February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Truly an appropriately heroic weapon in the making! Looking forward to seeing it come to completion. 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 February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Too spiffy! I saw your boot toes as well and tried to guess the size of the trident, but had to make do with "damnedly big!" Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Yes! This is too cool! Thanks for sharing it, Owen. 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...
owen bush Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 I have been polishing for a couple of days.....hard hard work on the arms.24 120 240 400 grit almost there...getting there though forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.W. Deavers Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 This is shaping up to be utterly amazing! You are NEVER too old to learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deker Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Oh, so good! I can't wait to see it etched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 here is the tip etched and the socket 1 forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Nice touch on the pattern construction! jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Nice touch on the pattern construction! cheers, all the tips are fish mouth welded..... forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 I am working on the trident end cap, a rolled socket to have at the foot of the trident, high layer damascus. Rolled and forge welded:- 1 forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Owen, may I ask, did you forge the socket piece to shape and welded it in the final shape, or did you weld it more in a form of tube and then forged it to a more conusoid shape? It looks lovely, and I love your swage block! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Owen, may I ask, did you forge the socket piece to shape and welded it in the final shape, or did you weld it more in a form of tube and then forged it to a more conusoid shape? It looks lovely, and I love your swage block! I forged the socket as a slight taper and then shut one end under the power hammer, this is not really a thin walled socket so I could "have at it" forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Its getting there:- just some leather round the central "connecting tube" and some pro photos......with a decent hat of course (this makes me look too short without a hat!) ] forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Thank you! And... it look magnificent! Stunning work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Awesome! That does call for a really good hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Bloody brilliant that is! Now if we could get a photo of you with the Trident together with Petr and his Trollslayer...... “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Awesome! That does call for a really good hat. I have a couple in the wings just for occasions like this.... forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I'm eager to see the costume pic -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I like seeing how you put it all together. excellent stuff. Hope the hat helps set everything off nicely when you pose with this.. 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...
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