Geoff Keyes 700 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 How is this done? These are very even to have been done free hand. Thanks geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to post Share on other sites
Jaro Petrina 267 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 With a tool. Like modern wood drill. Kind off. Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff Keyes 700 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 I think I get it. A forked cutter. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to post Share on other sites
Jaro Petrina 267 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,887 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 The bits look like a modified version of these: The center point is shorter and the spur is longer, with the center point still a bit longer than the spur. And you won't need the flat cutting part for the circle and dot. If you score an old one (these are a 17th-early 19th century pattern) and cut off the flat, you can use them to make center-hole bone button blanks as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jaron Martindale 113 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 towards the middle of the initial bit of this post shows some of the already very well described tools Link to post Share on other sites
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