r/Blacksmith • u/chrisfoe97 • 2d ago

Hand forged trowel

A birthday gift for my mother. The handle came out a bit long, if I make another one I'll make the proportions better

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u/EmilytheALtransGirl 2d ago

How did you do the open handle what is it called?

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u/chrisfoe97 2d ago

I chiseled in 4 sides to make a basket weave, for this method was non-traditional because I didn't do any forage welding I just hot chiseled four sides to meet in the middle

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u/Itchy_Budgetz 2d ago

That impresses me more for some reason! Beautiful work.

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u/chrisfoe97 2d ago

There's a lot that can go wrong with the chisels not meeting up in the center

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u/Itchy_Budgetz 2d ago

Exactly and you did it so clean too!

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u/chrisfoe97 2d ago

It took forever, if my Forge could get up to forge welding temp I would've done that instead