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    New favorite chasing hammers.

    I had to make myself another pair of chasing hammers. The top two I just finished. I found a couple of obsolete auto ball joints, cut the ball shafts out of the units and turned the ends down to suit. Nice raw material for hammers, induction hardened shell, softer center like a true hammer...
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    Engraved in the round.

    Okay, maybe not so much engraved as it it sculpted.. Here is a brass sculpture I did back in the last century, 1999, (has it really been that long?) Anyway, I saw a beautiful card with this fish caught on a fly jumping out of the water. Decided I had to see the other side. It was carved...
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    Home made tools.

    After seeing the interest in home made engraving tools I thought I would show my DIY engraving vises. Here is the first one I made, it has a body/ball made from a stainless steel garden shop gazing ball. I made a spindle on the lathe from tubing with two ball bearings to support the top plate...
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    A few Kershaw knives I've engraved, and a couple other things for you to peruse.

    Here are a few of my projects. Bright cut Kershaw by Ken Onion with anodized scales. Mild steel disk, for practice. Brass practice for hammer and chisel with inlay. Completely hand forged and finished hawk made from a Plumb ball pein hammer. No power tools used.

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