Animals
Darryl Nelson's Bobcat |
Bill Epps
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Collection of forged animal head hooks by Brian Brazeal
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Collection of forged blacksmith animal heads from the Murray County
Antique Tractor and Implement Show - 2009 Sulphur, Oklahoma. |
And my personal favorite, a moose head hook done by Cathi Borthwick of Flag Forge in Flagstaff, Arizona. |
 Ubiquitous frog on a stick |
 Mark Aspery's wizard |
How to Hold Animals in a Vise while Carving
This is a holder for stock when doing the working/carving of animal heads. I first saw it at Frank Turley's Blacksmith School when I was there. I've since made my own because I ultimately want to be able to carve a variety of animal heads.
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Notice how the arm is offset from the center of the block. That's because the arm is positioned against one jaw of the vice and the stock being used to make the animal head is stuck between the arm and the opposing vice jaw to hold it securely. Centering the arm on the block would only lead to decreasing the size of the stock you can work with. The arm also serves a secondary purpose of giving you a handhold to occasionally dunk the tool in your quench tank as it will get hot working.
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Another version with better lateral support
Gee Mom, look what else I've found!
- Bugs and Birds with Bill Epps
- Forging Animal Heads with Bill Epps
- Darryl Nelson Ram's Head
- Mark Aspry Bear's Head
- Darryl Nelson Lynx Head
- Time to Forge a Head by Tom Latane
- Head School - Darryl Nelson April 2000
- Florida Artist Blacksmith Association How To index to Clinker Breaker Magazine
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