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Ben Potter
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 Posted: Wed 24 Oct, 2012 1:54 pm Post subject: Cast-on Hilt video |
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I have recieved many requests for information about how the hilt components are cast on.
So I made a video of the process.
http://youtu.be/hgsei_nG2Lo
Enjoy
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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Scott Roush
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This is great Ben. It's funny... I've just started doing this with 'pewter' but wasn't even sure if there was a precedent for it. And I came up with something pretty much like what you have in your video.. although I used a copper collar which was a mistake.. even annealed it was still too stiff. So I ended up duct taping it! Which worked fine... but I will now use cardboard. :-)
Anyway.. thanks for helping me to refine this process.....
http://www.bigrockforge.com
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