Almost Practical Blacksmithing

[gfish]

Saturday I finally hung the coathook I forged on the first day.

A month or two ago the handle on our refrigerator broke. Not a big deal, but I wanted to fix it. Since it was cheap plastic crap, fixing was out of the question. So instead I decided I would replace it, with something designed a bit more for the ages. Like, say, solid, hand-forged steel. Today I finished it.



Tricky work for a n00b, but I'm quite pleased with the result, and it was an excellent learning exercise. Onward and upward.

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

That is damned nifty. Though I too instantly wondered if you're going to make a matching one for the freezer.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about it. There isn't a lot of clearance between the two, though, and this one is a lot thicker than the original. And it would be hard to make the freezer handle symmetrical, given how it attaches at the top. The only decent looking way I can think to do it requires forge welding as a step, and so far I've been unable to get my forge hot enough for that.