A sable fleur, slightly misshappen...
Today I finished off a chisel tool I had made earlier. Specifically I had already annealed(removed stress cracks in the tool by slowly cooling it) the chisel but had not yet harded(rapidly cooling the tool to make it hard) which I did today. Then, to remove the brittleness of the tool, I tempered it(heating the tool up to about 500 then cooling it rapidly.) This softens the steel enough to get rid of the brittleness.
After I did the chisel I decided to make a fleur. This involves both hammer work and chisel work to make the leaves. I have to say, for my first effort, it came out pretty good. It had a few problems but much better than I expected.
Finally, I started on making some items for gifts for the end of the month. I hope to make some wall hooks then maybe some camping supplies.
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