Things going well...
Spent some more time working on the corner post. It has some decorative elements so I imagine it will take some time. I hope to finish the corner post by the end of next week. The actual forge work will be done by Sunday night. After that, I have to some filing and cutting for the decorative parts.
Also, learned something important with the hot set. I did not leave enough material between the eye for the handle and the striking surface. I think I started with about an inch but it is already compressing a fair amount. With future tools of this nature, I will have to remember to leave a bit more material. Also, I did not put enough of an hourglass shape to the inside of the eye. This means the handle doesn't have as good of a grip as it should. Not a real problem with this tool but other tools I will need to be better about it.
Brian Price's armor book arrived in the mail today. I also picked up an angle grinder for general metal working. The grinder will not be used on the clock but I may use it for some general tool production.
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