Still alive...

Just let me blow the dust off of this thing...

Finally got back to forge work after a many month hiatus.  I won't go into all of the reasons I was away but the biggest was getting married.

So, dragged the forge out today even though it was too hot.  Cleaned some rust off of the anvil and fired up the forge.  Since it has been so long since I've worked, I decided to take it a bit easy today and just do some basic stuff.  Started with making a new fire starter since I couldn't find my old one.  Nothing more than a piece of steel made from a file and used to start fires in a less modern way.

Inspired by a visit to Bok Tower, I decided to play around with making an animal head for a project that I am working on for a friend.  So this afternoon I worked on a wing to see if I liked the results.  Still working on it (in fact, plan to head back out) and I will post pictures of it if I like the results.  In the meantime, here is an example of the original.  Notice the tower in the back ground.  They are fairly basic and after a bit of toying around, I should get it.