Nearly finished the guard and pommel.
Using 40 year old redgum fence post as the wood.
Having trouble finding the right size bone for the grip.

 i now know i can make a wooden ball.

Todays effort.
A gladius blade.
Now to find some bone for the handle.

 Blank cut.

 Ground

 Sanded

Rough polish.
Not going overboard with the polish as this is a weapon in use not a show piece.

Another set of manacles and knife #2.

Cleaned out the back of my clothes dryer.
This is a shot of where the heating element sits.
Scary amount of fluff and bra wires.

And yes there is burn marks.

Today we have stocks.
Hardwood with hand forged hinge and hasp.
Nearly happy with it.

today i made a knife.
Next one should be better, but this one cuts so
its a success

Oh and its made from a bit of car leaf spring.
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candle stick #2.
I gotta get a better camera.

My first candle stick.

Bit rough but i learnt alot.

more shield bosses.
$25 for black
$35 for polished.

Worlds ugliest dishing hammer.

and it works so well.
Should have made one years ago.

Been looking for the bottom of an oxy bottle for a dish form
for ages and never found one.
So with the power of the forge i made one.
Sand filled to keep the noise down.

Took it apart.

 Cleaned up, and here`s the cracks.

The gap here is meant to be parallel.

Had an old leg vice sitting in my shed for years.
Asked someone about it as it has cracks and they
said it could be fixed.
So here we go fixing a leg vice.

Spears.

Here`s my brand new anvil.:)

50kgs of heavy metal.

Shield boss for a viking shield

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Scutum painted with homemade cottage chess paint.

Today effort.
My first pair of tongs.
Bit ugly but hey they work.

Another forge mod.
And what i made today.

Coke forge MK2

First coke forge was to small so i made a bigger one.
Oh the heat.

Coke forge MK1

Made a coke forge and had to test it.
So i made a razor.

Scutum

Roman scutum so far.
It has now been covered with canvus, just waiting to be painted.
I made paint from cottage cheese and am testing how it looks after aweek.

roman pilum

Today's effort.
A Roman Pilum or javerlin
Or how to make a pile of wood shavings on the shed floor.