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Dressing a Nimba
ScottTheSculptor -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 4:49am
Blacksmithing anvil | slack I just got a used Nimba Centurion. Here's the question; ![]() corners
ScottTheSculptor -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 5:24pm
yep, I imagined uses for the point on the corner - but also uses for a smoother transition. figured I'd ask. This is my first two horned . . . The shiny is mostly an artifact after chasing so many art castings it's kinda built in that I'd take it too far :-) And I already got a bruise and a rip in my jeans from the almost sharp point. ![]() I'm with Rich- in fact, 90%
Ries -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 2:24pm
I'm with Rich- in fact, 90% of the time, I use mine with the horn on the right, too. I didnt do anywhere near the amount of polishing and sanding you did- in fact, mine is getting so full of dings- (ham fisted employee, mostly) that I am about ready to throw it on the milling machine and take off .010 or so. But I did pinstripe it first thing- you gotta have your priorities, ya know... ![]() I gold leafed the
Rich Waugh -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 3:48pm
I gold leafed the "Gladiator" on mine. Like you say, some things are priorities. What is interesting is that I just looked at mine and noticed that the logo on mine is on the opposite side from yours - wonder why? Rich ![]() logo
ScottTheSculptor -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 5:42pm
the nimba website titan page shows the gladiator logo opposite of both the titan and centurion. ![]() Russell was a lot of things,
Ries -
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 7:29pm
Russell was a lot of things, but consistent wasnt necessarily one of them... And now that the patterns are made, Jim probably doesnt see any need to redo the gladiator to match the other two. If it aint broke, dont fix it. |
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Welcome to ArtMetal,
Welcome to ArtMetal, Scott.
I have a Nimba Gladiator that I use with the horn to my right, so that influences what I'm going to say. If you use the anvil with the horn to your left you would want to adjust accordingly. You've already gone to more effort with yours than I did with my Gladiator. I just used a belt sander and let it go at that. I use mine for blacksmithing so there's a limit to how shiny I want/need the thing.
First, to address your q1uestion about the step on the corners - I'd leave that pretty sharp. Just knock the edge down enough to prevent a cold shut when you use it for creating a sharp transition. That little step in there can turn out to be handy from time to time, you'll see.
I'd radius the edge of the face that is nearest me starting at the transition from the heel and working forward to end up with a radius of about 3/32" or so at the last couple of inches nearest the horn. That gives you a good place to set down transitions in forged work. The remainder of the edges I'd leave fairly tight, though you may find later that you want a bit more radius on some of the edge of the heel so you can work corners on pieces that are too tight to go across the wide face. Your call.
I'd knock the point off the horn, too. That'll be less painful when you run your thigh into it. :-)
Rich