armor

HAMMERFEST XIV

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If you are near Vista CA the week end of Sept. 10 -12 and want to have a great weekend blacksmithing and would like to meet master blacksmith Tony Swatton from the Sword & Stone, check out the following link. http://www.cbavista.com/hammerfest/hammerfest.html


hand hammered visor- let me see if this works! (or visor part III-the return of the upload)

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this should work! if it does, there should be an animated .gif included in this post.
this is a test I had starting working on. The final piece is to be a visor for a helmet,specifically a type called a sallet. I liked the way the profile came out but was unhappy with the contours on most of the other views. This was made from a piece of cold rolled 18 ga steel. I used a dishing form and a few stakes to get the shape, the eyeslot was rough cut with an angle grinder, then chiseled a but and then filed to get the round corners a bit neater. On the final, I will actually build the helmet top first then take a pattern off of that to ensure the visor fits well.


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