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Lively	My Arrowhead in the Hat effort	Lead	[-]
Posts: 93 (06/17/09 8:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Here's my spearhead for the arrowhead in the hat trade. I hand forged this unplugged out of 5160 from the last of my '57 Dodge leaf spring stash. It measures 11 3/4 inches long overall. The blade is 6 3/4 inches long from shoulders to tip and it's a little under 2 inches wide at the widest spot across. I stamped my name on the tang because I was feeling Japanesy. I thought for a long time on how to finish the tang/ricasso/shoulders area. I decided to file them square with some small dog choils to the blade's edge. It's a simple blade but its big and took me an entire day of tinkering. I heat treated it too but Im not sure I should of. I guess it all depends on what type of spear a person wants. If you were going to throw this I fear it would chip or possibly break the tip if it hit a rock. Last Edited By: Lively 06/17/09 8:48 PM. Edited 1 time.
Lively		#1	[-]
Posts: 94 (06/17/09 8:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	If the person who gets this blade would rather have it soft for throwing I could anneal it for them and take the heat treatment out of it but I think it should be pretty tough as it is. As long as you hit what youre throwing at.
Lively		#2	[-]
Posts: 96 (06/19/09 9:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Too simple? No comments? Last Edited By: Lively 06/19/09 9:35 AM. Edited 2 times.
nifeman		#3	[-]
Posts: 169 (06/19/09 3:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hey Tim, I didn't get in on this drawing, but, that spearpoint looks like anything but boring. Kinda reminds me of your bear spanker...Bud
magman357		#4	[-]
Posts: 152 (06/19/09 6:54 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Nice one Tim! Looks like it will be a good game getter. Its pathetic I still haven't even got to the point of heat treatment on any of mine. This 60 hours a week is dampening my fun pretty good . Hey I have a red cedar sapling drying out that, that spearhead would look good on, hint, hint! Eventually planning on making a spearhead out of some sucker rod steel, should be good and tough.
jamesGIII		#5	[-]
Posts: 917 (06/19/09 9:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Great job. And here I thought we was making arrow heads.
Lively		#6	[-]
Posts: 98 (06/20/09 2:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks for the comments! Yeah, I dont know. I was going to make something smaller but I then I started over thinking it all and somehow this is what I came up with.
traxxs		#7	[-]
Posts: 760 (06/20/09 3:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Man that came out nice looking. This was my first time trying to make an arrowhead so here's what I came up with. Forged this little thing out of 3/8 round 1095. It's about 4 1/2" overall with a narrow 3/4" wide blade and the socket is around 1 1/2" or so long. -=- Mike P -=- Last Edited By: traxxs 06/20/09 8:51 PM. Edited 1 times.
Phoenix 1967		#8	[-]
Posts: 810 (06/20/09 6:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Guys, those look great! I'll have a pic of mine soon. Lawren http://phoenix1967.webs.com/index.htm
kellerknives.paleoplanet69529		#9	[-]
Posts: 11 (06/20/09 6:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Dang Tim, that is awesome. You are the master of forging a ridge line. If i dont win that one, me and you are going to have to do a trade, I dont have anything of yours in my collection. Hope to have some pics up tomorrow of mine.
jamesGIII		#10	[-]
Posts: 919 (06/20/09 7:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Some great work Traxx.
Lively		#11	[-]
Posts: 99 (06/20/09 9:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Wow Mike, that socket head is as clean as a whistle! Nice ridge line. Primo little gem! Looks like youve been making em forever.
kellerknives.paleoplanet69529		#12	[-]
Posts: 12 (06/20/09 9:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Fine looking head Traxx, That socket looks perfect.
traxxs		#13	[-]
Posts: 762 (06/21/09 8:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Glad ya'll like it Had to make some small mandrels to true the socket up on and straighten and planish everything out after forging it. Other than using the grinder to make those everything else was done with a file, quarter bench grinder stone and a couple of strips of 100 grit paper. -=- Mike P -=- "The details are not the details. They make the design." -Charles Eames Last Edited By: traxxs 06/21/09 8:44 AM. Edited 1 times.
magman357		#14	[-]
Posts: 155 (06/22/09 1:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thats your first arrowhead? you could have fooled me! I have three I started on, problably only have one finished by the deadline though. Two are tanged, the other is socketed, I cheated on the socket though. I took a piece of 1/2 square mild steel tubing, and wedged a small piece of leaf spring into it a little ways, and forge welded it together, and now I just have a little more forging and filing to do. It looks pretty rough right now, but I've made up my mind not to give up on it till I've given it a good go. Last Edited By: magman357 06/22/09 1:28 AM. Edited 1 times.
aerohydro		#15	[-]
Posts: 4 (06/22/09 4:02 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Firstly, nice work! Now a couple of questions: On Tim's spear head, I notice the tang meets the blade with a fairly square corner. Now this must create a theoretical stress point, but is it a problem in use? Is there a reason why lots of blades have a harsh corner rather than a smooth curve which would be stronger? Leon. Last Edited By: aerohydro 06/22/09 4:05 AM. Edited 1 times.
Lively		#16	[-]
Posts: 100 (06/22/09 12:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Leon, Sure it creates a weak area relatively speaking. But the tang in that area is a 1/4" thick and tempered. Im much more worried about the tip. Its thinner and has a harder temper and its the logical impact zone where damage would most likely occur. I believe my heat treatment is tough enough in the tang area where it would bend before it would break so I feel pretty confident it will hold up to abuse in the tang. It would be stronger if the shoulders were not square but its strong enough as it is. I decided to square my shoulders because I was imagining what the recipiant of this spearhead would do to fasten it to a shaft. I figured it needed something square to butt up against the end. If it were my spearhead and I was going to make a shaft for it, I would put a ferrule on the the end. So the blade's shoulders would match up against the ferrule flat. Last Edited By: Lively 06/22/09 12:19 PM. Edited 2 times.
B Finnigan		#17	[-]
Posts: 1806 (06/22/09 4:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Great looking work Tim and Traxx. I wasn't sure if Tim wanted everyone's work here or on separate threads so mine is in the 50/50 subforum.
Lively		#18	[-]
Posts: 101 (06/22/09 9:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The reason I started the arrowhead in the hat in this forum is because I wanted to promote unplugged bladesmithing. It's unplugged isn't it? So what are doing in the 50/50? Last Edited By: Lively 06/23/09 10:19 AM. Edited 3 times.
aerohydro		#19	[-]
Posts: 5 (06/22/09 10:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ok that's logical. I can see how square shoulders would make it easier to mount with a ferrule or bolster. Is your touchmark one piece or separate stamps?
Lively		#20	[-]
Posts: 102 (06/23/09 10:13 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	One piece. I think it was around $130 from; http://www.henryaevers.com/

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