Kebab Skewers

A new item from the forge is this 12" kebab skewer. It is forged out mild steel with a decorative twist to act as heat sink so the handle loop stays cool while grilling and will come as a set of 4 skewers.

These skewers came about because cooking on fire, whether it be a gas or charcoal BBQ or wood in fire pit while camping, is one of my favourite ways to prepare food. Wanting to combine blacksmithing and cooking I started to think of metal cooking implements, in the past I have made BBQ forks but that was it in terms of practical cooking tools. So using the BBQ as my jumping off point I eventually came to kebab skewers.

Ringmail Vambrace

While its not exactly forge work it is still metal work. I started doing ringmail while living in 2 bedroom apartment in Montreal where obviously I could not do any sort of hot iron work. The cold worked ringmail was a great way to introduce myself to metal working and really spurred my interest in learning blacksmithing and armourer work. This vambrace had been sitting around in pieces for about 8 months but on Wednesday I finally finished it. It turned out pretty good, it needs a few adjustments at the wrist cause it does pinch a bit but other than that it's pretty comfortable.

Railroad Spike Forester Hatchet

I started with a high carbon railroad spike that I first annealed the hot chiseled a hole for the haft. The next step was to upset and spread the tip of the spike for the blade. I left the head of the spike in tacked and flattened slightly when forming the pole so it could be used as a hammer. The handle was a spare hickory hammer handle I had lying around.

A few quick knife pictures to start