Amateur Blacksmithing - Forging a Dog's Head

Forging a dog's head out of 20 x 6 mm bar.
This is only the second time I've attempted this. The first one ended up as a bottle opener. This one may end up as a leash hook - someone recently posted one they'd made with two hooks which looked like paws!

[@kenndekenner1943]

Thanks for the video! Had a good day, was a nice exercise and a happy daughter as result! 🙏

[@lo5042mh]

Very nice!👍

[@messylaura]

very good

[@timothyjudd5815]

sweet

[@ginojaco]

Good effort. If the camera hasn't reversed things, and you are right-handed, you might find work at the anvil easier if you have the bick pointing to your left as you face it. 👍

[@theamateurblacksmith]

Interesting point - I've always had my bick to the right as I face it. I'll have to think what it would be like to have the hardie and prickel holes to my right, and the bick and table to my left....

[@ginojaco]

@@theamateurblacksmithYep, joking apart, it's tried and tested as the most 'ergonomic' set-up; I'm right-handed and tried it the other way at the start, it seemed more intuitive. But as soon as you need to use the bick properly and regularly for anything, it becomes apparent that the left hand being able to access the bick so easliy makes most sense.