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That is stunning fella. How do you form the hole for the handle? Also incredible that the broad blade part came just from the end of dog spike. You would have been in huge demand in the Viking days or a price placed on uour head .Great work.

Wow, looks terrific, could that steel be honed to a sharp edge Dave? I imagine that dog spike steel has a high carbon content.

Sorry to hear that story. Will be very tough for you both. My wife had bowel cancer which had spread everywhere in her liver. Too far gone to even operate they said. Anyway they reckoned with chemo she could live for about 18 months. After a record 81 cycles of chemo she had a remarkable...

Great piece of work. Reckon you could market a lot of your projects. Pretty unique.

Great work there.

Doubles as an anti burglar device perhaps.

Wow ,what a great sight and photos there. Would have made my day seeing that. A mate and i saw a few Major Mitchells up north of Bullfinch last year but it was only a fleeting glance as they took off from the side of the road. They make great pets i believe. Met an old bloke who had one for 50...

They look great. Bit of a unique design there. What size was the steel stock piece you started with Dave?.

Great blacksmithing. Good the steel still has its lustre and no corrosion.

Yes , thanks for clearing that up. I remember reading something about quenching hot metal in oil to produce a certain temper. Thats why i asked about the oil. Good items you've been making there. Cheers Bora

What does the Canola oil do to it Dave? I am guessing making it more springy. Wouldn't mind knowing a bit more about blacksmithing, a bit of a lost art.

No , the flies and ants havent been a problem as yet. We have millions of tiny ants around but i could have been lucky so far as they haven't found them yet. I put salt, pepper n a bit of garlic on to discourage pests as well.

I eventually have got a picture up of the slanted box RM. My first go at getting a photo on so not attached to the original post by the looks. As far as the moisture goes it is a bit of trial and error. I just keep checking until they seem right. If you leave them too long they go leathery so...

Have had a crack at making a sun drier for a surplus of tomatoes that have come up where the kitchen scraps were chucked out. It seems to work ok and takes about two days to get them to the right moisture content. Designed to get a bit of convection air flow under the payne of glass. Beautiful...

Wow, learnt a fair bit there . Thanks mate, has made me think a bit differently as to what i have discovered so far on this old dog learning new tricks journey so far.

Well done, the only good fox is a dead fox. They are deadly hunters, i saw one catch a bronewing pidgeon one day by hiding in the wheat stubble then leaping on the poor unsuspecting bird when it was picking up a bit of grain.

Yes mate ,i came a cropper in the sheep yards and badly damaged mine in left knee. The specialist Dr said if i was younger they could operate and prodaly do a good job but my old knee , about 65 then was past it. He gave anti inflamatories and said the only other option was a full knee...

Really interesting and valuable perspective there. Obviously gained from long experience and observation. You could probably provide some good insight to the people wrestling with the massive problems in Alice Springs.

Amazing stuff there. Australian govts in general seem to think they are not doing their job unless they keep enacting new laws. The worst thing tho is the general populace seem to lap it up.

Yes agree, will end up with gluey gunk in carby if left too long as fuel slowly evaporates and leaves residue behind. Talking from experience gained the hard way.