John D. Harvey | Blacksmith

Artist blacksmith in Rhode Island

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Testing a Different Power Hammer Die

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All of the following using the new (to me) hammer die on test metal…

(Image 1) Tapered to square.

(Image 2) Tapered to octagon.

(Image 3) Tapered to hexadecagon.

(Image 4) This is as facet-free as I can get it using the flat face of the die (someone with better power hammer kung-fu could probably do better…).

(Image 5) A lot less faceting using the rounding surface of the die (probably hard to see here). So… success!

  • Square
  • Octagon
  • Hexadecagon
  • Tapered with flat face of die
  • Tapered with rounding funnel on die

A gallery of hand-forged chopsticks by artist blacksmith John D. Harvey

Finished these hand-forged chopsticks last night from 304 stainless steel. They’ll go to Heidi Jacobs of Whitehall Pottery in Pittsburgh, PA.

On December 19, 2020, I was a vendor/exhibitor at The Steel Yard’s “Holiday Art Market”, and it was really a great event held in very challenging times. All the pandemic precautions were in place: social distancing, mask wearing, hand sanitizer, and staggered entry of patrons to prevent crowding.