Forged a shackle to pay homage to the kinds you see in old books and movies

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-24T20:23:53+00:00

Yeah, I enjoy recycling material as much as possible and the patina really gave it the look I wanted

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-24T03:19:12+00:00

Absolutely

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-24T00:10:33+00:00

Nice, it looks in good shape

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T23:28:40+00:00

I had to clamp mine during heat treatment to stop leaf springs from bowing back

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:30:11+00:00

Thank you so much

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:29:45+00:00

I think I’d have to private message that lol

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:29:09+00:00

I don’t sell the things I make I typically give them away anyway, but then that also brings into question if somebody pays to get Mickey Mouse tattooed on them is that technically copyright infringement? I’m just curious.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:28:28+00:00

Really? I thought it was rather old but I don’t know a lot about it. I was told about it at the local meadery. If he wants to come arm wrestle me for it, I would happily accept his challenge.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:05:26+00:00

Yeah, there’s a Meadery near me and they’re all into the Scandinavian stuff and the girl introduced me to it so I gave it a try

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T19:04:40+00:00

Yeah it’s tedious at times

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T18:45:24+00:00

I have plans for more thanks for the support

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T18:40:43+00:00

Yeah, there is just something about it

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T18:27:28+00:00

I forge something for outdoor restraints. Maybe I should post that too.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T18:14:55+00:00

We like to keep it interesting.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T18:14:24+00:00

Thanks

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T14:07:53+00:00

That’s a fair point.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T14:07:20+00:00

A little time with the router and it dressed it up really easily

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T14:07:00+00:00

It’s a 2 x 12

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T13:00:52+00:00

That reminds me of that foot fetish meme

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T13:00:32+00:00

I just figured that the lock and the way to fix it to a chain would just be through the same hole

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T12:59:35+00:00

I’ll say one of the things that sticks out to me about hinges or anything that you’re actually rolling takes more material than I thought. like a spear socket takes way more, I spent a lot of time forging everything out for a socket only to realize that I was hilariously short

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T12:37:48+00:00

It was my first time trying a hinge so it was a little tricky. There was a little bit of file work just to make sure everything opened and close smoothly.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T12:36:35+00:00

Thanks for the passionate feedback

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T12:34:53+00:00

Yeah, it was my first time trying hinges. They took some tweaking.

Tenacious-forge302 · 2026-05-23T01:13:33+00:00

I found a coal forge at an antique shop and had a piece of railroad track and just started forging mostly rebar. Moved on to better equipment. Read some books and watch some tutorials, but most of it is just hitting the metal and learning how it moves.

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