HOOK

Although we had practiced bending on the Anvil this was our first set of Hooks that we had made from start to finish. Simple looking and of course the photo does not give a true representation of the execution. 12mm square bar was heated and placed on the edge of the anvil. The bar turned to an angle of approximately 45 degrees, a shoulder made with the hammer, then hot punched to form a simple hole for hanging.
Next the taper. The bar was taken down to a taper and bent around the bick to the desired shape,sounds very simple but here's the catch. Remembering the 45 degree angle that the shoulder formed, the line from the shoulder to the taper had to be kept true. This sounds pretty simple but in reality as a beginner this proved to be the undoing of many. We were encouraged as a class to make several, of course we only presented our best efforts.

There is a lot to be said for repetitive tasks, and in reality this forms the basis of all Blacksmithing.