Summary: The guys discuss the trace hook project inspired by Mark Aspery and much fun is had…

Links: Buy the book from Astragal Press and support your blacksmithing community and publishers that have devoted time, energy, and money to keeping our craft alive and sharing information from the past: http://www.astragalpress.com/plain_ornamental_forging.htm 

Download the book for free from the Blacksmiths Association of Missouri (but seriously, if at all possible, buy your own copy at the link above: http://www.bamsite.org/ books/Plain_and_Ornamental_Forging.pdf 

The next project we’re going to do is the Gate Hook on p. 58. Be sure to look at Calculating the Required Length of Stock on p 56.

Duration: 53 minutes