02-24-2012, 09:03 AM
Getting the shank in the middle can easily be achieved by turning the stock with every hammer blow sort of rolling it. That smith does as many do and only turns it a quarter turn one way and then back. I turn it 1/4 turn then continue 1/4 turn sort of rolling it 1/4 turn each time. This centers the shank pretty well.
Dean Cunningham,
Metalsmith, Father, dilettante
Metalsmith, Father, dilettante