I didn't want to waste any of my precious Damascus Billet, so I cut out a dessert spoon out of regular steel, and used a traditional forging technique to shape it. I don't have a forge, but my OxyAcetylene Torch did a good job of quickly heating the oval head of the spoon cherry red.
I then placed it on a piece of 2x4, and pounded it with a Ball Peen Hammer as it was burning a hole in the wood. Basic and smoky, but it worked allright for proof of concept.
The repeated heating caused the spoon to turn black, and I like the rough hammered look. That could be a cheap way to make a set, just using regular steel.
The problem is going to keep the size and depth of the sppons consistant, so I searched the Internet, and found a cast iron spoon stake at the Blacksmith Depot:
I then placed it on a piece of 2x4, and pounded it with a Ball Peen Hammer as it was burning a hole in the wood. Basic and smoky, but it worked allright for proof of concept.
The repeated heating caused the spoon to turn black, and I like the rough hammered look. That could be a cheap way to make a set, just using regular steel.
The problem is going to keep the size and depth of the sppons consistant, so I searched the Internet, and found a cast iron spoon stake at the Blacksmith Depot:
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