HEY BOB! What's steel, sharp. . .

[Metals406]

Now THHHIIISSSS is what a delivery from me to you is supposed to look like! No weird-wacky trips to left field this time!

In 2 DAYS NO LESS!! :msp_scared::msp_scared:

Out for Delivery GRASS VALLEY, CA 95945 April 26, 2013 9:08 am

Sorting Complete GRASS VALLEY, CA 95945 April 26, 2013 8:58 am

Arrival at Post Office GRASS VALLEY, CA 95945 April 26, 2013 6:02 am

Depart USPS Sort Facility WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95799 April 26, 2013

Depart USPS Sort Facility WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95799 April 26, 2013 3:30 am

Processed through USPS Sort Facility WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95799 April 26, 2013 1:13 am

Depart USPS Sort Facility MISSOULA, MT 59801 April 24, 2013

Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility MISSOULA, MT 59801 April 24, 2013 8:52 pm

Acceptance KILA, MT 59920 April 24, 2013 1:21 pm

Electronic Shipping Info Received April 24, 2013

 

[slowp]

So did Wilson finally arrive?

 

[Metals406]

So did Wilson finally arrive?

:hmm3grin2orange:

Finally. . . And the whole time we thought he was lost at sea.

 

[Metals406]

So Bob. . . What was it like to actually get to touch and feel the package this time? :hmm3grin2orange:

What do you think of them shoes? opcorn:

 

[Eccentric]

:hmm3grin2orange:

Finally. . . And the whole time we thought he was lost at sea.

In the Gulf of Mexico?:cool2:

 

[Gologit]

So Bob. . . What was it like to actually get to touch and feel the package this time? :hmm3grin2orange:

What do you think of them shoes? opcorn:

The mail lady brought them up to the house, even though they would have fit in the box. I'd told her the story of The Traveling Shoes and she wanted to be there for the happy ending.

Darn nice shoes they are. I'll get some pictures and post them later this evening.

 

[Trx250r180]

dang i was hoping Tom Hanks was gonna drop them off at the end of this story

 

[Gologit]

So did Wilson finally arrive?

Yup. Now I have to find some worthy lumber.

 

[Metals406]

Yup. Now I have to find some worthy lumber.

I'd offer to send ya some. . . But it might end up part of a shack on the shores of Tripoli.

 

[slowp]

I got some quarter inch thick old cedar siding. After it broke, you could use it for kindling to summon help via smoke signals.

 

[Trx250r180]

Yup. Now I have to find some worthy lumber.

chunk of old growth fir would be nice ,all my stuffs second growth here

 

[Metals406]

Hey Bob, Nate W. took a slab of tight grain Montucky fir back with him. He was going to make a bench with it? Might could make a "stubby" springboard out'a it.

 

[Gologit]

Here's the shoes. Now that they're finally here I doubt they'll ever leave California again.

Thanks Nate. Fine job.

 

[Metals406]

Here's the shoes. Now that they're finally here I doubt they'll ever leave California again.

Thanks Nate. Fine job.

Thank you Bob! Means a lot coming from you.

Hope you get some use from them!

They sure have a unique story already, and they have yet to be in a tree!

Now to see which one gets the moniker of "Wilson". :biggrinbounce2:

I reckon I need to fashion a maker's mark and start put'n mah paw print on this stuff. :dunno:

 

[northmanlogging]

you can have one made at a place called centaur forge, they got online stuff just search for em... works like a log stamp only smaller, (or for the cow defilers out there a branding iron)...

(I may be wrong on the centaur forge could be some other company that makes black smithing tools... but they are one of the biggest)

 

[Metals406]

you can have one made at a place called centaur forge, they got online stuff just search for em... works like a log stamp only smaller, (or for the cow defilers out there a branding iron)...

(I may be wrong on the centaur forge could be some other company that makes black smithing tools... but they are one of the biggest)

AFAIK, Centaur doesn't offer stamps. . . Though I know of quite a few through knife making stuff.

I've known about Centaur since I was a kid -- mah dad was a Farrier and stuff when he had his Blacksmith shop in the early 1980's.

 

[northmanlogging]

Thank you for the correction.

How thick are ya making them shoes. I really want to pound a set out and I have nothing planned for sunday. Been awhile since I've seen a set in person, and they where quite rusty.

 

[Metals406]

Thank you for the correction.

How thick are ya making them shoes. I really want to pound a set out and I have nothing planned for sunday. Been awhile since I've seen a set in person, and they where quite rusty.

3/16". . . A guy could go heavier, but I think 3 stinks is about perfect.

It also scales to be about right in some old pictures I've found from shoes back in the day. I have seen some from 1/4" as well, but why add the weight?

Do you want one of the templates I have to use for scale while you're doing yours? I can make a .PDF and you'd just have to print it out.

 

[northmanlogging]

knaw I'll just wing it like all my forge projects... use the anvil as my measuring tape and just try to get the back side to be 5 3/4" ish... now to find some 3/16" plate or just thin out some old leaf springs, I'm not up to welding together cable just for some shoes though, takes all day just to get a usable amount of solid...

 

[Metals406]

knaw I'll just wing it like all my forge projects... use the anvil as my measuring tape and just try to get the back side to be 5 3/4" ish... now to find some 3/16" plate or just thin out some old leaf springs, I'm not up to welding together cable just for some shoes though, takes all day just to get a usable amount of solid...

Dood! Cable shoes would look sweet, but be worth about $580 apiece.

Even drawing out springs would make some expensive shoes -- if'n you're calculating a little bit of the labor to hand draw.

Not that it isn't all fun!