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Garden Hand Trowel: a Scoop Blade Forged from Bar, Dished, on a Hardwood Handle
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Garden Hand Trowel: a Scoop Blade Forged from Bar, Dished, on a Hardwood Handle

The garden trowel is a small, one-handed spade: a pointed, scoop-shaped metal blade on a handle, for digging small holes, planting, weeding and potting. Forge a tang and a spread blade from one bar, dish the blade into a hollow, and fit a hardwood handle. The picture: our diagram of the trowel.
Intermediate
Half a day

Instructions

1

Draw the tang

Draw one end of the bar down to a square tapered tang about as long as the handle.

Materials for this step:

Mild Steel BarMild Steel Bar1 piece

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
CharcoalCharcoal
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
2

Spread the blade

Flatten and spread the other end with the peen into a pointed blade a few millimetres thick, and file the edges even.

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Metal FileMetal File
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
3

Dish

Carve a shallow hollow in a hardwood block. At a red heat, lay the blade over it and hammer it into a scoop with the ball peen.

Tools needed:

Hardwood BlockHardwood Block
Ball Peen HammerBall Peen Hammer
Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
4

Handle

Shape a hardwood handle, drill or burn it onto the hot tang, rasp and sand it smooth, and oil it.

Materials for this step:

Hardwood StripHardwood Strip1 piece
Linseed OilLinseed Oil0.02 liter

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
RaspRasp
SandpaperSandpaper
Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
5

Bar for the blade

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Materials

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Tools Required

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