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89 Fascinating Works Made From Metal That May Make You Wonder How It’s Even Possible
All hobbies are great, but some are flashier than others. For instance, we are incredibly envious of everyone who can turn boring lumps of metal into gorgeously artistic and super-functional things. There’s something about hammers, anvils, and tongs that makes us want to move to a tiny village and become the blacksmith there.
To showcase the very best of the metalworking world, we are featuring the coolest works made by members of the ‘Blacksmith’ and ‘Welding’ online communities. If this doesn’t inspire you to reforge the shards of Narsil into Anduril for Aragorn, we don’t know what will!
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#1
Wow
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#2
Forged 65 Roses For Cystic Fibroses
I've got about 2 weeks of labor into these things so far.
I'm donating $20 for each rose sold to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I set out sell 65 by Valentines day but I've already doubled that and raised over $2,500 for charity.
This has provided me invaluable proof that there are still a lot of good people out there.
#3
Metal Barn Owl Sculpture
Hand made, life size. Forged and welded from mild steel sheet and round bar
#4
My Husband Casually Forged This For Me Today. Like It Was No Big Deal. I’m In Awe
#5
I Made This Elvish Lantern As Graduation Project For My Apprenticeship In Creative Metalwork. Cast Bronze Body, Forged Steel Hanger. Enjoy!
#6
I Made This Vulture With Some Old Typewriter And Calculator Parts
#7
My Friend Dropped Out Of College To Take Up Blacksmithing Full Time. With Just A Block Of Wood, A Block Of Steel, And A Hand Built Oven, He Made This Gorgeous Work Of Art
#8
I Spent The Last Two Days Making A Steel 'Breastplate' For My Cosplay Of Sansa Stark From Game Of Thrones!
#9
Made A Pair Of Whaley Cool Hammers
#10
Thought Everyone Here Might Appreciate This Steel T-Rex Skeleton I Made Summer. It’s Construction From Sheet Metal Panels Tack Welded Together And Built Around A Tubing Frame
Doctor Strange 1 month ago
Here in NJ, there used to be a man who made to scale, anatomically correct dinosaur skeletons out of old car parts. At christmas time you could visit his house and walk around the statues decorated with lights.
#11
My Brother Just Became A Dad, So I Made Him This Sculpture For His Birthday. What Do You Guys Think?
#12
A Moment To My Best Friend
I made my dog a grave marker. He was the best boy.
#13
So I Realized I Have Not Yet Posted This Here
meeeeeeeeeeee 1 month ago
At first, I thought that was a real bloody Octopus and was like you pyscho. Then, I realised it ain't and was like ooh you are skilled.
#14
I'm A Millwright Apprentice. My Boss Asked For A Gate And I Wanted To Be Creative With It. Took About 10 Hours
#15
Dwarrow Bladesmith's Hammer
#16
Laser Welded Some Face Masks On A Few Quarters. Done With 30g Stainless Wire On A Orion Lzr100 Laser Welder With A 10x Leica Microscope
#17
Hi, I Build Horse Stalls For A Living
#18
The GF Wanted A Frog So I Did My Best
#19
Forged And Engraved This Matching Set Of Striking Hammers 1 Year Ago Today
#20
Steel Rose I Made Yesterday
#21
Cnc Leftover Used As Man Gate With Stained Glass Medallion
#22
Times Are Scary, Take This For Protection
#23
I Forged 76 Bottle Openers As Favors For My Wedding, And My Now Wife Crocheted Leaves To Go With Them
#24
For Those Of You That Liked My X-Wing
#25
Weirdest Thing I’ve Made At Work. Boss Wanted A Tree Made From All The Scrap We Had Laying Around At The Distillery I Work At. Took About A Month
#26
My Journeyman's Test
#27
Made A Dragon Drinking Horn Holder For A Viking Party
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 1 month ago
Looks like you would gouge your eyes out if you drank from it.
#28
Hairpin I Made For My Wife
#31
Iron Wolf. Done
#32
I Finished Up A Diver Today. Maybe I Can Get Some Good Money For This One
#33
First Knife vs. Four Years Of Experience
#34
Needed A Chest And Thought I Could Do It For Cheaper... Only Went 400 Over Budget
M O'Connell 1 month ago
As with any home craftswork, you can only rarely do it cheaper, but you can always do it with better craftsmanship.
#35
Old World Map
#36
Lobstrosity, Hand Forged Steel And Brass, 2022
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago
"Dad-a-chum? Did-a-chick? Ded-a-check?" (Dark Tower/Stephen King reference)
#37
I Found A Big Rusty Bolt In The Road In Front Of My House So I Forged This Screwdriver Out Of It
#38
First Anvil Out Of Railroad Track
TheElderNom 1 month ago
It's a bit funny, my dad told me a story about when they were planning the railway in northern Sweden (before his time so I'm unsure of the original source). They were concerned that blacksmiths would just go out and steal pieces of track to use in their smithies.
#39
A Friend Saw An "Pizza Axe" On Reddit A Couple Of Months Ago So I Decided To Make One For His Birthday
wiseass20 wiseass20 1 month ago
I want a rocker knife. Not the name of course just like but handle comes down n meets blade. So maybe people would benefit from using a knife like that. 1 handed use.
#40
Wanted To Share My Grill I Made For My Welding School We Got To Take Home
#41
Had Some Kids At The Shop Today. They Wanted To Forge A Groot. So That's What We Did!
#43
'Squid At Arms' - Recent Fun Piece. Mild Steel. Head And Halberd Forged From Sheet And Polished
#44
The Rest Of A Viking Sword: 1090/15n20 & Wrought Iron (Core)
#45
Hi! I'm A Young South African Bladesmith And I Made This Knife Called African Sunset With Hand Forged Cu Mai Damascus Clad. Thanks For Looking!
#46
Funky Little Bottle Opener I Whipped Up In A Class
#49
Just Finished This Whitetail Deer Sculpture Made Out Of Scrap Metal!
#50
I Made A Giant Safety Pin
#51
At My School The Last Assignment For Every Apprentice Is To Make A Nail For The Tree Of Nails. This Is Mine
#52
Made My First Lock
WindySwede 1 month ago
"We got a click on nr1, an bind on nr2..."(or similar) well I guess this is picked in other ways than modern locks though 🤷♂️ Anyway, cool!
#53
I Forged A Grumpy Old Guy Wearing A Hat. Let Me Know What You Think :)
#55
Just Wanna Share This Horse Head I Made Out Of Scrap Metal
#56
Almost There! Time For Sandblast And Paint. Do You Guys Like The Plexiglass Top?
#57
I Mirror Polished This Hammer, Because I Could
Did I say that out loud? 1 month ago
I've polished a few horseshoes for people over the years. I love the look on their face when they see the results for the first time.
#58
Best Commission Ever, I Asked Him To Send Me A Picture Of A Blade He Likes As A Reference. He Draws This On Cardboard Says “Use Cool Steel And Wood Grips” And Pays Me More Than I Asked For Up Front. 1084/15n 150 Layer Random With Red Palm
#60
Built Myself A Railing For My Front Steps From Scratch
#61
Just Finished Wrapping My White Elephant Gift. Everyone Needs An Angle Grinder!
#62
Took A Class Last Weekend To Make A Frying Pan. I Love This Craft Because It Allows You To Make Nearly Anything
#65
A Good Precaution To Have
#66
My Aluminium Canoe Made From Reclaimed Sheets, One Of My First Tig Projects
#67
Type M Axe With Silver Inlays, Wrought Iron And Historical Steel
#68
My Most Recent Creation !
Nicole Weymann 1 month ago
Excellent workmanship, beautiful piece - but what's with that "goat's beard"?
#69
My First Sword, It's Not Much But It's Mine
#70
"Valkyrie" - Forged And Engraved Claw Hammer
#71
A Skull Mask My Dad Finished Earlier This Week. Client Was Very Specific About What He Wanted So It Ended Up In The Shop For About 6 Months. Well Worth The Time Though
#72
For Those Who Wanna See Something Else Than A Knife
#73
My 900-Pound Christmas Tree
#74
The Worst Enemy Of Every Glass Table, A Hand Forged D20 Dice
#75
Tiggity Tiggity Tiggity
#77
Friend Wanted A Dice Tower For D&d But Didn't Specify What Material. I Assume She Wanted 1/2" Steel
Nicole Weymann 1 month ago
"Ain't nobody gon walk away with this beauty!" I'm trying to imagine how much that thing must weigh!
#79
Welded Sheet Metal Lambo
Lambo sculpture made by a craftsman from France. Material: 10 sheets of 3000x1500x1.5 mm steel, 1 sheet of 3 mm steel, a pair of meters of 60.3 mm diameter profile pipe. 336 parts, weight about 500 kg, dimensions L×W×H: 4908 × 2285 × 1133 mm. I didn't count how many meters of welding, but it was definitely several tens of meters.
#80
Had This Idea Pop Into My Head Yesterday, Had To Give It A Shot. Happy Halloween Fellow Smiths!
#81
Chisel I Made For The Secret Santa This Year! Forged From An Old Coil Spring With A Cedar Handle
#83
Forged A Pair Of Oxy-Acetylene Torch Shades Yesterday
Rodney Boathand 1 month ago
I suggest adding a leather necklace to make it so you can move off your face to chest and so they cannot drop off face onto foot
#84
Just Finished My Anti-Theft Power Hammer
#85
Someone Learned To Use A Lathe, Making My Own Tools…
#87
Railroad Spike Slingshot With Leather Handle Grip
#88
Firelink Greatsword
#89
If Anyone Wanted To See A Big Hammer Today
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What do you think ?
F*k You 1 month ago
capitalism is one big race to hollowing out the planet so we can all have temu
StankleBerry 1 month ago
Not sure how relevant this is here. But I agree with you 100%
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Janissary35680 1 month ago
I'll pass on the bladed items and I don't really need that many hammers but otherwise, yeah. The T-Rex is amazing. Imagine having that in the front yard and lit up at Halloween and Xmas.
Load More Replies... F*k You 1 month ago
capitalism is one big race to hollowing out the planet so we can all have temu
StankleBerry 1 month ago
Not sure how relevant this is here. But I agree with you 100%
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 1 month ago
I'll pass on the bladed items and I don't really need that many hammers but otherwise, yeah. The T-Rex is amazing. Imagine having that in the front yard and lit up at Halloween and Xmas.
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