Hand froged Enlgish bodkins

[bushman]

Here is me first set of Enlgish bodkin points. They aren’t that bad but still need some work.
Bushman

[Dag]

They look a lot better than mine did! Haha!

[fishfinder401]

i love them, especially for being your first, good job on the sockets

[gianluca100]

really the first attempts? mine looked way uglier  congrats!

how heavy are they? in my experience making them big is not a problem, the tiny ones (125 grains or below) are the difficult ones 

ciao,
gian-luca

[fishfinder401]

im curious, what type of anvil do you have?

[darwin]

how do you make the sockets?

[nineworlds9]

Nicely done!  A little shaping and they'll be ace!

[adb]

Those look great, especially the third one from the left. What size shaft will they fit?

[bushman]

Thanks for all the replies.
gianluca100: I'm not too sure of the weight of them, I don't have a scale to weigh them on at the moment.
fishfinder401: My anvils are all back home, at the moment I have access to a 125 pound JP from England, and I also used a mandrel/bick that I had made for making sockets on, I'll attach a picture of them.
darwin: I used half inch key stock to make them, to form the socket I flatten out one end in a fish tail shape to the size I wanted then I use the cross peen end of my hammer and the side of the anvil horn where it meets the anvil to start the socket to bend into a U shape, then on the anvil face I start the roll of the socket, then insert it onto the end of the mandrel/bick and finish shaping it.
adb: Those 4 will fit on a 3/8 inch shaft with a recessed end so that its a smooth transition from point to shaft.
Bushman

[darwin]

interesting thanks for the info

[Loki]

Look really good for early attempts, hope to see some type 15's from you in the near future.