Forging Project: Sticking Tommy
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In this video I show how I made a sticking Tommy miner's candle holder.
These candle holders were used by miners during the 19th century. Hard rock miners would use these candle sticks to light they way down in the mineshafts. They would hook it onto their hats or stick the spiky end into a crack in the rock wall or the timber structure.
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..Great job Tim !! i like how you explain the process as you go along and how you are setting it up for the next step...
@DesertOwlForge
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks James, I try to teach the way I think is the best way to approach a project. I .not saying it is , the way, it's just my way. PS. I'll send the Gingko to you this week. I am running behind schedule a bit.
Perfect craftsmanship!
@DesertOwlForge
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Glenn!
1st. I'm not having any luck finding documentation that miners worked in the dark. I guess if blind people can sword fight in the movies it's possible but I'm not finding your claim credible. Can you document it? 2nd. That's a HUGE Sticking Tommy. The originals that miners wore were 4" or less in length and made of much thinner material. I would imagine yours would be impossible to use on a hat while swinging a hammer.
@DesertOwlForge
8 ай бұрын
1rsr: I can't "document" the information about the miners working in the dark. I heard it at the Tombstone Good Enough mine tour. I guess that's how legends and myths are born. 2nd: sticking tommies were produced in various shapes and sizes. There were small ones measuring around 3-4" and there were large ones being big as 16". The early ones were hand forged and more robust. Later they were mass produced using wire as the material. Here are 3 links with reference to sizes. www.bisbeeminingandminerals.com/miners-candleholders www.ebth.com/items/9923760-wrought-iron-sticking-tommy-candle-holders-including-one-marked-nathan-varney www.bargainjohn.com/product/miners-iron-forged-candle-holder-stamped-montana/#:~:text=Measures%2010%201%2F2%E2%80%B3%20Length,Have%20questions%20about%20this%20product%3F&text=This%20item%20can%20be%20shipped I held several original pieces in my own hand before I decided to make the ones you see I'm the video.
@stickermigtigger
8 ай бұрын
@@DesertOwlForge Awesome!Thanks for the link. Keep up the good work. You're living where I would if I had the choice. 🙂
@DesertOwlForge
8 ай бұрын
Thanks, if you ever come to Tombstone, comment again and I'll meet you somewhere. I can show you around.