May 6, 2002

I quit hammering this evening after dark, so these photos aren't the best quality. I got my new raising hammer and love it! I spent the evening making a pass over the right side. Made big inroads in smoothing things out (although the photos might not show it.) I also trimmed another inch off the bottom and reworked the flare. Of course, I'm falling prey to the problem of when you flare the edge, it causes the piece to uncurl quite a bit. My first thing Wednesday will be to re-curve the side of the waist towards my back while trying to maintain the progress I've made on the flare.

This weekend is the armour-in and I plan to re-work this one and maybe start over learning from this one.

continued on 5/08/02....

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