How to Make a Dragon Twist Bottle Opener!

Volunteered to contribute a friend's upcoming project ( @swampland_knife_co ) and decided to offer up a neat bottle opener with a dragon scale twist. It was great to get back in the workshop and I am really pleased with how this one turned out! (I apologize for the level of noise from my forge- I need to get some better recording hardware.)
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[@FatherForge]

Just a note, it looked way darker in person, hence why I was calling the color black. If you want an even deeper black on your pieces, get them to a low heat and wipe them down with an oil soaked rag. When you hit the right temp range it will turn very, very dark.

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

Yes that'll richen the color

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Bottle opener look cool. Nice dragon twist👍👍👍

[@FatherForge]

Thank you!

[@JH_Forgeworks]

Productive things to do between heats...
1. Clean and organize the dust covered tinderbox that is your shop
2. Hop up and down on a wheeled board like a geriatric dressed in the best 1930's garb one could find.
Which will he choose?

[@JH_Forgeworks]

The twist looks cool though haha

[@FatherForge]

I mean.... You're not lying 🤣🤣🤣

[@davewasea]

Should of showed it working

[@rauchfamily4]

Cool! Gonna try this...I've got some rebar I'm wondering if I can make that work...

[@FatherForge]

You can absolutely do this with rebar.. just square it first.. it's actually a pretty nice size to work into a good square bar... just square out more than you need for the twist so you don't have to go back and try to make it longer..

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

It's twisted and crooked!

[@FatherForge]

Well great, now I have to untwist it! lol

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

@@FatherForge lmbo, it might like that!