19th of May

Well its been a crazy couple of days, i thought i was dead on to get started and get going making and then Adrian stopped me while i was walking to get stock and said lets have a look at that sketchbook. Something i have been dreading because he hasn't seen it in a long while, but i let him have a look and all was going well until he saw my final idea and well he was mad. He just pointed to the dish for the candle and in his own words 'What the fuck is that and how the fuck is it part of your idea?' After a lenghty discussion it was true the dish was a cop out because i had tried two methods i didnt like to hold the candle. We talked over a few ideas and i really took a liking to one idea in particular.

 This is the new design, basically i continue on the line of the bar that pulls the two pieces together will be the candle. I will forge up the two pieces then drill a hole through the two, on the top side where the candle will be i will use a dish tool unde the power hammer to put a small bowl into it so that candle can sit. When connected the candle should sit nicely.

 After refusing to let the day be wasted, i got started on the forging, this is just the first little bits done to the stock. I will try and keep this up to date with how it progresses every step of the way.