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Objective: Using the techniques you developed in excercises 1-5, make a simple "S" hook.

[edit] Functional Description

An "S" hook is called that because the stock is shaped to make a figure "S". These handy hooks have been around for centuries. They were used a great deal in the home hearth to adjust the height of a pot over the fire. They find uses in the modern household as hangers for plants and other odds and ends.

Functionally the "S" hook will work with two bends in the stock in opposite directions to make the characteristic "S" shape.

The challenge you will encounter in this project is that you will need to use locking pliers to hold the metal when you work the second hook into the other end.

[edit] Tools and Materials

• Forge
• Anvil
• Hammer
• Locking Pliers
• 3/8" round or square stock at least 14" long

[edit] Steps

1) If the stock is longer than 14" mark it 14" back from one end.

2) Heat one end of the stock and work a curve into one end that is roughly 2" in diameter leaving a 1" gap between the end of the hook and the stem.

3) cut the stock at the 14" mark if necessary

4) dress the cut end if necessary

5) work a second hook into the other end holding the metal with the locking pliers