02 MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



2, The landside is, in many cases, worn down on the 

 bottom to a thin, sharp edge, and by placing the piece 

 on top the landside will be as it was on the bottom 

 side, where it ought to be as thick as you can make it. 



3, The weakest place in the landside is just at the 

 shoulder of the shin, and by placing the piece on top it 

 will not reach over this weak place, and with a new 

 long point on, the strain will be heavier than before, 

 and the landside will either bend or break. I have in 

 my experience had thousands of plows that have been 

 broken or bent on account of a poorly-repaired land- 

 side. Blacksmiths, with only a few exceptions, are all 

 making this mistake. 



The landside is to the plow what the foundation is to 

 the house. No architect will ever think of building a 

 substantial house without a solid foundation. No 

 practical plowsmith will ever try to make a good plow 

 without a solid landside. 



For prairie or brush breakers, where no plate is 

 used, it will be all right to repair the landside by plac- 

 ing a piece of iron on top of it, provided it is not much 

 worn, and the patch reaches back far enough to 

 strengthen the landside. But even in such cases it is 

 better to lay it on the inner side. 



LANDSIDE POINT FOR SLIPSHARE 



We have now learned how to prepare the landside 

 for a solid or long bar share. We shall now learn how 

 to make a landside point for slipshares. There are 



