^4 by ^4 of an inch. There is no weld in it and no other 

 one in the world like it. It is nice to have something that 

 nobody else has, at the same time you can test your will 

 power and your patience. If you have all other necessary 

 qualities. 



No. 17 



The way I make such a shoe, I take a couple of pieces 

 out of the scrap pile, a piece of ^4 half round or a piece 

 of five-sixteenths by three- fourths for the outside of the 

 shoe, and a piece of y 2 inch square for the inside; weld 

 them together and form the toe, there is generally heat 

 enough left, so I can stamp the two toe nail holes. I then 

 heat the inside forge the square part to a bevel, leave the 

 inside of that ]/ 2 inch stock full thickness at the inner web, 

 and punch a couple of more holes in it. The outside I 

 leave that part of stock as it it, punch the holes and fit the 

 shoe to the foot, and that is all there is to it. 



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