"The base was made by heating the whole bar, quenching half and then forging on a power hammer until it was about 80mm square. The top was then evenly drawn out until it was 1.6 metres high! This was bent into a spiral - it took a long time to make it even.

"The sconce (dish) at the top was power hammered with a 40mm square tool, dished on a flypress and punched with a square hole for the spike."

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