This (shown below) is a (quite rare) 18" York bell destined for one of Yorkboy's next (excellent) projects.
It was dented and uneven, but - worst of all - work-hardened and with someone's Ferree's dent-machine "goof-ups".
I managed to get it all smooth/straight/round/symmetrical, and the work-hardened areas are no longer.
These are the formerly-dented-and/or-ovaled-curves bows (now: all rectified) for the same project.
Yorkboy also dropped off a considerable stack of similar work their his future projects, and will swing back through - a week from now - to pick up all of that stuff. I appreciate the work !
My guess (??) is that this bell might be a century old, and was actually fabricated during James York's lifetime. The engraving pattern - though elaborate and artful - is conservatively sized, and appeals to me more than the typical pattern with which many are familiar.
(The buffed-clean areas are due to annealing (to simplify dent/ping removal) and - thus - to avoid melted silver plating (in the targeted areas) clumping up on the surface.)
