BecomeABladesmith.com ??

[ThomasPowers]

Boy I'd certainly trust a place that doesn't realize that Journeyman is a lower level than Master! Yup you pay the extra money and you will get a certificate that says you are less than the cheaper course! Also teaching smithing by on-line is pretty funny; first thing I suggest to new folks is that they find a local smith to show them the ropes!

I'd send them e-mail but I don't want to get on their spam list.

[steve sells]

whats really sad is all the time I suffered as an apprentice under Laddie Buck, aka Bill Wyant, when I could have taken this great short cut by spending $200 and avoided all that hard work.....

[Christopher P.]

I do think that's the biggest load of hooey I've ever seen related to our craft. And I've seen a lot of hooey.

[DougSeward]

I see an opportunity here. We could start selling digital anvils and simu-steel. Perhaps a Wii controller interface. The possibilities are endless.

[Christopher P.]

Wii Bladesmithing? Forge the ultimate virtual sword?


I like it.

[ThomasPowers]

AIIIIIIIIIIIII; Christopher you are an evil man; if you do that may your hammer shatter and your anvil chip! I already get too many kids showing up at the forge who *know* how to make a sword from video games and movies! (I actually have a "project" piece I let them work on until they give up; it's had 5? of them so far and is not even started well.

[draper84]

Ha Ha Ha Wii smithing what a hoot i'm sure they'd have someone with little motion sensors on make the template for the game, that's a riot

[Zsartell]

I already need to make enough tools. Now I'm going to have to make Wii to keep up, I don't think so. Have you ever tried to forge integrated chips and lasers?

I'm with you Thomas, there are too many kids out there that would love to "Forge" their own sword because they can do it on the video games and once they realize what's really involved they realize they'd rather be stuck in front of the brain scrambler playing video games. It's a sad thing for sure.... Kids now days need to get up off their butts and do something constructive. It reminds me of the people that stare at you when you are working and ask "Why?" What do you mean "why?" I'm doing this because I enjoy it and because perhaps I haven't tried it yet. I used to get that all the time when I used to make pulse jets. You'd think that kids would be a little more interested in home built jet engines.

[ThomasPowers]

Yes I've forged integrated circuits, your clinker ammounts go way up and all you get is the satisfaction of seeing them slag down... Don't breath the fumes!

[1860cooper]

Yeah my generation (and younger) have a zero attention span. I used to do 3D modeling and we'd get a lot of young guys that wanted to make their own spaceships and make their own version of Star-Trek episodes. Most of them would realize pretty quick that it takes a lot of time and discipline to make anything interesting, and would quit.

So yeah, I can see how the same thing would hold with smithing. That's why you sign up for a quick $200 course, right?

We just need a blacksmithing version of the Dance game... you know the one at the arcades where they step on the squares... hammer hammer peen cut heat dip heat hammer... feel the beat... :P