I'm extremely new to smithing, I'm probably the greenest person on this site right now, and I'm hoping some of you could give me a little advice on how to get into the hobby, before I get myself carried away. I'm looking to get into it as a hobby, more to appreciate the art of it than to make any money from it. The idea has always been awesome to me, using fire and a few tools to bend metal to your will and make it into something, I bet everyone at some point in their lives wishes they could.
I really just need some help getting set up, and finding a starting point. When I try looking for an anvil, I see people talking about the different weights, if it has enough rebound, and other stuff like that, which doesn't mean much to me. Same with making a forge, what fuel to use, and what kinds of tools to start with. I don't wanna get too carried away with visions of a grand brick forge and the classic horned anvil, before I really know what I'm doing.
Generally any advice on how to get started as a hobbyist would be greatly appreciated. I guess I'm mostly looking for, where to get an anvil or what to use as one, how to make a forge(or find one) and what fuel to use, metals to start with, and beginner projects to start at.
