:)This is my first blacksmith project a hook (first pic.). I built it about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

Here is a set of tongs me & my friend(teacher) built i made 1 set he made the other(2nd & 3rd pics.).

And the finale pictures are of my great-gradpa`s forge .:)

Excellent work Chris and welcome! that's a nice little Buffalo forge you got there, saw a guy using one of those sadly as a grill.

Thanks. Thats a shame someone using 1 as a grill. I don`t use it

So what are you going to do with it? Just save it as a family/blacksmith heirloom?

yeah , but once i get my forge done & some coke burned I`am thinking about me & my gradpa fire it up & make something

Hehe nice first project waiting to see more And welcome to forum

Thanks.This coming up Saturday I probably make a poker & rake & shovel to get ready for when I get finished with my forge.

Cool. What are you making your forge from, is it in a shop..like brick...or is a portable metal one?

I`am making it from brake drum, free fittings,blower i bought from ebay( when it gets here i be abelive to start building it,pipe for the stand, 1/8 ''inch (dimond) plate to go around the brake drum. when i get done I`am aslo working on redoing a old shed for my blacksmith shop . I `ll probally make a rake, poker, shovel and ahanger for my tongs.

Cool. So did your dad smith to, or just your grandpa?

well it was my great grand pa`s & no my grandpa didn`t or my dad but its my great grandpa & grandpa on my mom`s side . my grandpa wants to learn.

that's cool. so it's like a big family hobby?

well I`am currently the only 1 doing it now but my Grandpaw wants to learn & my dad just wants stuff:p

I`ll try to get some pictures this Saturday when i build my shovel, rake,poker.;)

yeah , but once i get my forge done & some coke burned I`am thinking about me & my gradpa fire it up & make something

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I would like for me & him make something that will last forever

Like a speical thing that you can remember him for when he's gone and when he's alive?

Like a speical thing that you can remember him for when he's gone and when he's alive?

Sure thing . What could we do ??

I'd make a spike knife or just forge like your first initial and hist and then make like a necklace you hang up on wall or something with your first initials. then weld together or something and hang it up.

I'd make a spike knife or just forge like your first initial and hist and then make like a necklace you hang up on wall or something with your first initials. then weld together or something and hang it up.

Spike knife sounds good & we could write our names on the blade

Yeah, good combination.

his name on 1 side mine on the other!:)

Yeah, and thn you can put in in like a glass display case or something unique.

Yeap We are plannin to do so once I get a anvil

Welcome to the site! Hammerkid, nice work on your project.
We all look forward to seeing more from you!
Your grandpa's forge is a nice family heirloom, if you use it or not, it's still cool to have in the shop. Happy forging! Ralphy.