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The Business Side of Blacksmithing

How to start a business, operate a business, and (hopefully) make the business profitable etc

329 topics in this forum

  1. Website design- software or designer? 1 2

    By Fe-Wood,   
    • 47 replies
    • 9.3k views

  3. Who ships heavy/large items? 1 2

    By Adriaan Gerber,
    • 32 replies
    • 1.9k views

  4. 40 second pitch

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.1k views

  5. Unions! 1 2 3 4

    By Mills,
    • 89 replies
    • 18k views

  6. Blacksmithing as a Career

    By Fetterley,
    • 22 replies
    • 4.8k views

  7. veteran owned small businesses

    By George N. M.,
    • 0 replies
    • 588 views

  8. Strengthening your weakest link

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 0 replies
    • 821 views

  9. Don't let the tyranny of convenience define your business 1 2

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 26 replies
    • 1.9k views

  10. Pricing my work makes me uneasy 1 2 3

    By jwilson645,
    • 66 replies
    • 7.5k views

  11. Review of Don Meador's "Pricing Your Work"

    By JHCC,
    • 2 replies
    • 606 views

  12. Starting a very small businuess 1 2 3 4 5

    By ryancrowe92,
    • 103 replies
    • 9.3k views

  13. Some thoughts on what to do when material prices are spiking

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views

  14. Your Smithy's Name 1 2 3

    By Chad J.,
    • 50 replies
    • 4.5k views

  15. Faster Better Cheaper...Questions 1 2 3

    By gmbobnick,
    • 59 replies
    • 4.2k views

  16. help pricing items

    By M.J.Lampert,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views

  17. traveling blacksmith

    By connor bachmann,
    • 13 replies
    • 9.4k views

  18. Locating steel stock in suburban Chicagoland

    By Gryphon Forge,   
    • 4 replies
    • 799 views

  19. Loaning my 3 phase belt grinder

    By ede,
    • 19 replies
    • 2k views

  20. Looking for a name for my shop 1 2

    By Shaun1565,
    • 36 replies
    • 3.4k views

  21. Ask versus Guess culture

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 15 replies
    • 1.4k views

  22. Subtle indicators that something is amiss...

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 21 replies
    • 2.2k views

  23. Taking over a demonstration shop. Questions to be asked...

    By Dewnmoutain,
    • 4 replies
    • 1k views

  24. Thoughts on experts, predictions, and what to make of them.

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.1k views

  25. Remarkable consistency is not always good

    By rockstar.esq,
    • 3 replies
    • 868 views

  26. What are the things to be taken care of when signing a contract with forged companies?

    By Grepherjames123,
    • 6 replies
    • 922 views
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