Jody

It may not be my place to mention this, but Mr. Simmons past away June 22, 2009 he will be missed...

Philip Simmons June 9, 1912- June 22, 2009

hey guys,
we had a great demo at hillbilly day , I look forward to this event every year...
Johnny and Jerry did a great job making a firepoker with a twisted handle and among other things several hooks and cowheads, etc... all in all we drew a crowd and had alot of fun.

good advice Thomas , I actually am a member of the psabgsc, (phillip simmons artist blacksmith guild of south carolina) in fact thats where i got my first anvil, but i am frustrated with it , its been repaired, but its beat up and i didnt see a crack in the horn until it was too late, (about an 1.5 inches broke off when i was working last week.) so im looking like everybody else... blacksmith depot is about a hour drive, and its tempting to break out the credit card but I'm still gonna keep looking before i go with that option. I really shouldn't spend that kinda money right now :)

thanks for the idea, for some reason i forgot about ebay , there's one there now for 1200 USD 290 lbs but im gonna wait, just saw that post on rhino anvils gonna take a hard look at those and keep thinkin.
best to ask the wife too hehe, though i probably already "no" the answer to that question :0

hey guys,
anyone know where someone could pick up a kohlswa anvil?
the website says that Kentucky Horseshoeing School is a distributor but i called and they havent got any in 2years they say.
scared of the shipping from sweden so just curious if anyone had a source.
thanks !!!

i am sorry to hear bout the bad luck , but would love to see how you fix this... post up an up date when ya do. at least the old girl gets a face lift and a new life.

hope to see all you guys at the June meeting this weekend. its in westminster which is only 10 miles from the house, a nice change gas prices being what they are...

well there is the blacksmiths journal (Blacksmith's Journal) and abana's
anvil's ring , the British artist blacksmith assoc. has the artist blacksmith magazine (Artist Blacksmith!) just to name a few but i couldn't give you an opinion on any of them . as i don't have a subscription to them :)

that wile-e Tat would be AWEsome!!!

figured id post a pic of my blacksmith tattoo,
got it last year seems to be holding up well

if your lookin for cheap , try making one out of a piece of railroad, i found some in the garden believe it or not. and it served me well till i got a 150 pounder.
or check out the metal recyclers in your area they are likely to have some big pieces of iron that would serve you...

hello everyone,

I haven't posted here in a long while but i lurk in the corner a lot. finally found something worth throwing out there to you all, I just found a how to dvd rental site that offers about 30 blacksmithing dvds and the same on blade smithing , the rental fee is kinda high but beats buying them, and finding out that it has nothing on it that would help ya.
anyways, the website is _________, I just got my first three a few weeks ago and the company seems to have a quick turn around.

JODY

advertising removed. The site had 230 categories, only one for blacksmithing.

your welcome to give me a call at 864 985 1336 i live about 4 miles from clemson university
would be glad to lend ya a hand , help ya make some tools or what ever...

thanks for the info !

hey guys ,
sorry i couldnt make it to the meeting , the power hammer class tapped me of funds! anyhoo, anything good happen ? how was the demo?

well here's one for ya,

my worst burn was at a pizza shop i was workin in a few years ago,
I had just bought a pair of hi-tec hiking boots and was sporting them that night thank goodness... well to make a long story short , the cook was cleaning the fryers and draining the grease into a Large ten inch deep vat and he conveniently placed this vat of 350 degree grease in the middle of the walk way to the back door , which i of course felt obliged to step in ! i wound up with a blister the entire circumference of my ankle at the top of my boot, had i wore my deck shoes like i normally would have , i shutter to think the severity... but all in all a not as bad as it could have been... blister was HUGE but not a bad scar....