Rhandir

Heh, I just read this today and tried a very simple form of it. Took me all about five minutes to do. All I did was take a scrap of steel that I had tried cutting with a hardy tool, but left half done. I'm glad I did, all that was in the steel was a groove about 1/2 a cm, which I took a dremel tool to, and dove tailed it. Looking baisically like this: After doing this, I just stripped a Romex(?) copper electrical wire, and cold pounded the copper into the dove-tail. I tried to pry it out once it was in, and I was quite unsuccesful. I then ground with the wire, trying to dislodge it that way, and I was also unsuccessful. Here is the finished project, turned out to be a very nice inlay that took me about five minutes on my first try. It's so COOL!!!

Hi all, I'm Matt, and possibly one of the youngest blacksmiths I know of. I've been blacksmithing since 17, two years now, and I've built my own shop from the ground up. (Ok, looks more like a shack, but it does keep my stuff dry for the most part.) I've rebuilt a circular forge, and I'm in the process of building a sword-length forge. Anyways, I live in Oregon, and rather far away from any other blacksmiths/bladesmiths. So I hope I can further increase my knowledge from joining here. Looking forward to seeing more of the site! -Matt