mailledemon

Looked into it. It's called "More Christmastown, USA" 

Here's the article,

http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/12/09/rudolph-christmas-featured-travel-channel/20152309/

Thanks for the replies. 

 

Dodge, I have no idea what its called. I'll have to ask while they're filming.

Hey all,

 

This Saturday is the Rudolph Country Christmas. I will be the blacksmith demonstrating at the event. I'm supposed to make things to sell and I've procrastinated enough already. I have like five things made up and I can't think of anything else. I need ideas for small things that can be made relatively quickly and that are pretty to look at/functional. I've got bottle openers and coasters. I'm also going to be forging during the entire event and a couple two hour projects would be useful. The event is being documented by the Travel Channel and will be aired on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

Thanks in advance,

Mailledemon.

In central Wisconsin, I did nothing but stay indoors with a steamy mug of ginseng tea because the wind whips at a bone chilling -40 to -50

Hey all, I'm going to be smithing at the Rudolph Country Christmas this Saturday and I need an idea for something that's small and looks good. The town board wants me to sell items hot off the forge and I'm having a brain fart as to what I should make. If anyone is in the area and has no weekend plans, you should come out to Rudolph for all the festivities this Saturday. 

I'm just wondering, how many swords have been blessed by the pope. Because I made a sword for a koc knighting ceremony that will be blessed by the pope

The forge heats up too quickly if you just throw the tile in there. if you make a little kiln out of firebrick with slots in the floor, you could set that on the forge and fire the tiles. It'll take a couple hours to fire the tiles so if you want to put some steel under the kiln to work you can. I use one of these occasionally for some wheel pots i make.


I used to do some pottery.

I had a slight interest in Smithing when I was around twelve, but I never acted on that interest. Sure, I heated up rebar and hit it with a rock a couple of times, but I never counted that as smithing. Then, one summer at Akela's world, I met someone who went by the name of "Chainmail". He was starting smithing as a hobby and I thought it was pretty cool. I went home and made a tiny little brake rotor forge and had a three foot section of rail stood on end for an anvil. Since then, I've upgraded to having three functional forges, One Sodofers anvil, a striker I made, and I still have the piece of rail in a bucket of dirt; dirt makes a pretty quiet anvil base. The man known as "Chainmail" still lurks this site. He goes by "Maillemaker"  on IFI.

You kidding me? I can get coal for 8 cents a pound from an old blacksmith I know. He has six tons just sitting in the back yard. If you look around, I'm sure you can find a great deal.

One of my first stock removal knives. I've made a lot of forged knives, but they just don't look as clean as this. Steel is an old file, probably 1095. Hardened then tempered to a straw color. Handle is Oak with a cherry stain and brass.

I weighed it at 126. I've been using it for a while, It's very nice; a bit noisy, but otherwise great!

Question resolved. EricS just bought the same kind of anvil. It's a Columbian.

I have an anvil with a "C" inscribed in an upside down triangle on one side, and an "M" inscribed in the same upside down triangle on the other side. Does anybody know what maker this is? It looks cast, with a steel faceplate. I can't figure it out. I don't have pictures at the moment, but they can be uploaded tonight after I get home.

I just made an anvil about that size

We still on for a forging party on sunday? Also, are you open any other day of the weekend?

This is one very pretty knife!

Thanks all for your advice! :D

Hey all, I have been making Maille for over three years now and I would very much like to expand my borders to forging metal. The problem with that is, I don't know where to start. So, any tips on how to start out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

http://cgmaille.com/tutorials.shtml
This is another great site for tutorials, it was created by a senior member of mailleartisans.

And I wouldn't recommend a wooden dowel because with extended use, it will get smaller, I have six steel dowels in varying sizes, and with those I have made more maille than my family could wear.

This site is the place to go for all maillers. They have the largest database of weaves and tutorials in one spot. I personally started out with maille and have expanded my boundaries into forging.
http://www.mailleartisans.org/