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Thanks for the info and legally i will be giving the blade to his mother for her to handle the process and yea Steve i am 15 also and i actually don't make many blades i'm normally on coat hooks and candle holders and mostly stuff to mount on the wall i know in not to long i will be making a *purely decorative sword* that will be rounded out and i will want to mount it on my bedroom wall. Tim

Its not for money it is as a gift to the guy with the cancer (he is 15). Tim

also it wont be given to the "Child" (young adult!) because it is a surprise that will be handled by the parent who thinks its a awesome gift as he collects knifes and also has to sterilize any thing entering their house because of the Leukemia. Tim

the parent knows and it wont be sharp as its a rr spike and they dont hold very good edges and i did not encourage anyone to go break the law. Tim

Hello all Alamosmithing here and i would like to tell you about something my mother wants me to do for a friend of hers. Her friends son has Leukemia and he is 15, he is also into knifes and swords and stuff of that nature so i am going to make him a RR knife which i have made a few (not a well as i could have) so my friend and i after school today went walking to the town court house (to see his grandpa whose a judge) and part of the walk is on rail road tracks and i always comb the ground for fallen out spikes and to my surprise and great excitement on of the larger spikes (used at the track intersections) was on the ground and i have decided to use it to make the knife as they are much nicer. pic of the spike next to a normal one. http://i.imgur.com/dvM29.jpg Tim P.S. i know its illegal to pick up spikes but the train only run through our town like once a week and the rail crews don't care as long as we only take the old fallen out ones. so yep tell me what you think

Thats a great story but i just have to ask is your family from Eden i lived in Camden near Elizabeth city not long ago, anyways just satisfying my curiosity. Tim

HAHA, i just found this topic and it has given me a very good laugh i find it very interesting the idea of using corn as i have to travel 2 hours to get coal and i will probably look into the affordability of corn. although i may just find the value of coals easiness. Tim

i got coal haha very happy indeed, i picked it up at lee wielding in hampton ga thanks for the info. Tim

well Macon was a bust no coal but im in bed at my hotel room about to fall out and just posting to tell you all but im not to worried i will be in Atlanta next week so yep planing on going to that place in Hampton or Columbus either or not sure yet. probably Hampton bc it will be less out of my way. Thanks very much for the help Tim

I agree don't mess with the anvil i have my great great grandfathers anvil that i use and it is 110 pounds no idea the brand and is probably 150+ years old (ill try to post pics when i get a chance to see if any of you have an idea on the brand, it is forged) and it has a missing chip off the face but 90% of the face is in great condition (for its age) so as long as it works for what i need it for i wont let anyone touch it because it has character. i like to day dream about how that chip got there as it was a farm workshop anvil. so long story short i would see if i could live with it and if so i would use it until you can't. just my opinion though and remember i only use my 3-5 times a week for a few hours here and there. Tim

Doesn't bother me to much i'm kinda to the south its just easier to go to Atlanta because ill be up there next week anyways i'm going to Macon tomorrow and their is a place up there i plan to check but they may be closed for veterans day and all so yea i don't know we will see and i will post back if i get it. Tim

Do you have any idea what the price their is as i'm trying to find a price bases for it. all info is appreciated. Tim

Thanks for all the help and i have never used gas always just ordered coal or made my own charcoal but i decided that i wanted to find a affordable place to get coal as it works much better/ is cheaper than ordering. Tim

Well i know some of the comments have said against it but i still recomend the bathroom fan a 13 dollar one will handle a lot of abuse and is very easy to. Tim

I might be able to get to Columbus on my way through Atlanta for thanksgiving, but i think i found a supplier in Macon that would be much easier for me to get to as it it only like an hour and a half away. thank you for your help.

I'm thinking of attaching a dimmer switch to my blower shouldn't be to hard simple wireing and should help conserve fuel (its electric) Tim

thanks for the help i will look into it, i'm trying to avoid ordering coal as it becomes quite pricey

thank you all for the help and jeffro thats the problem the only other blacksmith i know of in the area is my best friend who is as new as me and the closet group is quite a distance away but i also don't know all the people in my area so yea you never know. Tim

My first blower was a cheap 13 dollar bathroom fan they have a 3" opening which air flows through it works great as a blower lots of air flow.

Hello everyone i am new to blacksmiths and i need to have any suggestions on getting coal in southeast Georgia. thanks everyone for the help

Its near Ocmulgee state park if that gives you an idea i'm near Mcrae and thanks for the info i have just recently started putting together a brick forge which i already have a blower for.

hello all i'm a newly started smith in Georgia. i recently got hold of a old anvil that belonged to my great great great grandfather so i decided to give it a try and i'm just posting for any info on things i should do to get raw meterial get tools and stuff of that nature. also any smithing groups in the area that anyone knows of would be greatly appreciated as i can always learn/need to learn. thanks for the info Tim