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If you want to incorporate them in a knife i'd use sandwich some high carbon in the barrel and make a san mai knife, but those barrels do look so lovely as they are!

I live near Bath too! Unfortunately I can't help with the workshop share as I'll be back and forth to university soon, and I'm currently in a tiny crumbling shed in my back garden I'm trying to restore. Just out of interest, where abouts have you been picking up your forging kit?

Looks great, I'd make sure the entrance has good hard ground and is clear to make moving heavy stuff in and out as painless as possible.

I found this site a while ago http://www.patternweldingsteels.co.uk/ but I have never ordered from him. EDIT: Ah looks like you found some, beaten by a minute!

Great set up, does it shake about badly when running or is it pretty stationary?

That's a great score. Good to hear it's still functional.

Hi guys, I'm a teenager from a city called Bath England, I've been making things all my life and have just got into blacksmithing. I'm in the process of setting up a small shop and I'm totally enthralled by all things smithing. I love this website and can't thank you lot enough for everything i've learnt here, so I just decided to start posting! Henry