not really new, have been haunting this forum for a few years. I have been ruining good scrap for 14 years now,and have not yet met another smith. Everything i know is from reading and occasionally getting access to one of the demos/tutorials on here. i do some knives and tomahawks, make a few tools/ parts when i need to. too cold where i am to be at this outside, occasionally i get out there in the winter. i also do some metal casting occasionally as well .
have 4 kids, 3 moved out and gone west, one at home, and he will be for a while. I`ve been in in the Canadian Army for 25 yrs now, am considering pulling the pin in a year or two, build a more permanent shop, and picking up the hammer a bit more often. my wife encourages it, especially after i recently sold my first few pieces.
I`m joining this mostly to have others to talk to about blacksmithing, without having to explain myself or getting "what the heck are you talking about?" looks. i`m sure there are those here who understand. I also want to learn, as there are guys here that will have forgotten more than i`ll ever know about blacksmithing.
