tribal forge

depends on how small??

Right handed, and prefer horn on the left, have had to get another anvil for oldest step-son,he prefers the horn on the right! and I got tired of having to change the anvil around after he got done/Selden

Friend told me you need to knick the outside of the ball bearing through the outer shiny surface, he had one explode when he was heating it to anneal, don't know myself as I havn't found any yet

I pay .35 cents a pound about 20 miles from home

I use both gas and coal, have a 2 burner gas forgs, and am building two coal forges

Ark, I'm just north and east of you I think, so if I can be of any help let me know/Selden

Have a friend who named his forge, "When Pigs Fly Forge"

Ok, there seems to be a few members wthin driving distance, The reason I was asking, once I get my benches set up, I was going to see if maybe we could get a few Smiths together and have a kind of hammer in/Selden

Kings is a great place!!!!

Just East of Horse Cave does that help any??/Selden

Dave, When you going to invite me for Dinner?? I live closer than the other guys!!!:)

Another name for this is Pattern-Welded metal(steel) I use Damascus because it is easier to write out and remember/Selden

Just a quick question for the Smith's on here. How many are from Kentucky, and how many are within an hours or so Drive from Green county, KY/Selden

Man after me own heart!! this is what I am going to do also, as I have a heavy 5 or 6 inch post vice, a bender, and a couple of ther tools that I need a place to use, so thought that I would make different stands for each of them to go in a hole in the floor/Selden

My gas forge is a two-burner forge, and set at 18# it uses a 20 lb tank of gas in about 3 hours!! 18# is the pressure that I use for welding up damascus/Selden

I found a leaf spring or a piece of Coil spring easier to work on than an old file!! Specially with just a fire! A small propane forge is not to hard to make, and will work good for small knife blades. I've made about 30 knives, but do not feel like I am ready for a sword yet/Selden

I use Coal, Charcoal, and propane

I have an echeapo horizontal from harbour freight, that cost me 50.00 it uses a 59" blade and have had no problems with it, been using it for 4 years, and it was 4 years old when I got it! it will cut a 4"x6" piece of steel, just not really fast!! And I use it more for a cut off saw than anything else/Selden

a three pound Straight peen that I traded a Squirrel roaster for is about the most comfortable one I have

My stroll is about 5 minutes long, and if I look to my right as I'm walking there, I see most of the 20 acres that is cleared for growing(which we r going to plant about 8 acres of this spring) Straight ahead is the neighbors cow barn, and occasionally a few of his cows, when I look to the left, trees, lots of em!!! Out the front of the shop, I look down the 4 acres that heads down to where the mail box is! Next spring, that area will hold green houses and the orchard/Selden

Hi All!!, Well Frosty, they need to send those nasties here, be cheaper for them!!! And have to tell all of ya, went to the Peddler's Mall the other day to find a couple of dressers, and what did I leave with?? A 14" Monkey Wrench to turn into a twisting wrench!!! and just for $10, and they have a 16 or 18" one for just $15 , so guess the first of next week, am going to have to go get it!!! Bigger allows me to twist bigger metal RIgHT????

Sears metal tool box and a 5 gallon bucket, am going to make two wooden boxes as soon as time permits!! And like a couple of others on here, I need to down size on the tools I take, cause some of the tools I hardly ever use!/Selden

I'm a Alaska Native (indian Tlinget) my 2 step-sons are part cherokee hence the Name Tribal Forge!

Ken, Pictures are great! And thank you!!! My brother and I have been trying to figure out how to make one of these items, and let me tell you some of the things a couple ppl have told me made no sense at al!! But with your photoes and discriptions, I think we can actually do this, Again THANKS/Selden