Hello everybody
As you found out Im knew to the forum and knew to the amazing craft of blacksmithing. I started out only about a year ago on A sledge hammer nailed to a stump, a sink as a forge, used charcoal as my fuel, and a hair dryer as my blower. The first project I made was a railroad spike "knife"- probably wasn't the best first project. Took me about 8 hours to make (thank goodness it doesn't take me that long anymore) but after that one came another and another and another, well I think you get the point.anyways now a year later, I still will ocasionally make a railroad spike knife, but normally I'm making more decorative "stuff". I still use a the hair dryer as my blower, but with a proper forge. I'm no longer using the sledge hammerhead as my anvil,but instead, a hundred pound Trenton anvil.oh, yeah I forgot to mention that I'm 13 years old. That pretty much is a brief over view of me. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Littleblacksith