pclark36

What time is the meeting?

Oh ok, didn't know that about the links. makes sense

Spoken like a true Glenn Hwy driver

Found another one in peters Creek. Says it's antique. Link removed.

Coming to the meeting is definitely the plan

That's part of the draw for me. The self sufficiency.

I get you there. I have to rein myself in too. Been working at it slowly. My problem isn't that I have to have 1000 hobbies, it's that something catches my eye, and I have to at least experience it a bit to see if it's something I want to keep doing. Blacksmithing is on that list, and it's especially because of how useful it could potentially be down the road, especially when I get out of the rat-race. Right now I mainly do music, a little bit of leather work, and train for Highland Games throwing. I'm getting better at paring it down, but the time commitment is still pretty heavy on the music and Highland games front on top of work and church commitments.

I was in the military before digital camo....close enough I suppose

exactly...wait...underwater basketweaving exists??? Don't tell me these things!

no

I'm with ya there...I rarely buy 'top of the line' as most of that is name, and not function. Just trying to make sure I don't drive myself crazy being 'busy' all the time, and pacing myself with all the different things I get into.

Nope, I work for the ISP I may have some bad assumptions on how much it costs to get started. Though, as I stated above, I have hobby ADD(I have too many hobbies) with money sunk into all. The 'after the highland games' bit is just more a matter of available time and subsequent sanity, as it's my current 'next big' event coming up with a lot of training until then. I just finished being locked away outside of work for about a month playing in a pit orchestra for the Wizard of Oz. I just bounce around a lot. But I will block off time to come to the meeting in May and get to know some of you

Just saying hi, I've been skulking through the forums for a couple months as my interest in blacksmithing comes and goes, but I've never acted on it. It's something that's always fascinated me, but the up front investment(and my hobby ADD) has made me hesitant. Now History is on a smithing show kick, and the bug is biting me to try to get started again. I'm hoping to really get into it after the Highland Games in June are done, but wanted to say hi at least. Ya'lls posts are fun to read, and it seems like you have a great tight-knit community here