Well, technically, I'm from Michigan. But I moved to CA a couple years ago. Anyway, I'm learning farriery from a gentleman who has been shoeing since '59, and wants to retire. He recently gave me an old anvil that belonged to his father, and I'm working on cobbling together a small propane forge for making flint strikers and working in the summer, and a bigger charcoal forge for fall and winter. I probably won't post much until I know what I'm doing, I like to research before I ask questions.