The design is not my own, rather a copy from memory of my father's bellows. I have always used a canedy-otto blower on my forges. I became feed up with these trinket making blacksmith associations and decided to start up a blacksmith club devoted to making useful tools and implements. No samurai swords, 2 foot long Bowie knives, and no pineapple handles nor key chains. An authentic williamsburg or 18th century style forge, no power hammers. I intend for each member to start out with a pile of scrap iron and forge a set of working tools. So, I needed a set of large heavy bellows, hence the thicker wood.
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