JustinLonghorn

First handful of projects over the last few months. 

 Won't hold the edge,  so when it dulls it'll become a bottle opener. 

I can definitely dig it. 

As much as I'd love to blame the gnome. Those are all mine. Ha 

Made this the other day for my wife. Used an old Honda Magna gas tank. 

I've always enjoyed working with my hands and making/fixing stuff, so I think that smithing was just a natural progression for me. 

Decided to build a forge. It is based on the mini Whitlox, but I tend to burn bituminous coal (though I might try lump charcoal). I had the steel sitting around, but I had to buy the firebrick and wool:

I move the air with a 1930 Buffalo Forge blower with original Rheostat. 

I have a dozen or so rail spikes sitting around, so I figured I'd use them for practice. 

After some more hammering/filing/grinding: 

Then I tried my hand at knife shaping, and twisting metal: 

And this weekend I tried making a Brian Brazeal style horsehead bottle opener: 

Glad to have found this place, and I look forward to seeing y'alls work and hopefully learning a thing or two.