Hello all,
I live in mass and am a chef by trade. I’ve taken a few knife making classes at some localish shops. I’ve got a devils forge oval propane forge with 2 burners. I inherited this still in the box and never used. I intend to line the wool with refractory cement. I have my grandfathers hammer that was dressed by one of the teachers at the class I took. I have 105# anvil I believe is a mills. The best I found is that it was a british maker. My main intent is to make knives. All types of knives but mainly kitchen knives. I also stabilize my own burl and do hybrid burl blanks for handles with resin and burl. I also intend to do some smaller forged items that can be sold at craft fairs where I sell wood turnings and resin and wood jewelry. Ideally I’d love for someone in the area who could maybe give me a few lessons or tour of their shop. I’ve got farm shares and a 200 pounds of meat in my freezer from local farms and gladly trade meat or food for time. I’m in the process of setting up an open style shed for outdoor forging over the next week. Pictured below is my best efforts so far. Kiritsuke style chef knife with a stabilized fire ash burl and black pearlescent resin handle.
