Will2031

Thanks for the help so far, the starting point has helped and I am trawling through as much information as I can. 

One of the biggest issues I’ve found, I might be wrong, but here in the U.K. parts seem to be a lot harder to find and more expensive too. (that’s always the case here anyway with everything)

Hi

im completely new to forging and I am interested in bladesmith. 

To get started I need a gas forge. I’ve been thinking about what to do for a while, and think I maybe close to making my mind up, but your advice would certainly help.

im looking at these two to start with

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my idea is to start with a smaller forge at first and once I get going and start increasing the size of my projects build a larger one for these. 

I also think, that if I get a smaller one first it won’t be redundant when I build a bigger one as I could use it for smaller projects instead of buying a larger one now and that being redundant when I build one to my spec in the future. 

Does this make sense at all?

if so the choice I have is one of the ones above, biggest difference I see is oval and round in shape, what would you recommend? 

Thanks again for all your help

will