GS Forging

Hello everyone, hope all is well with you all. My names Cole Sapp, I'm from Columbia, MO, 25 years of age and have been pounding metal for about a year. My interests are particularly tooling and would like to perfect my tooling before branching out to much. I'm really into creating my own tools for the job and have some local smiths I've met with who are all primarily bladesmiths whom all have seemed to show interest in a young smith who cares more about tooling. Previously I've always had a coal forge of which I built myself and am quite proud of it, however I've recently purchased a new home located in a subdivision with HOA which put a hold on my forging until I could feel out the environment. After a few months I've decided it's safe to start forging again without upsetting to many people (some possible gifts for those on the fence). I've just got my gas forge and anvil back up and running so I guess I can officially say I'm back in it and boy am I excited. I'm looking forward to getting to know as many of you as possible and learning as much as I can from you more experienced smiths. I don't know a whole lot but I'm eager to learn and help preserve the trade. Thank you all and feel free to message me if you would like to discuss anything or just to get to know someone don't hesitate.