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  1. If I was told, I certainly do not remember for to many years have passed, but does anyone possibly no anything about it and from the pictures you can see the horn has some damage. Should I fix it and how would be best? I do know it weighs about 300ish pounds. thank you, Walt
  2. My grandfather passed in October of ‘85-in my arms at 17. He worked for a Russian blacksmith prior to WW1 who was a tool maker. If memory serves me, he worked for him approximately 3 years before getting a job with General Electric. After his retirement from GE, he and my grandmother open a Polish deli until his passing. I worked there since about the age of 12-cutting 100’s of pounds of meat each week. Best time of my life and miss it dearly. Our “hobby” was the smithing on weekends and when time would permit. His father had a pool hall and he was quite the pool shark. So much so, that only my grandmother knew the hole story of why he left Erie and had to live in Brooklyn with some relatives for approximately a year. I do know he got into mischief quite a bit in his youth. Lol. he was a great man and I miss him dearly. He taught me SO much and to this day I wish he was still around for his guidance and wisdom. With me having a grandson interested in smithing and the trades I feel compelled to re-ignite pass passions.
  3. Thank you. Yeah I like that idea too! Oh yes, safety is paramount!
  4. Thank very much for the thoughtful insights to instructing my grandson. Many great ideas! Thank you! Fantastic! Thank you. I’m really glad I found this forum. I’ll be picking the brains of everyone here.
  5. Greetings everyone! I’m returning after many years. My teenage grandson has been a fan of forged in fire tv show and is very interested in learning about smithing-knives too of course. Ideas of how to start his training would be greatly appreciated. For instance, should I start hin off making his first set of tongs or buy rapid tongs from kens iron works? This is a learning experience for me as well since it’s been about 40 years since I have forged anything-after his death I stopped. I still have all his tools( tongs, hardies, punches, and coal forge), however, seems most people are using gas now-should I purchase one and f those as well? thoughts and guidance would be appreciated. Walt
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