Hello everyone. New to the craft but I've been learning from this forum for years. And YouTube of course. Finally built my first forge and have a place to start messing around. Definitely didn't take long to figure it's harder than it looks... I've also got some questions already but I'll try to do my digging first. Haven't been able to find many people who are doing much blacksmithing in my area so if you're reading this and anywhere near the Flathead, let me know! So far I've primarily focused on decorative pieces (Christmas time and all) but eventually I would love to start making knives, swords and axes. That said, what kicked me into getting started was wanting to be able to be a little more self reliant and help my community in case tools become a little harder to come by for some strange reason... Anyway, that's my story. I look forward to getting to know all y'all and maybe someday be able to know enough to put in my 2¢ when I can. The pictures are my progression on my first project. Sending the final one to our family friends in Japan. Let me know what you think!
See you around!