over the last week we forged a 5 cwt fisherman anchor ,with bow shackle and pin riveted up, and about 1 fathom of 1 ins studded chain,in three days .The gang last year were more suited to fine work and working on there own, so had difculties with the heavy forging ,and took a while to make a team but got there and made a job (slowly).
This year the gang i made up of industrial smiths,Iain Baxter,a quarry blacksmith,David Goldthorpe, a brewery blacksmith, Michall gjerdy ,a blacksmiths striker.Mark Constable,the only art smith,and myself
this year the anchor was bigger the shackle alone needed 14 ins of 3 ins sq, and we jumped the shank up to 6 ins over a longer length, in short a lot more work went into it ,and it was a delight for us to get on with the job,the hammer work was realy moving iron,and we worked as one,we all had a good time ,
I will try to get some pic ,i was working so i only took the group shot but there was plenty of vidios going and the net work film crew turned up so there must be plenty of pic ,the problem is getting them on the site

Just WAY too cool. When's the next bus to the Shetlands? I can't wait for the pictures!

I'm with you Ed. That would have really been something to be part of.

most awsome, my great grand-fathers made a living forging anchours back in the day(fishing town) , its great to see pll still making them today!! sounds like it was a very positive experience.

Brewery blacksmith? Do they have any job openings for that?