agsolder Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I am a totally pseudonymous and almost completely make-believe blacksmith, silversmith and general ironbodger who exists only on the Internet, not unlike Cracked Anvil, Goods Inward, Miles Undercut, Juan LeGubrious and others of that ilk who appear now and then on other smiting sites where you may have bumped into us. The key words above are almost make-believe-- like a lot of you, I do my gates, potracks, guard rails, trivets, out of that hard, hard, beautiful steel and jewelry out of silver and brass. I've been to Frank Turley's smiting academy and loved it, all several times through, and to a couple welding schools, too, etc. But like the scoundrels I mentioned, I don't take much of this too seriously. Thanks, Glenn, for allowing me in. Nice 'ere, innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Howdy from EAST TEXAS! Glad you came aboard. 'Tis a great site and look forward to you shareing your knowledge! Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Thanks, Thomas. I appreciate that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Welcome aboard agsolder, looking forward to your posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Irnsrgn-- Thanks for your welcoming message! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Welcome, ag. Colo, specifically Arvada, is a place among others, that I have called home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks for your welcoming note, Dodge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Welcome, ag. Colo, specifically Arvada, is a place among others, that I have called home. Dodge, I, too, have called Arvada home. I lived on Wadsworth Blvd., about 84th if I recall correctly. I miss my Colorado Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 AG, welcome to the fray. Small world, I graduated from Arvada Senior High when they were still the Redskins. Nomad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankw Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Welcome aboard AG you will learn a lot here i have so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6013 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 If a funny thing happened on the way to the forum, please let us know. We could turn it into a play. Welcome to the blacksmithing forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Nomad, Frankw, 6013-- Muchas gracias! Much appreciate the welcoming messages! Frank-- Man, but I envy you being in Ireland! Have a Guinness for me! Or two, perhaps. Wife and I did a brisk two-week coast-to-coast drive in '98, found some lovely old gates turning to rust, some new ones echoing old styles but made of arc-welded tubing, and precious few smiths, except for the one at Crossmolina Heritage Center--who was German! My family was in and around Ballyhaunis, until the darling Brits decided sending food would damage character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankw Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 HI AG Thanks its great to live here times are good and the Guinness is tasty old gates are still plenty here but hard get in good condition. Smiths are scarce here and still not appreciated fulley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 Frankw-- Two especially fine old wrought iron gates stick out in memory. One was leaning against the stone wall of an outbuilding next to the parking lot at the Heritage Center or Welcome Center in Mullingar, a plumb gorgeous old beauty, be worth thousands here. Dunno why it was off its hinges. It was pouring rain so I did not give it a microscopic exam. The other was standing across a drive on the grounds of the big estate at Westport, and it was literally crumbling, pieces of it having fallen off and lying on the ground. Some enterprising smith(s) ought to get a grant to travel the island salvaging these relics. What fabulous mortise and tenon joinery the old timers came up with to defeat gravity in the pre-arc welder era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankw Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Hi AG. I wonder are the gates at Westport house i must have a look the next time i am down. I have a lovely set of old forged gates i got of a lovely lady with two side gates and they are made as you described. When i uncover them i will post pic's. Cheers Frankw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 howdy Ag-i work around Rifle-maybe we can hook up ifin you arnt to far from there- welcome to the site,jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsolder Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Jimmy-- thanks for the welcome. I appreciate it. I am near Santa Fe. If you get down this way, yell. FrankW-- I'd been making some gates around that time ('98), feeling guilty about zapping the corners and was interested to note the antique joinery at the corners of the old stuff. Man, those old timers had worked out all manner of fancy shoulders and tenons to handle the strain. Just beautiful work, and clearly visible on the Mullingar gate. Covered in black enamel on the Westport gate-- which despite all the thick paint was disintegrating. Another place to see such joinery is the spectacular permanent ironwork exhibit in the balcony of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 ag,i thought you were in Colo. i run up 285 through Santa Fe, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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