smitty55 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Hello To you all, I look forward to picking up good habits and skills from many of you. I have been a gunsmith for most of my life (54) 20 of which were in the United States Marine Corps, 1973-93 active 30 year retired 2003, Semper FI.. I'm building a shop in the spring and want to make as few mistakes as possible. Space, safety, and professional work are all concerns I will plan for. My blacksmith work will be mainly in the knife business, with some gun stuff. I'm located in south east Missouri, but from all over the country. Raised in southern California, would never move back to that cesspool . Have lived in or been to most of the lower 48, plus Hawaii for 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Welcome to IFI ! Lot of Jar Heads here. Check out Military Roll Call and add your name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Welcome to IFI, this is the place to be for blacksmithing. Thank you for your dedicated service! welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Howdy from East TEXAS!! and welcome to IFI! 1st of all THANK YOU SIR for your service! Check out this group, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri : ABANA affiliate. it's the blacksmith group in MO. Also in Texarkana, ARK is the 4StatesIronMunchers, they have a bunch of bladesmiths. Also www.saltforkcraftsmen.org for the OK group. There are others but these are closest to you. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to seeing your work. Once again, welcome and THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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