BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Well, I finally did it. I lit the forge for the first time in close to 20 years. I had drug it out and started arranging things last summer, after letting it sit since I brought it down from the folks estate in 2005. Last year I bought out one estate sale, and a farrier who was hanging up his hammer, but it still sat cold. Not sure what sparked me to get it lit, but I did. Tossed in a RR spike, and wailed away on it to get the feel of things again. Made a sparkler of the first one by not paying attention to my heat The second one became a sortahawk. After those two exercises I grabbed a piece of 3/8" round stock and started a BBQ fork for a friend of mine. Did a flared flat scroll at the top, and got a couple of sections of squared up reversed twisting before my neighbor invited me over for dinner. Being a single guy, I don't refuse a free dinner often It all started to come back after all of those years. Dad was my smithing partner, and much more to me. I sure could have used him a couple of times yesterday, as I only have two hands. This August it will be 10 years that I lost him. Guess it was just time to start again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 BIGGUNDOCTOR; Welcome back to where I am sure a part of your heart was already at. I am glad you decided to get going again!Ted Throckmorton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 way to go bigun...he will all ways be there with ya as long as you remember....have fond memorys,jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I can identify with that BG mu Dad's been gone 7 years now, but still there with me, even more so when I pick up and use one of his tools, its a kind of immortality, and a good feeling. Glad you are back in the swing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCoy Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Biggun Great to start the fire again - your Dad will always be with you, standing nearby with a sledge, waiting to strike with you. Lost my mother 8 years ago, she holds me in my dreams sometimes and I know that she will never leave me. Hammer on! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks guys. It feels good to get back into this more than just talking about it. After Mom died in 2003 I decide that there wasn't anything keeping me in CA any longer. I wasn't really happy with how my life had gone to that point, and figured I needed a big change. To start my life over, and to be the person that I had always wanted to be,I moved to where I am now. New state, new friends, new job, new everything. It has been a little slow in coming, due to some heavy self doubts, but I am getting to where I want to be. That little step of firing up the forge, and making something, helped to alleviate some of the doubts I have had in myself. Weird, because I know I have the talent, I just haven't used it. When I was younger I never hesitated to start something new, be it tanning a fresh road kill skunk, or making some contraption with surplus parts. My mind never stopped, but my hands did. Hmmmm where's UnicornForge to analyze this thread? Hopefully I can finish the fork Thursday after work , so I can give it to my friend this Friday. Making a run to CA tomorrow 0 dark thirty, gonna be a loooong day tomorrow, and about 900 miles Got 3,000# of copper, and brass scrap to drop off, and new material to pick up, so I better get rested up for the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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