July 21, 201015 yr As I'll be stopping by IFI a little from now on I thought I should stop here first and say hello. As you might have guessed I'm an Englishman. Normally found on-line on British Blades, I'm predominantly a knife maker by stock removal rather than a 'smith, but I enjoy getting it hot and hitting it when I can. I've already seen a few familiar 'faces' around the place here so I'll leave it to those guys to let you know just how little I really know... lol Looking forward to learning a lot more about this metal bashing lark from you guys in the future.
July 21, 201015 yr welcome along Ian what brings you here then mate? full of hairy, dirty smith types! :D
July 21, 201015 yr speak for yourself mr budd!! welcome longstrider - nice to see a fellow brit on here - i cant leave this site alone - so much info!!! see ya around :)
July 21, 201015 yr Welcome to the site, where are you located? Check out www.blacksmithsguild.com and see if we can be of use to you.
July 21, 201015 yr Guilty Dave. I told him about get hammered at Moony's, which happens to coincide with his honeymoon. Guess who got his intended tipply so she agreed to let him come play? As Ian says he's more a grinder than forger, but don't let him fool you into thinking he's a 'wanna make a big sword NOW!' kind of guy. Ian's one of 2 (afaik) Bladesports International instructors in the U.K. So he knows a thing or 2 about wielding large knives. He also likes his rum, so we'll be introducing him to Queensland's finest. :D
July 21, 201015 yr Always good to see more Englishmen arrive, even better when they stay. There's a lot of folks from all over the world here to pick the brains of, enjoy yourself.
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