November 14, 200619 yr Hello, My name is Scott Thomas. I am a full time blacksmith using an early 20th century shop to do all my work with a good old dirt floor and coal forge. I would pretty much call myself a general blacksmith because I do everything from shoeing horses, ironwork for the home and bladesmithing. I started working metal back in 1991 and have been at my current location for the last seven years. I also teach students on a one on one basis. I start with a strong emphasis on proper body mechanics with respect to standing at the anvil and swinging a hammer. They start out forging some basic tools and then use those tools to forge up projects that focus on a particular blacksmithing principal. This gives them a solid smithing foundation from where they can go on to specific areas of smithing if they want.
November 14, 200619 yr Welcome Scott, I'm new here too, but I'm also just getting my feet wet with blacksmithing. I look forward to you input. Cheers!
November 14, 200619 yr Welcome Scott! You just snuck in under the wire for your 1 week committment to post, but this is none the less a good step! You have a lot to share with these folks, and there's a lot of folks that can share with you, so welcome to IFI. See you tomorrow! :p
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