rhornback Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Hey guys, I’m a new beginner from KY and am trying to make my obsession mirror my skill, lol if that’s possible. I’ve been tinkering around heating, bending, flattening, and twisting for a few months now. I’ve produced a few tools, a knife and a sweet looking fire poker thus far, I’ve made 3 different forges and finally settled on a design that I feel will fit most of my needs. I am a college student, a full time personal trainer with a wife and 1 beautiful daughter who is very interested with “Daddy’s big fire”. I’m also a Marine Corps vet, so Oorah to any brothers that stumble across this. Blacksmithing gives me more than something to do with my time, it give me a feeling of accomplishment and keeps me busy, which in the corps we always say guns don’t kill marines, boredom does. If any of my fellow ky-ians see these please message me. I have a 3rd generation mentor but unfortunately his health is not well, and hasn’t been for a few years since his massive heart attack so the only instruction from him has been verbal and a few tours around his amazing old smithy. So being he is the only blacksmith in my town, from what I can tell, networking is my best bet for further education and instruction, if anyone lives within an hr. or so of Murray KY please PM me so I can get to know you and hopefully gain some knowledge from your years of experience. Thanks and God bless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Greetings and welcome R, From what I can see you have a good start.. I am sure you will be able to fine some local smiths that will be more than glad to give you some help... Been doing it for 40 years and once hooked there is no going back.. Keep up the great work.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtownAndrew Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Welcome. You are several hours away from me and any other blacksmith that I know of. Of course I am networking in the central KY area and not the western KY area. That knife is nice and is how I got into blacksmithing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptree Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 First, thank you for your service Brother and welcome home. While not in KY the Indiana Blacklsmithing Association has a very active group of sattalite groups. We also have a very nice annual conference, in June, in Tipton Indiana a little north of Indianaopolis. My sat group, the Southern Indiana Meteorite Mashers meets inour various members shops the last Saturday of the month. Next meeting is at Dave Kunkler's shop in Perry County Indiana. about 3.5 hours or so from you. Have a peek at the IBA website for more info on our various sattelite groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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