Worshipdrummer Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Just wanted to reach out and see if there are any other smiths in the Augusta area.docx Just wanted to reach out and see if there are any other smiths in the Augusta area.docx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worshipdrummer Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Third time is the charm: Just wanted to reach out and see if there are any other smiths in the Augusta area. I am new to the blacksmith craft. I started by watching a few live demos at different events then I read “The Blacksmith’s Craft”, I lurked here and elsewhere learning what I could while concealing my ignorance. I borrowed a broken anvil, acquired a section of rail, found a 3 pound cross peen hammer and built a rivet forge with stuff I had lying around. I started with a 14 inch piece of half inch square mild steel stock and turned it into a quarter inch piece of square stock then into a small piece of round stock. I am hooked. I have made and given away several S-hooks of various sizes and styles and a few J hooks with nails attached (I call them drive hooks). I recently sold a bow and a crossbow and purchased a Diamond Back gas forge. I sourced some free coil springs and leaf springs (from a bus) and I am practicing making tools, blades, tomahawks and anything else that interests me. I will move into working better and known steel after I am happy with the items I forge out of the free stuff. I have no real blacksmithing knowledge to add here (yet) but I am a fairly decent woodworker and bowyer if I can help anyone else. I welcome conversation and contact with anyone (especially locals) so feel free to holler if you wish…Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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