Dom Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi everyone, new enthusiast here from Montreal. My lovely wife decided to offer me a introductory blacksmithing course for father's day which I will be starting next week. I'm really excited and I've started reading New Edge of the Anvil. Hope it'll be the start of a great new hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Welcome! After that course your head will be brimming with ideas....So use this site ad it was meant to be used. RESEARCH! Many of us have been where you are now and have posted our successes and failures. Read those posts, learn from what works, and then jump in and share what's working for you. There is a wealth of knowledge in our longtime contributors, so enjoy their advice, and be prepared for some lively literary sparring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Your wife gave you a blacksmithing course for Father's day? WOW is she a keeper! Might I suggest you make her something during the course? I'm sure there will be some free forge time so you can make her something. Ask the instructor for suggestions if you can't think of anything. She'll LOVE anything you make her. You'll come out of the course thoroughly hooked, blacksmithing is addictive and we're happy to help. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Thanks guys for the warm welcome. I'll definitely be making something for the lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Welcome to the site and to blacksmithing. Is Mr. Riendeau still selling coal, in Mtl? Spent many happy years growing up & living there. Now retired, I moved away from the grinding politics of Que. regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 15 minutes ago, SLAG said: Welcome to the site and to blacksmithing. Is Mr. Riendeau still selling coal, in Mtl? Spent many happy years growing up & living there. Now retired, I moved away from the grinding politics of Que. regards, SLAG. Using my Google-fu it seems that there is still a "H Riendeau" company selling charcoal. I'll ask my mentor where he's getting his supplies. Good luck with the grinding politics this coming Fall Dom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Thanks, SLAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Yes Riendeau is still selling coal. I bought some from him a couple of years ago and Mathieu Colette told me when I was at the "Forges de Montréal" 2 years ago that they buy their coal from Riendeau. He si the last blacksmith coal dealer in Montréal. He has branched in charcoal distribution when the practice of heating with coal pasted. It is an old family business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 According to this Ontario blacksmith shop, you can also get good quality blacksmithing coal through Home Hardware, if the individual store is willing to order from him. http://www.thak.ca/supply/blacksmithing-coal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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