Dragons lair Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Sweany, My Websters defines flexible as being capable of being bent. (grin) Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyknives Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 youtube i watched it a tone and learned how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My first exposure was in 1959 at age 6 during the Oregon Centennial. At a small ferry crossing town on the Willamette River (Independence), a blacksmith was making rings out of horseshoe nails for something like 25 cents. Fascinating. That was the seed. Also watched a smith make steak turners at a living history demonstration, and though I could learn to do that. But it wasn't until I got a copy of Tim Lively's "Knifemaking Unplugged" that I realized how easy it was to make a simple charcoal forge. Not long after, I ran into an old No. 40 Champion blower, and I was soon ready to heat and mash metal on a Russian-made cast steel Harbor Freight anvil (not the Chinese cast iron ASO.) I am still a crude beginner, but have a Diamondback forge on the way and just built a forge table and mounted my old leg vise. Also have a reconditioned 120-pound Trenton anvil, and plan to get a few more basic tools to expand my limited repertoire. Love this Web site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drako11 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Well I have always been interested in the times of old from ancient Greece, to Rome, from Knights in Shining armor, to the Revolution. I was watching alot of videos on YouTube about smithing and how to make knives and such. Stumbled on a video of a guy making a knife with a home made grill forge. We had an old grill sitting behind the house, ran out and bought some concrete and galvanized pipe and set the grill up as a forge. Found an avil, some ball pien hammers, a few wrenches and away I went. I have only been forging for a couple weeks, but I love it! Probably not going to turn it into a career, but will most likely be a life long hobby. ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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