I've been reading for a while now and have been learning alot from the wealth of experience and knowledge here. I figured I ought to join up and introduce myself. I'm 31, from Louisiana, and haven't played blacksmith since I was about 8 years old with a claw hammer and a piece of rr track. I made my first (and last) "knife" from an old nail and wrapped intertube for a handle. It was quite crude of course but I wish I still had it, unfortunately I dropped it in the bayou about a week later. Fast forward a few years and I took up arc welding as a hobby and still enjoy that today. But I've always wanted to learn how to forge, so thats why I'm here.:)

Good and welcome. This is a fun place.
From yer name, you must be in the automotive trade. I done that for over 35 yrs.
Fill in the location at the top of the page so we know where you're from.

Welcome, if you want to learn about blacksmithing then you came to the right place.
If you've been reading for a while then you probably already know this but we love pictures, so as you aquire stuff and get started show us what you got and how your making out + it's easier for us to help you solve problems if we can see it.

welder19

Great to have you here. Hope we can be of service to you.

Spot on with my occupation! Most people don't decipher that. I've been doing paintless dent repair since I got out of high school, so I work with sheet metal every day. I don't get to swing my hammer hard enough at my day job though!
Thanks for the warm welcome guys. Speaking of pictures and problems, If you will see my thread in the blacksmithin forum " An anvil, maybe".
Again, thanks for the help.
Dntfxr