Meadowgrove Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 (edited) Oh, great. Thanks @JHCC. That xxxxxx song has been looping in my head for the past month or so, got it out of my system just yesterday. Here we go again, and again. And again! Edited November 8, 2017 by Mod34 Edited for inappropriate language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 It's a small world after all! It's a small world after all! It's a small small world! did that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 The difference between a blacksmith and a farrier is directly proportional to the difference between a knife fighter and a cardiac surgeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 "My best advice for knifemaking [is to] resist the urge to make a knife for as long as you can." -- @Charcold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 50 minutes ago, JHCC said: "My best advice for knifemaking [is to] resist the urge to make a knife for as long as you can." -- Pure, unadulterated blasphemous heresy, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Eppur si muove or if your prefer: res ipsa loquitur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 “There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman,” Walter Gropius founder of the Bauhaus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Eppur si muove ... attributed to Galileo as a statement of defiance against the establishment, and discredited as not authentic for a long time, may be actually true. It certainly fits Galileo's character, the father of the scientific method, and should be adopted as a motto by those who object to any false hypothesis supported for conformity. Another in the vein of blacksmithing and bias is this :"The locksmith is the guilty one, but the blacksmith hangs.: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 A good anvil should last well beyond the service life of the blacksmith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Delaney Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 12/2/2013 at 10:21 PM, thingmaker3 said: Everything in a blacksmith shop is either heavy or sharp or hot. Most things in a blacksmith shop are at least two of those. If the Earth and your work are trying to get a closer look at each other, it is best to LET THEM. That's great, never try to catch a falling gun, knife or hot metal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Yes it would be nice to have 5 weekends and 2 work days in a week. But we have to work with what we have available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Darrell Delaney said: That's great, never try to catch a falling gun, knife or hot metal! ANYTHING, especially if it's heavy! Just step back and pick it up once it's stopped moving. Anymore the only falling things I try catching are fragile valuables, say a china cup, a baby, etc. I don't heal as fast as I used to so its gotta be worth it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 The only big heavy hot thing that I try to catch when it's falling is Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, Daswulf said: The only big heavy hot thing that I try to catch when it's falling is Me. Not Elizabeth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Well, ok her too. I was just bein funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 "I know enough to be dangerous" ~ MotoMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I've got that beat, I know I know enough to be dangerous so I'm always careful. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Foran Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 "If you hit your hand with a hammer while wearing gloves.... it still hurts." -Paul Street Still true to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 "The problem isn't the problem, but is the attitude you have about the problem" don't know who said that one. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Well, Marcus Aurelius said in his Meditations, "Of every particular thing, inquire 'What is this, in its own construction?'" In other words, respond to the thing itself, not to how you feel about the thing or what you think the thing is, but what it ACTUALLY is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something idiotproof, is to underestimate the ingenuity of idiots." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I know enough to be dangerous, just not when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 In the New Mexico summer we take stock off the scrap pile using tongs and stick it in the forge to cool down... Thomas Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelfire Forge Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, Glenn said: In the New Mexico summer we take stock off the scrap pile using tongs and stick it in the forge to cool down... Thomas Powers Spent 3 years down there. Xxxx is such a nice cool place, in comparison. Edited December 5, 2017 by Mod34 Edited for inappropriate language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 A forge is just a hole in the ground raised to a convenient working height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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