Glenn Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 It's hard to run the business when you're making the business run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I will never reach the limit of the tools in my shop. ~icandry “practice makes permanent.” ~JHCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADHD-forge Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 it's a hammer your supposed to hit with it not tickle with it (my response to co workers) in dutch, das nen hamer ge moet daar me kloppen niet knuffelen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 its a hammer and your'e supposed to hit something with it not hug or tickle it. ADHD-Forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Glenn said: its a hammer and your'e supposed to hit something with it not hug or tickle it. ADHD-Forge That was Tickle WITH it, Glenn, not tickle it. Blacksmiths. . . SHEESH! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Insanity is asking a blacksmith the same question and expecting to get the same answer.~ Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hoover Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Why should I buy it for $10.00 when I can forge it for $100? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 That's the spirit! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker B Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Some favorite pearls from my grandfather “can’t weld without coke and you can’t make coke without wet coal” ”quit fighting the tongs, make them fit or make some new ones” “Quit being an engineer, simple heat treats better” ”god gave you a brain and a strong back, you’ll live longer using the first one” ”give it a try, but put the Dexta and the square bailer in the shop so we make the most out of the insurance when you burn the place down” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Welcome aboard Tinker B, glad to have you. Sounds like you have a fun Grandfather, we'd probably get along at the coffee shop. I like funnin with people too. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Nothing will teach you how to forge iron like forging iron. ~ anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 Noting's too nerdy for blacksmiths. Frosty the Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VainEnd84 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Many get confused and think we are making an object or item.. ( making a bolt, or tongs, or a handle).. Truth is we are making a skill set applicable every where.. jlpservices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn II Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Very true indeed. At a working history museum I volunteer at, we keep a small supply of items on stock for sale: dinner bell triangles, steak turners, duplex nail swords, and a variety of S hooks. Often times I'll just start by drawing a taper or deburring the end of a freshly snipped piece of 5/16" square stock and someone will ask, "What are you making?" At this point in the process, I really hadn't decided, unless the master Smith has suggested we are currently low on an item. So I tell them, "Anything you want to buy!" Usually get a strange look followed by, "Hey, can you make a such and such?" "Maybe. Never tried." Is my typical response, followed quickly with, "If you have 30 minutes, Let's find out together! If I can't, it cost you nothing but some time." So many "items" involve the same basic methods. Even the most complex concepts draw on the knowledge of previously learned and mastered basics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "I could tell you; but then I'd have to sell it to you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 me favorite question from people .. Is that real fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I like to have a piece of scrap wood near the forge and when some parent tells their kid it's really fake, casually place the hot end on the wood and let the smoke and fire spurt! Now I have faked it once; when the MatSci club at the local University had a float in the "Homecoming-like" parade and wanted "forging". We had dry ice and water to make the smoke and sprayed the ends of the stock with red orange and yellow paint. They were really impressed with I did the "Shave and a haircut---2 bits" on the anvil with a light hammer. (I learned it from Emmert Studebaker when he was in his 90's) Anyway we won the "Music" award for our float... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hephaestus Smith Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 How to be a professional blacksmith in 3 easy steps, step 1: heat it. Step 2 Hit it. Step 3 Sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Common sense is like deodorant, those that need it the most never use it. Irondragon Forge & Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Boy that was quick Glenn. What's this deodorant of which you speak? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Nothing that smells like flowers LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I thought coal smoke WAS deodorant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Coal smoke is more like a fragrance, cologne or even a pheromone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hoover Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 May not have been directed to forging in particular, but a bit of wisdom my dad always said, which stuck with me was 'repetition breeds routine'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 “Never take heavy metals lightly.” JHCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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