I have been notified this morning that Jerry Frost aka Frosty passed on yesterday,  That is all I know for now

Didn't see that coming, my deepest condolences to his family. 

Oh, my God. How terrible. 

Please keep us informed. 

This is heartbreaking. He was one of the greatest, most generous people- that is a tremendous loss for all of us.

He was one of a kind and I will miss him deeply.  My prayers are with Deb and family.

  Rest in peace Jerry.

It is with great regret, that I must inform you of the passing of a long standing and very active member of this forum. Jerry Frost of Big Lake Alaska, passed away in his sleep yesterday morning. Jerry was an inventive and always helpful smith, a great friend, and always looked out for others. Some young smiths know his name from the ‘frosty T burner’ which he invented and was tinkering with and improving for decades. Jerry is survived by his wife Deb, and the many lives he touched along the way.

I met Frosty on the anvilfire website when I was sixteen years old and looking for someone who would teach me forging, in 2000. Jerry offered to trade farm labor for forge training, and I’ve always thought I got the best of that deal. I learned as much hauling hay and building goat sheds as I did smithing. He sparked a lifelong love of forge work, and while I will never be a professional smith, I credit him with introducing me to a craft that I hope to keep on doing until I’m gone. He taught me to look at things from all perspectives, and to break down a task into its smallest parts, things that are the foundation of good engineering. He taught me to measure twice, cut once, and never try to catch hot iron. Good bye my curmudgeonly friend. 

What a shame.

I noticed his absence the last few days and chalked it up to weather.

He will be missed.

Let me end this with a Frosty quote because he always seemed to know what to say.

"Absent Companions"

Rest well Frosty.

Wow. I will ring the bell for him and send a prayer. 

Never got to meet face to face but he influenced and encouraged me to try and reach my potential just interacting here. And even though never actually met i considered him a friend. 

He will be missed. 

 

Not everyone dies with a legacy. His is the T-burner.

Pop back in to see whats up    Heavy news...  deepest Condolences

I was just starting to notice that he hadn't posted in a few days. That is such terribly sad news. A huge loss to not just this forum or the blacksmithing community, but the world.

Jerry was one of a kind with such varied knowledge, wisdom, experience and generosity. He was a huge inspiration to so many here. My condolences to Deb and the rest of his family, and prayers for peace.

Our community has suffered some significant losses over the last year or so. Another one crosses the rainbow bridge.

May we all keep swinging hammers in their memory and be as encouraging of new smiths as they have all been of us.

That is unexpected and horrible. Rest in peace. 

I will greatly miss Jerry's kindness, willingness to help and most of all his stories.  

Rest in peace Frosty.

 

Although my blacksmithing is more aspirational than actual (& thus I'm more of a lurker than contributor), I have admired Jerry and looked forward to his perspectives on a variety of topics. His very generous and kind hearted efforts to guide and educate belied his curmudgeonly persona. A gifted writer, his stories always brought a smile. Our conversations were only occasional, but I was touched when he signed off with "be well brother." I am going to miss you brother, may your spirit soar and may you rejoin many friends (both two- and four-legged!) as you cross the rainbow bridge!!

Absent companions indeed.

--Larry

I only joined this forum two weeks ago, but in that time Jerry was the first to meet me here with a warm welcome, and help me a great deal with my most recent build. I noticed that he hadn't responded in a while and I had just attributed it to bad weather, but...

Even in our recent conversations he mentioned missing absent friends. I'm sure he's met up with them again, but I'll miss him.

Jerry, today I'll ring the anvil in your honor. Rest in peace.

As I’m sitting with the knowledge of Frosty’s passing, I’m feeling a lot of what l felt with ThomasPowers left us: a sadness not only that he’s no longer here to offer his knowledge, wisdom, and experience, but also that I’ll not be able to share with him the progress l make on the projects I’ll be working on. He was a tireless coach, never afraid to push back on an idea that he found questionable, always willing to be convinced by a strong argument, and ever ready to apologize and make amends if he stepped over the line. I will miss consulting him, sparring with him, and celebrating with him our shared love of the blacksmith’s craft. 

Oh, My God! That is a gut punch!  It doesn't happen often but I find myself tearing up.  Part of that is that we will never get to meet face to face as we had planned to do at some point.  Even when he rambled I really enjoyed what Frosty had to say.  A huge hole has been ripped in our community.  LIfe goes on but it will not be the same without Frosty.

Mark his passing well, my friends, we will not see his like again.

I am sure that Thomas Powers was part of the welcoming committee on the other end of the Rainbow Bridge.

George

Does anyone know the Frost's mailing address?  I'd like to send Deb a sympathy card.

Oh wow. Did not see that one coming. 

Generously sharing his knowledge. Thanks Frosty for your years of sharing and helping others.

My condolances to his wife and friends.

I haven't logged on in a couple of days and this news is devastating. I am going into the Celtic garden to ring the anvil to ask for comfort be sent to Deb and family. I will surely miss the give and take Jerry and I had over the forum and several phone calls.

Prayer of departed

“Just close your eyes and you will see, All the memories that you have of me. Just sit and relax and you will find, I’m really still there inside your mind. Don’t cry for me now I’m gone, For I am in the land of song. There is no pain, there is no fear, so dry away that silent tear. Don’t think of me in the dark and cold, For here I am, no longer old. I’m In that place that’s filled with love, known to you all as ‘UP ABOVE’.”

May we meet again.

I can’t control the wind. All I can do is adjust my sails. ~Semper Paratus~ USCG 1964-1970

Much of what I would have said has already been said - which is a testament to its trueness.

There are plenty of things that will remind me of Frosty as time goes on - just as there are things that remind me of Thomas & of Glenn. I'll take comfort in that.

My thoughts go out to all those who knew him.

One thing we dont talk about publically here is the staff assignments.  but I am going to anyway.  Glenn and I both tried hard to get Jerry to be a Moderator here,  He refused, but still did the work of helping anytime he saw a need, just didn't want the title or the commitment, yet he did most of the job anyway,

No one asked him to create the burner of his, but as we all know he put a lot into that and shared it freely. 

He spent a lot of his time when he wasnt with this dogs, helping the membership here, He will be missed

Jerry lives on in each and every person here whos got to know and exchange thoughts, he was very busy on the ABANA email list as well.. 

Super knowledgeable and one of the few that I would probe for information because of his background and interests.. 

Kind and stubborn, which is a unique combination, kept him coming back to the school build thread and other posts of mine..  We have had a bunch of personal messages over the years, which have been very much food for thought..    

Thomas, Glenn, Frosty, as well as a few others here that I would consider friends and I have/will miss.. 

Blessings, hugs and love.. 

Jerry was a guest on a podcast 10 years ago.  I didn't know there was a blacksmithing podcast, though many of Jerry's stories have been posted here before. 

 

 

Wow! That was a shock! 

Such a generous and interesting man.
I had great fun building my forges over the years, with his inputs and suggestions of materials and techniques to try, along the way.
It's going to be a much quieter IFI without him. 
He will be greatly missed!

RIP my friend.