January 20, 200917 yr Just a big thanks to Dale Russell, Wesburn Victoria Australia for showing me and my kids his setup and giving us all some tutorage on the basics of Blacksmithing. His generousity and patience (with me and the kids ) was a credit to him and the art itself. My kids have not stopped displaying there pieces of work to whoever visits nor have they stopped chanting 123 turn 123 turn, all great fun look forward to some more, thanks heaps Dale cheers Bully
January 20, 200917 yr Dale is a great guy, post some pictures here of the young folks projects... see ya around IFI James
January 23, 200917 yr Bully , thanks ( i'll get a BIG( er ) head now ) Mate , twas my pleasure , you took everything i said & showed you & put it to practice straight away . From fire tending to hammer control a MARKED IMPROVEMENT at the end of the day And as for the young blokes , mate i got as much of a kick outta showin' ( & helpin' ) them as they did Althou i did " spoil you at the end by lettin' you try Thumper " Get that gear i gave you together & let me know when & i'll pop around ta your dig's & we'll beat some iron ( & yes your missus has ta try too ) Dale Russell
January 23, 200917 yr Dang, now I gotta fly to Aussie land to meet this guy!! Always been one of my dreams to get over there, and knowing that a good guy who also is a smith is there, well, guess I gotta go!!
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