Over the years I’ve done a lot of commission work but this piece is now my favorite that I’ve done. This customer, who I’ve done work for previously, asked me to make her a Baltic Cross like one a family member of hers has. She provided me with pictures and the dimensions she was after
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I wrapped up my first every firewood stand. I’ve been wanting to make one for years now. Like so many things I’d love to do I just need someone to commission me for one and I finally got that chance. The goal was something simple and clean. Sheetmetal was used on the bottom to capture
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I’m going to talk about what I feel are the essential tools for beginner blacksmiths. I’m going to assume you’ve already got yourself a hammer, anvil, and forge. If not, and you’re just now looking to get into blacksmithing, then I do have an article covering how to get started blacksmithing which goes over these
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As someone who started their blacksmithing business in 2022, I’m not exactly an expert on the subject. However, I can tell you I’ve learned a lot and I wanted to share that with you. Sometimes I think the best articles on subjects like this are by those currently going through it while it’s still fresh
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I get a lot of phone calls from potential customers asking me to make things for them. The problem is that half of those phone calls are for items that a blacksmith doesn’t make. So, I thought I’d go over what a blacksmith is and what a blacksmith is not and answer the question of
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I have a friend who I’ve known since high school. We always end up doing the same hobbies because he gets into something, introduces it to me, and away we go. During Covid that friend took a beginner blacksmiths course. He wanted to show me what he learned so he had me and another friend
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Taking a blacksmithing class is something every smith should do whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran. At this time of writing this I have been blacksmithing for 3 years. Of that only the past year has been serious. By that I mean I’ve been trying to turn blacksmithing into a business where prior
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I think most of us have a vague idea of what hand-forged means but I thought I’d dive into the topic a bit to shed a little more light on it. Before I became a blacksmith or had any interest in the trade at all hand-forged just meant expensive. I knew it was an item
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I want to be clear that I’m not a master blacksmith. However, as a relative beginner blacksmith compared to many I’ve figured out a few things, and of course seen the great advice of better blacksmiths. That’s what I wanted to share with you today. Start Small There’s a reason we all tend to start
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Blacksmithing has received a lot of attention in recent years. Largely due to the show Forged in Fire. It’s helped bring this largely niche hobby and profession to the limelight and may even be the reason you’re here. I will state that bladesmithing (what you see in Forged in Fire) and traditional blacksmithing don’t share
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