Blacksmithing

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. Definition of a Blacksmith According […]

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

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 to that it was a hobby I did for a few hours every few months. While I can

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

I want to be clear that I’m not a master blacksmith. However, as a relative beginner 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 off

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