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Well, as my name suggests, I am a blacksmith who works in my backyard. I have been working as a blacksmith for about two years, and apprenticed under Jim Gardner. I live in Kennesaw GA. First is my coal-burning forge and anvil:  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. The bucket underneath is what i transport and hold coal in for the day. The black pan underneathcatches the oil that falls out of the hand cranked bellows. My 90 pound anvil is on the left. My anvil is really rusty because it rained the night before i took the picture. Here is some stuff I have made:  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. a tomahawk made out of a ball-pean hammer.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. A knife made out of a rail road spike. The blade is about 60-62 Rockwell, which is pretty hard. I did a layering of two steels to make it extremely hard without being brittle.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. Here is a work in progress of a chainmail gauntlet I have been working on. Sorry for the pic quality, but i have a terrible camera.  I have made a ton of other things, and if you are interested, just say so and I'll post more pics. I also smith while wearing my utilikilt. ninja edit: unlike Third Murderer's stuff, my stuff is not meant to look good, except for a rugged utilitarian sort of beauty. Just to get the job done. Great job, fellow Blacksmiths! I did not know so many goons were into blacksmithing.  edit2: pic resizing. edit3: i am really terrible at using computers. only one click for big. sorry. Edit4:Think i fixed it! blunt for century fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Jul 16, 2008 |
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Slung Blade posted:Awesome stuff man. I would be very interested, but obviously I should not be the one to start it, unless I can figure out this whole image formatting thing. I'm gonna give it another go today.
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Slung Blade posted:Where did you get your anvil? (nice emblem by the way) It looks fairly old. Also, what's with the yellow paint? The 'yellow paint' is actually rust from it being rained on the previous night. I usually scrape it off with a wire brush before smithing, but this was only a picture. It rusts really fast, as Georgia is really humid. I use bituminous coal, which I convert to coke, for better results. My dad got 200 pounds of it somewhere, for Christmas. I was using hardwood charcoal beforehand. I am the only person I know who is happy to get coal at Christmas.  I got the anvil for my birthday from my dad, who is really into my blacksmithing. The anvil stand is a few 4"x4"s that I nailed together. Wood makes the best stands for anvils; something to do with shock absorption. You can get really good anvils from Centaur Forge, and Anvil Brand Shoe company. Do not buy anvils from Northern Tool, as they are cast-iron crap, do not buy chinese anvils, r indian anvils; the steel is terrible on both. The anvil in my picture is chinese, but I use a russian one primarily. If you cannot afford an anvil, go hiking around your local rail road tracks, as they usually have 1' sections of rail lying around. This is what I used as my first anvil. If you have any more questions, just ask! fake edit: Should I open up an A/T forum about this, or is a smithing smithing megathread availiable?
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