A chronicle of my attempts to create an early clock using only traditional techniques.
Monday, November 17, 2003
Well, haven't had much forge time recently. Mundane life keeps getting in the way. On the road for most of the next 4 weeks. However, one of those weeks is visiting family. I am taking the forge to do some playing around while I am visiting parents for Thanksgiving. I hope to also make some gifts for family while I am practicing. I was thinking of doing some 16th-17th century boot scrapers.
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Is there any tips you'd give to a new comer to the proffesion?
LOL...
Funny you should ask. This is a story I frequently tell people when they ask me about blacksmithing. When I was just starting, I had a business trip to Washington DC. When I get to DC, I will often visit Colonial Williamsburg. On this particular trip, I happened to be talking to one of the more experienced smiths at Williamsburg and I asked him if there was one tip that he could give a new blacksmith, what would it be. He thought for just a moment and said, "Do not use gloves for the first 6 months of blacksmithing." I found that odd, I already knew that the metal was frequently hot enough that it was uncomfortable to work unless I was using gloves so I asked him why. He said, "Because nothing will teach you faster not to grab hot metal."
Before I can give you tips or guidance, what is your experience. Completely new? Tried a few things? Blacksmithing is like most crafts. You can learn a lot from books but you know nothing until you try it first hand... :)
not a thing do i know.
i will be getting alot of help as soon as i actually get metal to work with. I need armor >_<
hey! what kingdom are you in? im jsut not looking for it, im lazy. lol. wanna talk?
~K
I'm off in the principality (soon to be kingdom) of Northshield ^_^.. And where be you from?
heh... *thought kyndasorta was actually bomlin posting again*
next time i really ought to look at the name of the journal before presuming you meant me ^_^
I live in Trimaris, originally from Midrealm. Tiene, if you are looking for armor, blacksmithing is not the way to go. Most armor is made cold. That is, the metal is not heated, just pounded a lot... :) The Best of Hammer books (four volumes in all...) are a great resource, if you can find them.
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