[TheForge] Diffrent Goals was RE: New Member

[Sudden Service #5]

    Thanks for the warm welcome!  I have been a ABANA member off & on for
several years, but never made it to an event.  I am also older than my
introduction might make me sound (48 this month).  Over the years I have
done a little of most kinds of metal work.  While I really enjoy iron work,
the best is working with high karat gold or fine silver.  My goals are a
little different from most of the you on the list.  While I want to do
blacksmithing & other related metal work I am more interested in doing it in
as period of a method as I can reproduce.  The period & region of interest
for me is around 831 CE in the city of Birka, Sweden.  After I finish school
I want to make my living by doing period reproductions of metal works to
sell at cultural fairs, SCA & Regia events as well as traditional arts
shows.  I do have a forge already, but it is in storage down in GA at my
parents home, which I don't have a place to set up here in MA.  I am looking
at building a period forge once I can afford to buy some land in NH.  I will
post any information I manage to come up with.  (For those of you who are
interested in historic metal casting check out the following web site over
lunch  http://hem.passagen.se/anders.sberg/vikingbronze/vikingbronze.htm)
    WOW! Philip, I can hardly wait to see the writ ups of the classes they
are going to teach!  I'll have to schedule it where I will have some time to
attend classes.  Yep, now all I have to do is make sure I delegate well
enough to have every thing covered-like the cooking.  I am looking at around
500 lbs of charcoal for the event.  As long as there is a firewatch I don't
think it will be a problem.  There are no neighbors close enough to be
bothered by late night hammering.  However we will need to keep it down
after midnight so I can sleep.
Pax,
Jim/Olaf
----- Original Message ----- .
> Greetings Jim:
> You have latched onto a fine "hobby," with some good hearted and
> knowledgeable people here.  The only problem I have is when the subject
> has changed twice, but the subject line hasn't<G>.  Well, that and you
> will get a LOT of answers.  You can find forges relatively inexpensively
> if you look around, or can build your own with the info available on the
> web.  Once you get to strike the big metal, you may have a hard time
> going back to small stuff.
>
> Keep us up on your "advances."  Makes fine reading during lunch,
> and possibly we can point fingers and help.
>
> All the Best!!



> Kim skrev:
>
> > Holla, this is a neat place with a lot of info. I will try to get to the
> > event and drag John Husvar with me but it is a long time off . Hope to
see
> > you.
>
> I got news for you ;-) Johan knows he will be there, because if he isn't,
> Dire Consequences will ensue. He has also said that you'll be teaching a
> Damascus class. All we need to know is what materials you'll need, how
many
> you can teach at once, and if we put you on the list for charcoal- are you
> bringing your coal forge?
>
> If so, Olaf, we'll need three 50 lb bags, since I intend to keep all three
> forges busy through most of the weekend- I'll have two. My idea is, in
> addition to the formal classes, leaving the forges open so people can
> practice what they've learned. Since you said I'll be camping there,
they'll
> be supervised.
>
> Phlip