[TheForge] Opinions & advice

[Jesse Seipel]

Dan, you are going to make me sound stupid here. :)  I realize what I have 
asked makes me sound like an over eager 12 year old, however, I assure you 
that is not the case.  Like a 12 year old, I have a strong desire to lean, 
although I am very in experienced and honestly am not sure who to talk to or 
what to study.  I know almost nothing about blacksmithing and I am on this 
mailing list to basicly tap into the many years of experience and vast 
knowledge of the most skilled smiths.  To clearly state my intentions here, 
I want to spend my reitrement (albeit many years from now) as a humble 
blacksmith in the mountains of Montana.  At to reach that time in my life I 
want to start now learing the trade, because although blacksmithing uses 
basicly the same tools as it always has, methodes and technology have and 
will continue to change.  I want to know as much as I can so that I spent my 
retirement smithing, rather than learing.  That being said, I will turn 25 
this November.  I have a wife and 2 children.  I have been working as a real 
estate appraiser for the past 5 years.  I don't like sounding like an idiot 
on this list, but I just dont know anything yet...so the only way to to gain 
the knowledge I seek is to ask.  I greatly appreciate all the help and 
wisdom that is offered.

~Jesse


>From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
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>Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] Opinions & advice
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:47:21 -0400
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>Jesse,
>How old are you?
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Seipel" <jsguardian at hotmail.com>
>To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 12:44 PM
>Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [TheForge] Opinions & advice
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>>Thank you Bruce.  I have another question  I don't think I can find the 
>>answer on ABANA.org.  I was wondering if any one on this email list does 
>>sword making and if they can tell me, from their perspective, what its 
>>like to be a sword maker and how lucritive(generally) it is.
>>
>>~Jesse
>>
>>
>>>From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
>>>Reply-To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Opinions & advice
>>>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:46:01 -0400
>>>
>>>Jesse,
>>>As anyone on this list would tell you, the FIRST thing you should do is
>>>to log onto ABANA.org and wend your way to the info on the local
>>>"affiliates" (formerly called chapters).  Find the one nearest you and
>>>contact them.  Participate as much as you can.
>>>Good luck,
>>>Bruce
>>>NJ
>>>
>>> >>> jsguardian at hotmail.com 6/23/2006 6:30:58 PM >>>
>>>Are there any smiths near Billings, MT?  I want to learn the art.
>>>Howerver,
>>>I have no one to lear from and not sure where to begin.  Any advice
>>>would be
>>>greatly appreciated.  At this point, I am stuck in Billings and unable
>>>to
>>>travel much and was hoping to find a smith nearby that I could learn
>>>from.
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>~Jesse
>>>
>>>
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