[TheForge] Opinions & advice

[Bruce Freeman]

Jesse,

Well, you've got a lot to learn, but there's no reason in principle you
can't learn it.

Knifemaking is a fairly high-skilled specialty of blacksmithing.  Learn
blacksmithing first.

Swordmaking is a fairly high-skilled specialty of knifemaking.  Learn
knifemaking first.

You get the picture.  Much to learn.  But if you enjoy yourself while
learning it, why not?

BTW, along the way you may find something you love even more than
swordmaking, and that's okay too.

Bruce
NJ
(Content to be a hack blacksmith.)

>>> jsguardian at hotmail.com 6/26/2006 1:14:48 PM >>>
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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>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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