[TheForge] first fire

[salvatore cassisi]

Thats the spirit! Best of luck to you.
S. Cassisi
On Aug 26, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Bob wrote:

> After 30 years, I have a smithy set up in my back yard. Simple steel 
> table with a firepot and a blower, 260 lb southern German style anvil 
> on an elm stump, a hammer, a pair of tongs and 100 lbs of coal. Made 
> my first tool today (fire poker/coal rake). Hammer control after 30 
> years of not smithing is weak but will improve with daily work.
>
> I've wanted to do this since I was 18. I had some experience at the 
> Fort Snelling restoration 3 decades ago in Minneapolis. Did some nails 
> (about 900) and learned to forge weld.
>
> I'm back in the game and enjoying it. This is a great list and i hoist 
> a beer to you all.
>
> Bob Brashear
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