[TheForge] first fire

[dan at irontreeworks.com]

Rob,
  I bought my first forge/anvil/hammers/tongs 10 years ago.  I set it up in my
garage and called my best friend and said, "I just got a forge and anvil.  Come
over!  We're gonna pretend we're blacksmiths".  We had one 12 foot peice of 1/4
inch sqaure rod. We tried to make a spoon. After 5 hours we were out of coal,
and we had something about 8 inches long that required a lot of imagination to
call a fork...LOTS OF IMAGINATION! :)

Welcome back!!  May your anvil never need redressing!!!  :)

Dan
www.irontreeworks.com

Quoting Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net>:

> Congratulations! Happy forging!
> By the way, where are you located?
>
> Rob
> Wichita, Kansas
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:44 PM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] first fire
>
> 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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