Tag: Blacksmithing
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Current Events
November 11, 2025 On this blustery, snowy, icy Veteran’s Day, I am inside looking out. There is much to do, but I am just being grateful for our service members past and present, of which I am one. Thanks you to all. Murtagh, in the photo above, sports a new…
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Forging Into 2024
February 10, 2024 I am working through a bunch of changes here on the farm. We sold 99% of our butchering equipment. I am turning our old meat cutting room into a forge shop for my blacksmithing hobby. I will have more room to teach and share with others as…
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On The Move
I am working on moving into my retro-fitted building that will become my new forge shop. I am taking my time and hanging old tools and such up on my walls. Many of the tools belonged to my great grandfather. Some of the stuff I have gathered over time from…
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Around the Fire
January 6, 2020 Our current weather can be explained in just one word…mud. The temperatures have been mostly warm (40’s F), but very unseasonable. We get frequent rain showers instead of our usual winter snows. Some folks are happily saying, ” at least we don’t have to shovel rain.” As…
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Demonstration
January 2, 2019 I want to thank the folks at “Tiller’s International” in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Those guys teach classes on all sorts of old skills from blacksmithing to barrel making, timber framing and tin smithing. The instructors give a very good foundation for learning. I took classes there for blacksmithing…
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Spring Chores
May 8, 2018 Our spring continued to be evasive. Long hours and too many days at my off farm job has caused delays in getting into the fields. It’s no big deal. The soil is just starting to warm and dry enough to work it anyway. I am spending time…
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Making Old, New Again
September 19, 2017 It is a wonderful feeling to take something old and make it new again. In the photo above an old Leg Vice is pictured. I bought this thing years ago for $75.00. It was buried in dirt and covered in rust and cobwebs. My wife was pretty…
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Forging Ahead
September 17, 2017 I continue to heal and am starting to get around a little. I sit a lot and move slow, but mostly in a forward direction! Progress is slow but steady. I have been working in my old shop. I am slowly turning it into a forge room.…
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