A Visit To Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

[Rhinoknives1]

Jack,
Hello and thank you kindly for taking the time to photograph and write about this historic place in England.
It is now on my A list to visit if I and the mrs. make it over there?

There is some of a resurgence of craftsman & artisans and I hope it continues!

Thanks again and put a nice big stone aside for me too!

 

[Jack Black]

Jack,
Hello and thank you kindly for taking the time to photograph and write about this historic place in England.
It is now on my A list to visit if I and the mrs. make it over there?

There is some of a resurgence of craftsman & artisans and I hope it continues!

Thanks again and put a nice big stone aside for me too!

Definitely Laurence If you ever get over, please get in touch, and I'll be happy to show you around.

Jack

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Jack,
Thanks for the kind offer. My wife lived in England and worked for the Britsh council as a EFL teacher. Originally from Mexico city she taught english to foreign students there.
We may make it back to see the sites. She said she will won't go in the winter! lol.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack,
Thanks for the kind offer. My wife lived in England and worked for the Britsh council as a EFL teacher. Originally from Mexico city she taught english to foreign students there.
We may make it back to see the sites. She said she will won't go in the winter! lol.

It sounds like your wife has sense Laurence!

I used to teach EFL in France many years ago.

Hope to meet up sometime, and in the meantime I'll try to share what I can here

 

[jon_slider]

Thanks for the fantastic photos and history lesson Jack!

Imagine spending a few hours a day hanging out over a spinning stone with sparks shooting into the air

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stones get used up, the grit flies everywhere

this guy gets to do tong lifts all day, 90 pound white hot ingots being lifted directly out of the furnace that needs to achieve over 1600 degrees to make crucible steel

very interesting overshoe, I had never seen those before:

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for the fantastic photos and history lesson Jack!

Thanks Jon, I'll be back there again tomorrow with Duncan.

very interesting overshoe, I had never seen those before:

Me neither, surprising really when you consider how long they endured, and until comparitively recently. The blacksmith was actually doing some work for a student doing some sort of fashion-related PhD. He said he was learning a few things trying to make them as they were in the past.

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Jon,
I sit in front of a platen or wheel with sparks flying for about 5 hours a day. its fun! lol
I see you live in California? If you are near me and want to stop by and talk and see some sparks and maybe grind a knife? Give me a P.M.

 

[jon_slider]

If you are near me and want to stop by and talk and see some sparks and maybe grind a knife?

thanks Laurence, Im up in Santa Cruz, a bit too far, but thanks for the warm invitation.

Congratulations on your labor of love making and sharpening Knives

really enjoying learning more about English Crucible steel, as well as Japanese Tamahagane,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckrycABiJDE&feature=youtu.be&t=1m43s
and other cultures use of Damascus.

the ulfberht video was particularly fascinating to me, as it places crucible damascus steel in Europe 700 years before Sheffield started making crucible steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQGuAJgAtOA&feature=youtu.be&t=16m7s

 

[mrjefe2u]

Thanks and a good read, Jack.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Thank you Jack for the informative read. It looks to be a great place to visit.