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Forged in fire event!
- Thread starter Ernie1980
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Looks like fun.
Prester John
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Cool! Looks like a blast.For those of you that are interested, this event is going to be this weekend! My wife and I are hosting one of the Smiths, so I will get to talk knives all weekend
Bellville is about an hour outside of Houston.
meako
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Would that be a..
Blast...furnace?....
I had a go at hammering last weekend at a place called Portland NSW
It was a gathering of Australian Leather craft and blacksmithing.
In the 1902 cement works disused power station...and it was 4 degC for those who think Australia is a warm sunny beach
Beautiful old building in much need of repair and tlc
A lot of good stuff comes from Leeds @Jack Black ...this gantry crane was installed in the 1890s!....
There were 3 forges working...1 gas and 2 coal with bellows...doing wrought iron.
I did a sheath for the knife I made in 2011.
Solid.A viking knife.I ground it at my Dads linisher afterwards.The newly born Bluetongue was on the factory floor behind some cardboard.. I imagine the burst of activity in the normally deserted buildings and grounds caused a disturbance and drove it out of its hiding place...way too cold for it to be out and about....so against all the rules I rescued it.
A bit rough round the edges...but the knife I made isnt too bad .In the pic on my bookshelf can be seen a wrought iron candle holder I bought for the Countesses birthday.
All up the show wasnt huge...it was the first one so hoping it grows...Next stop IronFest at the end of April in nearby Lithgow.
Cheers.
Enjoy forged in fire
Ernie1980
Blast...furnace?....
I had a go at hammering last weekend at a place called Portland NSW
It was a gathering of Australian Leather craft and blacksmithing.
In the 1902 cement works disused power station...and it was 4 degC for those who think Australia is a warm sunny beach
Beautiful old building in much need of repair and tlc
A lot of good stuff comes from Leeds @Jack Black ...this gantry crane was installed in the 1890s!....
There were 3 forges working...1 gas and 2 coal with bellows...doing wrought iron.
I did a sheath for the knife I made in 2011.
Solid.A viking knife.I ground it at my Dads linisher afterwards.The newly born Bluetongue was on the factory floor behind some cardboard.. I imagine the burst of activity in the normally deserted buildings and grounds caused a disturbance and drove it out of its hiding place...way too cold for it to be out and about....so against all the rules I rescued it.
A bit rough round the edges...but the knife I made isnt too bad .In the pic on my bookshelf can be seen a wrought iron candle holder I bought for the Countesses birthday.
All up the show wasnt huge...it was the first one so hoping it grows...Next stop IronFest at the end of April in nearby Lithgow.
Cheers.
Enjoy forged in fire
Ernie1980
Prester John
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Sounds like a great weekend, Jon. Viking knives are cool.Would that be a..
Blast...furnace?....
I had a go at hammering last weekend at a place called Portland NSW
It was a gathering of Australian Leather craft and blacksmithing.
In the 1902 cement works disused power station...and it was 4 degC for those who think Australia is a warm sunny beach
Beautiful old building in much need of repair and tlc
A lot of good stuff comes from Leeds @Jack Black ...this gantry crane was installed in the 1890s!....
There were 3 forges working...1 gas and 2 coal with bellows...doing wrought iron.
I did a sheath for the knife I made in 2011.
Solid.A viking knife.I ground it at my Dads linisher afterwards.The newly born Bluetongue was on the factory floor behind some cardboard.. I imagine the burst of activity in the normally deserted buildings and grounds caused a disturbance and drove it out of its hiding place...way too cold for it to be out and about....so against all the rules I rescued it.
A bit rough round the edges...but the knife I made isnt too bad .In the pic on my bookshelf can be seen a wrought iron candle holder I bought for the Countesses birthday.
All up the show wasnt huge...it was the first one so hoping it grows...Next stop IronFest at the end of April in nearby Lithgow.
Cheers.
Enjoy forged in fire
Campbellclanman
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Knife looks awesome my friend!!! well done, what a Knife to have such a connection to!
Nice rescue on the wee Lizard as well.
Nice rescue on the wee Lizard as well.
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Day one was a blast! Here is a picture of all the bladesmiths together after they did a question and answer session.
The weather held off for us and we will have another day of fun tomorrow!
meako
- hopefully I will take the time to work on something like what you made tomorrow, one of the Smiths offered me his furnace so I could work
I saw @losmyself there, anyone else make it today?
The weather held off for us and we will have another day of fun tomorrow!
meako
- hopefully I will take the time to work on something like what you made tomorrow, one of the Smiths offered me his furnace so I could workI saw @losmyself there, anyone else make it today?
JSutter
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Yup. I didn’t make it to all the booths today (Saturday), but they had some awesome sharp & pointy things there. And the question & answer (and stories) session was fun. There are some characters in that group, gotta love it.
Here is another pic of most of the bladesmiths, right before Q&A
Here is another pic of most of the bladesmiths, right before Q&A