Pics from this weekend's Blacksmith class/ "primitive" school

[Joezilla]

This weekend I went up to Turtle island in the mtns of NC to cover a blacksmithing class, What a fabulous place!

 

[Joezilla]

These pictures do not do the place justice. I wish I took more pictures of the surrounding area.

 

[Joezilla]

For their kitchen

 

[C Bryant]

Awesome! I have been looking for something like that here for a long time. Very cool.

 

[kgd]

Great shots. That dog on the quilt is an amazing one!

 

[caine]

Joe thoses Knives are awesome who made them.

 

[absolutindian]

Looks awesome, that dog is gorgeous!

Do they provide regular classes? Are they on the web?

 

[jds1]

VERY cool photos Joe. What a great way to spend the day. That Nessmuck knife is one of the nicest that I've ever seen. Are those scales of elk?

Jeff

 

[tknife]

I wish they had stuff like that around here, that looks really fun.

 

[11x11x]

sweet place!

 

[Joezilla]

Jason Lonon, the axe maker, also made those out of L6. You can see his info in the nessmuk thread I posted.

Thanks for the great comments

http://www.turtleislandpreserve.com/

 

[mtnfolk mike]

wow.. awesome pics Joe... that looks like a great time for sure... i would love to attend a class like that one of these days... thnaks for sharing..:thumbup:

 

[cuphead]

dannnnnnnnnng... Looks like an awesome time, makes me wish we had some things going down like that up here. too much consumerism and not enough production left too many ppl without skills.

 

[TheGame]

Looks like a great time! The dog looks kinda freaky. Looks like it is going to attack you. Oh well, I guess a camera can make things appear different than they may seem.

 

[tonym]

Great Pics Joe, it looks like you and your girl had a great time!

Is that where you learned how to use a Froe?

 

[Joezilla]

yyup! sure was!!! Really neat tool!


That dog would attack you with sass, and then kisses. She was great! A little fireplug.

 

[j williams]

Good stuff man! Looks like a sweet class!!

 

[Bushman5]

POOOCHY!!!!!!

i love these dogs!

as for the shop and grounds, that is my kind of living! soon very soon.....

 

[sasha]

Oh man I would love to spend some time at that place learning to work metal... It would be soooo cool if there was a way for all of us from here to meet there for a week and each make his own knife.. Joe did you make a knife of your own ???? Or did you just walk around drolling over the fire??

Sasha