I recently got a chance to introduce a young man to Blacksmithing.
A friend mentioned his Dad was aliling- we got to talking about his grand dad who passed when he was a boy. His Grandfather came through Ellis Island- lost his last name in the process - given a new "American" name and he knew very little about his heritage. He mentioned that the grandfather worked in the Phily shipyards and collected all sorts of tools. I offered to forge a hawk from a old ball peen if he could locate one in the stuff his Dad had inherited.
His son got a chance to do some of the initial forging- He will get it back this weekend - just in time for his first deer hunt. Hopefully he can bring it home with a nice deer for his Grandfather who isn't able to make it out.
A friend mentioned his Dad was aliling- we got to talking about his grand dad who passed when he was a boy. His Grandfather came through Ellis Island- lost his last name in the process - given a new "American" name and he knew very little about his heritage. He mentioned that the grandfather worked in the Phily shipyards and collected all sorts of tools. I offered to forge a hawk from a old ball peen if he could locate one in the stuff his Dad had inherited.
His son got a chance to do some of the initial forging- He will get it back this weekend - just in time for his first deer hunt. Hopefully he can bring it home with a nice deer for his Grandfather who isn't able to make it out.
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