Driveway blacksmithing

[txpitdog]

Driveway blacksmithing

WOW! That is awesome!! That young man is doin' it right! Good on you dad for helping and supporting him! Sure beats sitting on the couch playin' video games! That is so cool!

Thanks! He and I were laughing while doing it that he had a gift card to Game Stop but instead of going to get a video game he wanted to go to Triple S Steel and pick out material.

I gotta say again that I would have never even thought of all this when I was 11, much less been allowed to try it. So at 43 I am having just as much fun learning as he is, only I get to help guide him for opportunities later in life. Definitely way cool. [emoji41][emoji1303][emoji1317]

[txpitdog]

It will cut.

Don’t you mean “Eet weel cut”? [emoji16]

[mikeyb_23]

Where do you buy a forge like that?

[Lethal Injection]

Very cool, my son got into it this year as well and looks like we got him the same forge. Picked up a box of railroad spikes and he has been hammering away, his first knife was pretty crude but actually turned out very sharp and he used it to cut up steak that night.

Have since picked up a cheap anvil and it has made a huge difference over hammering on a piece of plate.

[sierracharlie338]

Very cool wish I started making knives at 11!!


Sierracharlie out…

[Lethal Injection]

First knife.

[Lethal Injection]

eBay had several different propane forges.

[txpitdog]

eBay had several different propane forges.

That’s where we got it. Laredo Blacksmithing or something like that. I think it was $160 or $170. Small but well made.

[tomcat8910]

That is cool!

[Charles]

Very cool

[Rubberdown]

Want me to ask my tree guy neighbor for a chunk of oak trunk to mount the anvil to? Chain it to the trunk and you are good to go!


Edit: added link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=313s&v=aoToTcmVNqQ

[PBFrijoles]

Want me to ask my tree guy neighbor for a chunk of oak trunk to mount the anvil to? Chain it to the trunk and you are good to go!


Edit: added link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=313s&v=aoToTcmVNqQ

A good buddy of mine did this for his anvil but added some heavy duty locking casters so he and his son can wheel it around. He also used some heavy duty lag bolts to secure it to the stump. Nail some leather strips around it to hold hammers and other forging tools.



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[BigThicketBoy]

Good to see these young men wanting to learn the old skills.
Ol dad may learn something's also.[emoji106]

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[jbowman612]

Very cool

[BlackHogDown]

That looks like a ton of fun. Good job, Dad.