How Many Smiths Have we got on This site????

[Roaring Bull]

gonna hafta get that one for the wildbull.......wants to be a blacksmith more than he wants anything else I think.

[Pitchy]

Thumper, I don`t know why i didn`t put a hardy hole peg on it to begin with. I must have half a doozen bending jigs that all mount in the anvil. Ya know how it is sometimes ya make something for yourself and never finish it. 

[FrankG]

Check this out my Bovine bud !

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC04148873&id=whgLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Blacksmithing&ie=ISO-8859-1#PRA2-PA66,M1

[Roaring Bull]

gonna show that to the jr bovine!

[Thumper]

By the way Pitch, yeah, I'm real familiar with "almost" completing project's for myself...instantly useable is sometimes good enough....alterations at a later date after I almost injure myself LOL!

[standingwolf]

standing wolf here from north wilkesboro nc.
Been blade smithin since 2003 just startedblacksmithin bout a year and a half ago. Like to do primitive knives neo tribal style mostly but if sumbody wants a shiny un Ill ablige. Wanted to make more stuff so got to blacksmithin. Then came the first blackpowder rifle and now IM a junky cant get enough.
2010 is gonna bring the first mountain man rendzvous to nc so I am tryn to learn all I can b4 then.   you guys have a great site.

[FrankG]

Welcome to the madness , I can tell ya it dont get better just worse  I drifted away once a few years back and had a relapse worse than ever 

[Thumper]

Howdy standingwolf!! Lot's o' irons in the fire on this forum, throw in as many more as you want!!

[Steven9851]

Welcome to the fire Standingwolf

[Stumblin Wolf]

Thumper, that gun stand is awesome! Ya done good!

[heatherhistorian]

You guys are very talented!! :)

[Thumper]

Thanks Stumblin' wolf. If you ever go to make one use 5/8ths and 1/2" (for the prongs and accents), stock as a minimum.

[Thumper]

Ooops, that was 9/16ths, not 5/8ths

[Stumblin Wolf]

Thanks for the clarification! I was thinking 5/8's would be awful heavy. I make tripods from 5/8's and its all my skinny butt can do to bend it!

[Thumper]

Ditto...9/16th's is my max by hand when cold when I need to match pieces. Did that sentence make sense?