Trying my hand at blacksmithing!

[Dreadhead]

Wow this month has gone by fast working on a farm in norway. They have a decent forge here and i received an hours tuition from the blacksmith before he left. The rest was left up to me, and i have been allowed to use the forge at my whim so i have been slowly getting aquainted with this iron beating malarky

First i made a door hook. Then some pendants: a trollcross (need protection from trolls in norway!) and some thors hammers. Then i started a knife blade in a seax style with a flat cutting edge (though it went a bit wonky when i hammered the bevels so need more work). the other day i made a large pot hook for the farm here, and last night i made myself a smaller pot hook and a belt buckle. I may get to spend a few more hours in the forge tonight as it is our last night on the farm before we head to sweden but thought i would share some pictures of my efforts whilst i have a good internet connection

I must say i am loving this! It is so strange coming from leatherwork to blacksmithing but the possibilities are just as endless and i now have a passion for hammering iron as much as carving leather. And now i can make buckles and whatnot i can combine both. I hope i can get access to another forge over the next year but either way i will build one in the future to pursue this superb craft. hats off to all the incredible blacksmiths here it is much harder than it looks!

Hamish

 

[Clouston98]

Great work, I love the pot hangers!

 

[mark stotesbury]

LOVE IT !! Once the bug bites its happy days nice work

 

[Zingmo]

Fantastic work. You're going to need a bigger boat...

Z

 

[Stringmaker]

Nice work; how will you get an anvil in your hand luggage?

 

[Dannytsg]

Great work. I am very envious

 

[Big Stu 12]

WOW. Hamish... as always you come out on top.... my iron work is just functional... wish I was that good.. Keep it up bud

 

[ozzy1977]

Great job, well done

 

[JohnC]

Quite something, very nice work.. If that's on an hours tuition, it'll be something to see your work once you've got into it!!

 

[Ecoman]

Wow now you are a man with many talents :notworthy

 

[Everything Mac]

Very respectable mate. Your curves are nice and even. and not a stray hammer mark to be seen. Very tidy indeed matey.

They've some good smiths in Norway, learn what you can from them.

All the best
Andy

 

[sandbender]

Those are great, I especially like the penannular brooch.

 

[juttle]

Hamish, that stuff is bloody fantastic!

It's a slippery slope from here on in though!

 

[THOaken]

Great work indeed, Hamish. I can already tell you're going to be a mighty blacksmith. Soon you'll be able to combine your love of leatherwork with blacksmithing, as you say.

 

[HillBill]

Lovely stuff Hamish

 

[Dogoak]

Great work Hamish.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice work Hamish. You seem to have a flair for this.

 

[milius2]

well done!!! You should not do any more of this as some of us can be out of job!!!!

 

[RonW]

Good work, Hamish!
Having tried some hotmetalbanging myself recently I can confirm that it is much harder than it looks.
Love the Thor's hammers and clothpin!

 

[Dreadhead]

Thanks everyone i am dead chuffed spent a few hours tonight making another pot hook but even smaller so there are now three sizes. And i tidied up the knife though the tang snapped! so it is now a half tang and the cutting edge needs to be flattened and sharpened up better but i am very pleased for my first try

no picture of the hook but here is the update on the seax blade taken in poor light