blacksmithing courses for bushcraft enthusiasts

[Rod Paradise]

I'd certainly be interested enough to come down over the border for a blacksmithing course anyway - if it was bushcrafting oriented I'd be doubly interested.

 

[fireboy]

Hi Fireboy you might like to check out http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=622777#post622777 post No.6
cheers Danny

Thanks so much for that fantastic link it is perfect. thanks.

 

[leaf man]

Hey fire boy
tbh, i would like to start at the begining with projects like how to manage the forge correctly, how to make some basic tools like a hammer, tongs, chisels ( cold and hot), punches and an anvil. How to gauge the temperature by eye for different metals. I have read all this, but its hard to visualize the real thing, having 0 experience.
Perhaps a weekend doing all this so we could walk away with the tools and knowledge to make more than a knife
tupence spent up, and if this was a course i would be first on to it!!
Regards, mike

 

[robin wood]

Hi Fireboy and welcome to the forum. How about posting some pics of the sort of work you have been doing now? It's always good to know what folk can do. So many folk call themselves blacksmiths these days when really they are only metal benders and welders. We love pictures of good craftwork whatever it is.

 

[*Big Beast*]

i`m over in the boro, could be interested in this depending on dates/price.

 

[fireboy]

Hi Fireboy and welcome to the forum. How about posting some pics of the sort of work you have been doing now? It's always good to know what folk can do. So many folk call themselves blacksmiths these days when really they are only metal benders and welders. We love pictures of good craftwork whatever it is.

Hey Robin many thanks please find attached the link to my other website, this shows all the types of work i undertake. Where possible all gates are mortice and tennon jointed with firewelding as well.http://www.awartistblacksmiths.co.uk