Gallery

A Taste of Blacksmithing 12 11 08 8 S-hooks.
Rudiments of Blacksmithing II 11 30 08 Forge welded flux spoon, punch & chisel, sharp right angle, carved dragon.
Nothing but Knives 11 29 08 2 simple "blacksmith" knives (aka "Pixie Stickers").
Nothing but Knives 11 28 08 4 simple "blacksmith" knives (aka "Pixie Stickers").
A Taste of Blacksmithing 11 24 08 2 Wall hooks and 2 S-hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 11 19 08 3 S-hooks and a garden stake/pointer.
Basics of Blacksmithing II 11 17 08 Forge welded chain (one link each meeting), eye-punch, high carbon steel hardened, tempered and broken, square-octagonal-round, welded basket s-hook, 2-piece weld, forging-to-a-drawing, scrolling-in-the-air.
Rudiments of Blacksmithing II 11 12 08 Forge welded flux spoon, punch & chisel, sharp right angle, carved dragon. We ended up really picture-short for this class.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 11 08 08 5 S-hooks, 2 wall hooks, and a garden stake.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 11 04 08 3 S-hooks. (thanks to Jess for the use of her camera)
A Taste of Blacksmithing 09 25 08 Seven S-hooks and a wall hook.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 09 15 08 Two S-hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 09 12 08 Three S-hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 09 10 08 Two S-hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 09 02 08 Four S-hooks and a wall hook.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 08 24 08 Six S-hooks.
Rudiments of Blacksmithing I (in two weeks) 08 21 08 We met twice a week and made barbecue forks and blacksmith tongs. And learned a bunch of techniques along the way.
Shakedown Cruise 08 20 08 These two had been away from the hammer for a few years, so we were finding out where they stood. A mantle hook, two forge welds, a pendant and the start of a knife.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 08 15 08 6:30pm One very nice short S-hook.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 08 15 08 2pm One very nice long S-hook.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 08 11 08 Four S-hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 07 20 08 An S-hook and a J-Hook done quickly and quite well.
Rudiments of Blacksmithing I 07 09 08 Forks and Tongs
A Taste of Blacksmithing 07 01 08 Several S-hooks and a pointer
I've fallen way behind in the posting of class pictures. I'm working on it. - CW 07 03 08
A Taste of Blacksmithing 05 01 08 An S-hook, a cube-wall hook and a short garden stake
Our second Basics of Blacksmithing class started on January 14 and finished on April 14 They get their own page.
A Taste of Blacksmithing 04 05 08 Mostly S-hooks and a short garden stake
A Taste of Blacksmithing 03 30 08 All Garden stakes
Simple Knives 03 08 08	Click for a series of pictures
A Taste of Blacksmithing 03 08 08 A mix of S-hooks and garden stakes
A Taste of Blacksmithing 03 01 08
Simple Knives 02 26 08 Just one student on Tuesday mornings.	(Unfortunately, the pictures of Rebecca and her knives have been lost)
Striker Team 02 23 08 The first meeting. We worked out some vocabulary and figured out a use for the crossed-arm style blows you can see in the background of the Forge Welding video on YouTube. We made some good progress in drawing out some axle steel to be bick-irons for the smithy
A Taste of Blacksmithing 02 21 08 We chose to make S-hooks.
Rudiments I 02 20 08 Forks and Tongs and more tongs and some sweet little rivets made using the monkey tool as sort of an upside-down header.

Rudiments III 02 05 08	They have their own page There are too many pictures for here.

A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks 02 02 08 We got off to a slow start what with finagling aprons and eyegear and such. And we ran over time. In the end we got six 's' hooks and two nearly 'j' hooks.
A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks (neé Cooking Skewers) 1 16 08 The class had seven students but none were attached to the idea of cooking skewers, so we made S-hooks instead. Lessons were learned, some ends were burned, but only two fingertips touched hot metal that I know of.
A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks (was Cooking Skewers) 1 11 08 The class was small and they chose to make S-hooks instead of the skewers. Nate finished early and got a good start on making a long thin taper.