Tag: blacksmithing

February 19, 2019

I forged a necklace (2.0)

Had a bit of cut off metal while I was practising drawing down some round stock, and my daughter also asked for a “swirly type necklace”. So I attempted to make another couple necklaces… I personally really like the simple pendant; it’s a little bit rounded on the top, angular on the sides, and it feels quite nice. I’d like...

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February 19, 2019

Homemade headphone hook

Sometimes it’s nice to get out from in front of the monitor and coding and make something in the garage. One thing I really wanted was a headphone stand because I was tired of leaving my headphones on my desk only for the darned things to get in the way. But then it struck me; I am trying to learn...

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August 25, 2017

I forged a necklace

Made this necklace for my better half. It was the first thing I forged on my bbq-forge and it came out not too bad. I had to dress my hammer after as I was leaving too many cuts in the metal (though that has a lot to do with my inexperience!), which worked a treat! Kind of wish I had...

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July 19, 2017

First “proper” thing made with a hammer and anvil

On this past weekend the family and I went camping with a few friends, and a lovely time was had by all (despite a couple bee stings and a bad face-plant by someone into a pavement). While taking down the tent we realised that our tent peg puller was a little weak and we even struggled with it to pull...

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July 17, 2017

First blacksmithing session

I had my first blacksmithing session last week, and it was probably the most fun I’ve had with a hammer and metal in… well, I’m too old now to remember how long ago things were. But a long time, let me tell you. At first I learned how to draw down to a square point, and then built on that...

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May 31, 2017

Cleaning up my vice

Along with the anvil I was also given a leg vice. This is a heavy-duty vice with a long pole that goes down into the ground a little way to transfer energy away from the hammer blows or moving the metal making it less likely that the vice will break under use. It was thrown in with the anvil because,...

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May 28, 2017

Cleaning up my anvil

The anvil I was given for my birthday is wonderful, but was really rusty. Not knowing the best way to clean it up I hit a very popular smithing forum called I Forge Iron. The people on there were nothing but friendly and helpful and gave really good advice about my ol’ girl and how to clean her up. All...

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May 23, 2017

And now for something completely different… blacksmithing!

For quite some time now I’ve loved the idea of blacksmithing. There just seems to be something about heating up metal over a hot forge, the ring of the anvil, that harks back to times gone by. I’ve always joked with my wife that if I didn’t do web development I’d do blacksmithing. Two problems with that, though; I’m not...

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