Some stuff from the Flat Woods Forge

[Spots]

Here is some stuff that My dad and I have turned out from his forge in the backwoods. We make all kinds of stuff, but knives are my personal favorite. Our favorite steel is old saw blades, and old model leaf springs from vehicles. Anyways, on to the post

Me and my dad do quiet a bit of forging when winter settles in. Heres a few we have made together

Heres on we did from a railroad spike two years ago when I was on leave

And heres a large fighting style knife we made last year

Me working a piece of style on the anvil, staged for the pic, you can see the steel has cooled off to much

My old man heating a piece, note the high flames. It was around 5 degrees that day, so we had the fire flaming more than normal for warmth

Heres a video of my dad working one out

[Moped]

I went on a field trip today with my daughter's 4th grade class, to Rocky Mount State Historical site, outside of Johnson City. While touring the museum portion, I noticed that they had a tomahawk made from a railroad spike. Pretty neat little hawk! I'd like to have one. It was made by a amateur forge club in Bristol.

[peejman]

Neat stuff. I've always found typical blacksmithing work interesting. There's something satisfying about heating metal red hot, then pounding it into shape. I think it would be a neat skill to learn.