Hey, ya'll he first day was good. met Jim Crowell, bill wiggins, and all my fellow class mates.the first part of the day was class room. After lunch we went to forging, Jim Sure made it look easy. I found it to Be more difficult than I thought.but I know you have to be bad at something before you get better at it.as you may have figured out I haven't forged before.one good thing is I was told by another master smith drink lots of water, and I did.good news! No blisters! Thanks ya'll, till tomorrow.
Scott
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Hey, ya'll he first day was good. met Jim Crowell, bill wiggins, and all my fellow class mates.the first part of the day was class room. After lunch we went to forging, Jim Sure made it look easy. I found it to Be more difficult than I thought.but I know you have to be bad at something before you get better at it.as you may have figured out I haven't forged before.one good thing is I was told by another master smith drink lots of water, and I did.good news! No blisters! Thanks ya'll, till tomorrow.
Scott
Day two! Man mr Crowell Sure makes this forging look easy. And he's a great guy and a great teacher.all I can say is I'm enjoying the class and all the people in it .
Scott
Thank you for the updates Scott and George. Yes, Jim does make it look easy. He was my instructor along with Bert Gaston a long time ago. I have learned a lot from him over the years. Great instructor and friend. Ask him what kind of cheese he really likes.
Brion
Brion Tomberlin
Anvil Top Custom Knives
ABS Mastersmith
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Day two! Man mr Crowell Sure makes this forging look easy. And he's a great guy and a great teacher.all I can say is I'm enjoying the class and all the people in it .
Scott
Morning Brion I will ask him this morning.thank you
Scott
Day three. Things are starting to make sense, a little . It was a great day, did some forging, some class, and got to go to kayne and sons black smiths supply.thank you.
Scott
Scott and George
You will learn a great deal from Master Smith Jim Crowell.
In addition to Kayne and Sons, you need to visit the shop of Cormark International for the most incredible supply of fine exotic and domestic hardwoods. I was there in June and they have the largest inventory of exotic woods that I have ever seen. They are in Weaverville, NC and are 31 miles from Clyde. The address is 179 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC 28787 with telephone 828-658-8455 and email [email protected]
Also, Weaverville is a beautiful town with a GREAT bakery.
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
Send an email to Dan
So you don't quite get the point or the pinch...
...clay time!
Dan I don't know about the bakery but Cormark and Jason was the next stop. I got several nice pieces of Black Walnut, one big block of Curly Maple, a nice piece of burl, and a bunch more. I believe Scott took half a pickup truck full. LOL On Saturday a visit to Culpepper's for some stag is on my list.
Day Four the light is starting to come on not bright but it's coming on. This is a great thing we're involved in I'm great full dan we did get to weavervillle man some kinda wood. Thanks ya'll
Scott
Keep the pictures coming.
Day five, more forging , grinding and aliittle story telling of course.thanks
Scott
Explaining the process.
Demoing how to resolve an issue that the class was not clear on.
Jim really lays into the belt for this one and explains how to use the round wheel to your advantage.
Thank you George. Jim is a grinding machine.
Brion
Brion Tomberlin
Anvil Top Custom Knives
ABS Mastersmith
The group.
