Hello all been a member for about a year now. Finally getting around to going through the vast information in this forum and figured I better introduce myself. My name is Jimi Hendrix, sorry to disappoint but I don’t play guitar. Getting into general blacksmithing with the idea of being more of a tool maker because my dad used to be a farrier when he was younger and I made a blacksmiths knife and immediately caught the bug. I don’t get a lot of time in the shop due to travel for work but spend every minute that I can trying to develop my skills. Currently I live south of Davenport Iowa in Illinois working solely with hand tools. As I travel for work I hope to get time to find smiths in the areas I work and try to find somewhat of a mentor if possible. Currently working on a through tang skinner from o1 and a chopper from a chunk of leaf spring while I wait for an order of steel to get shipped.