Intermediate Blacksmith Class Day 1

I had the first day of my Intermediate Blacksmithing class from the Guild of Metalsmiths  last Saturday and had a ball.  This is one of those things that makes the day just fly by.  I was a little nervous as I hadn’t done a lot of actual smithing since I made my hammer, but it…

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Meteorite Ring – Folded Metal

I found a story about a man. This man forged a wedding band from a meteorite.  How freaking cool is that? Make sure to NOT tell my wife, she’ll want me to make her one. Here are the step-by-step photos. A couple of photos: I’m interested in folded steel (Damascus-style steel) as well as mokume-gane…

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