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  • What should I make on my Blacksmithing course?
  • BlobOnAStick
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    My lovely wife bought me a blacksmithing course for Christmas. I’m sooo looking forward to it, but……

    I don’t know what to make.

    A wrought iron frame?
    A fire poker?
    Some sort of bent spoon for my rear brake?

    It’s only a day long and whilst I can handle the tools I don’t think I’ll be able to make anything too intricate

    Nobeerinthefridge
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    Mattock or McLeod type tool? Splitting maul or a nice shaped axe head?…

    mikewsmith
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    toasting fork, it’s what my dad and uncle did at school along with everyone else so I guess it has the best chance of coming out ok

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    seadog101
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    Anvil?

    muppetWrangler
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    A Battle Axe

    I’m sure a day will be plenty, probably have time for a pub lunch

    RobHilton
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    A wrought iron frame

    No point, One-On got that market covered with the Inbred.

    BlobOnAStick
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    😂

    mrwhyte
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    I had a course for my birthday just before Christmas.

    We started with S hooks, then made a coal hook for the pizza oven, then finished with a small knife. I had an antler for the handle.

    Any poker type thing is good as you get to use a few techniques.

    kayak23
    Full Member

    I made a fruit bowl. It was shit.

    Don’t make a fruit bowl.

    Keep it simple. Some sort of poker with a nice detail for a handle or something.

    TheBrick
    Free Member

    How long is the course. A knife would not be doable on a one / two day intro.

    Malvern Rider
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    A wildwood bushcraft steel blade survival knife featuring:

    Tzenku watermarked 4″ steel blade with Norwegian grind, secondary bevel and a hidden gommet.

    HopiGopi boxwood scales, mirror polished sealed with Hanke oil

    Brass trisket rivets

    Ferghus antler pommel (drilled)

    slimjim78
    Free Member

    I made a poker / two-pronged fork with a Rams head. Loads of techniques employed, my arms were utterly shagged by the end of the day.

    I now have one of the fanciest fire-pit-sausage-forks in Sussex.

    Murray
    Full Member

    Anvil, tongs and hammer (plus hinges for bellows) then set up in competition

    hypnonewt
    Free Member

    A lucky horse shoe.

    whitestone
    Free Member

    A third Kelpie?

    roper
    Free Member

    I’ve made a few branding irons in the past. Not the most useful thing to have but they can be fun to make and might make a more interesting fire poke.

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Hammer and Sickle?

    howsyourdad1
    Free Member

    barbell / squat rack. So much manliness from one gift

    stevemuzzy
    Free Member

    They get really experienced bladesmiths to make a knife on forged in fire in 6 hours and many fail.badly. So even a simple campknife might be a stretch in a day. I second the poker.route

    grenosteve
    Free Member

    Bike stand?

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    A chisel knife

    and if that doesn’t take the whole day

    a faberge egg

    unovolo
    Free Member

    A wrought iron shoe horn with a filigree handle.

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