"The Home Blacksmith" by Ryan Ridgway Crew neck

"The Home Blacksmith" by Ryan Ridgway Crew neckAs more and more people join the do it yourself revolution, they are breathing new life into many time honored skills and crafts. Blacksmithing is among the trades that are enjoying a resurgence for both practical and artistic uses, yet there is not an abundance of readily accessible information available to beginning blacksmiths to help them get started and understand the craft. Author Ryan Ridgway, a veterinarian and blacksmith with more than

six contemporary metalworkers show a series of demonstration pieces of their iron work

upsetting it

Side-Grab Tongs

cabinet pulls

is approximately 8-3/4" long

a ball peen hammer

sources of information and supplies

Brand: Gildan Heavy Cotton

Quick Knife Tongs are made from 5/16" thick mild steel

End of handle is "notched" to make your paracord wrapping easier

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which explains how to forge fifteen different animal heads