So let me show you what my life has been recently

Dec 9, 2016 4:19 AM

regularjerry

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The result of my first ever day standing in front of a forge.

Second Day of forging

First attempt at making Laminated metal (Mokume Gane)

Making the money billet

Useing some silver copper mokume for project

Pre finish

Some of the first knives i attempted.

doing some sinking and raising

finished product

First time making damascus

silver copper Mokume Rings

oh yea finished product

made this guy one morning as warm up before a day of forging

First attempt at chasing and repose

pair of grill tools. design of my own.

Cat tax

more

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Nice work

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

subtly resting your balls on the anvil....

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I approve

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You have learned grasshopper.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awesome stuff, sir. As someone who wants to get into this when I get the opportunity, how? Apprenticeship? Did you have to relocate?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There are colleges all over the place that offer it.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Beautiful. Did you make the mokume gane?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sure do!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's so cool. I'm learning to make jewellery and plan to work with it some day. How did you learn?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There are schools all over the place that offer programs in this kind of craft. i attend tennessee tech. they offer a large variety of craft

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Got to love the old Craft Center.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

recognize the smithy?

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yep. I'd know that wall anywhere.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Its does have a tendency to become very familiar.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

A ridiculous number of hours were spent looking at that wall.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0