Blacksmithing

Blist Hill Ironbridge UK

Here we will show you five different ideas for beginner projects in blacksmithing. Through forging in the smithy, blacksmiths are empowered to create all kinds of projects, from practical tools to ornamental objects. Each of these blacksmithing projects teaches you several basic techniques that every blacksmith uses. As a plus, you end up with a tool that you can use in your own home. These are the five projects that you will learn in The Crucible’s Blacksmithing I.

This was taken at the Weald and Downland Open museum near Chichester Sussex This picture was 6 shots at different Iso and merged in camera. I then tone mapped it in Photomatix and sharpened the colours and detail in Lightroom. Straightened and saved in PaintShopPro

Hammering

With the piece steadied in a cradle, Howard creases the back of the bar with the peen of his hammer, in effect distorting the metal so that it’s not so rectilinear This is one of the design’s few aesthetic flourishes.

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3 p., illus., 52.9 cm (image size), trade catalog

Blog | Facebook | Twitter The blacksmith told us we had to stand back to make sure the embers didn't hit us. Stand back? But then I won't get the tight shot I want! ;-)