About Me
My Inspiration
Materials
I am a retired Veteran of 21 years, 6 months, and 15 days (not that I was counting) of our Armed Forces. Specifically Army.
I became really interested in metal work when I was a farrier in between service enlistments. While working with horses I fell in love with hitting hot steel. Not only making horseshoes but in the down time I made a
I am a retired Veteran of 21 years, 6 months, and 15 days (not that I was counting) of our Armed Forces. Specifically Army.
I became really interested in metal work when I was a farrier in between service enlistments. While working with horses I fell in love with hitting hot steel. Not only making horseshoes but in the down time I made artistic practical things just to see if I could do it.
Once I retired, and not able to find a job, I decided to get dedicated to Blacksmithing again.
Blacksmithing to me has become very therapeutic being as I, for some reason was diagnosed with PTSD and sever anxiety. I wonder if 7 deployments, and 3 different conflicts could have had something to do with it,
So now that I have been banging around on hot steel for several years I've gotten pretty good at it.
Materials
My Inspiration
Materials
I use a wide range of metals to make things.
Iron, Steel (both mild and high carbon), Wood, Leather. Basically if it was done by materials in the old days then that is what I use.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
Inspiration I get is from just about everything! It could be a leaf or feather. A picture to a video. A book to a video game.
Everything is an original. That means, even if it's a replica of something I've seen, it will not be EXACT. There will be differences in the object.