StriperrHunterr
Senior Member
As is the case, I imagine, with a bunch of other people recently, I've become a Forged in Fire fanatic.
Here's what I know, A) they don't show the whole process like annealing or tempering, and B) this is an expensive and can be a dangerous hobby/vocation.
I know there's at least one knife making group that I was pointed to via a contact I made on Facebook and at the show that was up at Jaemor farms last weekend. Pic is of me at the show with one of the FiF contestants that I had just watched the episode of the night before, and that was a really cool surprise to walk into. My wife has also gotten me a gift certificate for an Intro to Blacksmithing event that's a few hours on one day but they're booked up all the way into next year so I don't know when that's going to happen.
My question is, is there anyone in the Hall county area that is a blacksmith/knife maker that would be willing to host my wife and I to get some information, watch you do some work, and whatever else you'd be okay with us trying our hand at? We would not expect this to be free and can compensate for time and materials, just let us know what you would desire.
I'm really interested in this becoming a hobby/side venture for myself, but I know enough to know that I don't know enough to just go out and try to buy tools and equipment, and they're expensive, and to try to, pun intended, hammer my way through it without some guidance.
Mods, if this post isn't proper for this area, I apologize.
Here's what I know, A) they don't show the whole process like annealing or tempering, and B) this is an expensive and can be a dangerous hobby/vocation.
I know there's at least one knife making group that I was pointed to via a contact I made on Facebook and at the show that was up at Jaemor farms last weekend. Pic is of me at the show with one of the FiF contestants that I had just watched the episode of the night before, and that was a really cool surprise to walk into. My wife has also gotten me a gift certificate for an Intro to Blacksmithing event that's a few hours on one day but they're booked up all the way into next year so I don't know when that's going to happen.
My question is, is there anyone in the Hall county area that is a blacksmith/knife maker that would be willing to host my wife and I to get some information, watch you do some work, and whatever else you'd be okay with us trying our hand at? We would not expect this to be free and can compensate for time and materials, just let us know what you would desire.
I'm really interested in this becoming a hobby/side venture for myself, but I know enough to know that I don't know enough to just go out and try to buy tools and equipment, and they're expensive, and to try to, pun intended, hammer my way through it without some guidance.
Mods, if this post isn't proper for this area, I apologize.