#charcoal forge

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Bamboo Charcoal Making

Some hippie stuff from a long-haired country boy and scraggly pirate: Before I get into the pictorial I’d like to talk about the blacksmith and the environment. I’m not an environmentalist per-say, I try to be environmentally aware though. Nature and I get along; and I’d very much so like to think of her being able to take care of my great-grandchildren. Every day most everyone on the planet is…

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Scurvy Dog Cutlass

This was a piece of medium carbon steel(?) reclaimed and straightend to barstock. Forged with charcoal.

I went with a wrapped hemp cord handle.

–Greg

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So hot steel leaves wilt

So hot steel leaves wilt

It’s been darn near a hundred in the shade lately. But I’ve been trying to stay hydrated by the forge. I’ve been practicing leaves. And well I have some more stuff for the ugly side of my next installment the good, bad and the ugly. But I liked these from the other day:

hand forged leaf hooks

  leaf hook start

  leaf hook forge welded

  leaf hook punch prep

leaf hook punch

leaf hooks in the works

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Building the trench forge, and a dirt cheap clay recipe.

Building the trench forge, and a dirt cheap clay recipe.

This may not be the fastest forge to build, but it was worth the time. These ingredients have been used on all my clayed forges. The secret is slowly curing and really rehydrating the kitty litter before hand:

A dirt cheap recipe for fire hardening clay in forges— Works great for projects big or small; I just winged it loosely off of some other recipes. This is an approximation. That was modified…

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