Despite the fact that blacksmithing is not coming easily to me, I still show up to the classes with some enthusiasm… and a little hope…
Yesterday, I got there before anyone else, so I took a few photos outside the big barn where the classes are held.
It does have a certain ambiance, you must admit.
You get a little feel for the history of working with metal.
But we can’t lurk around outside forever…
I got my forge ready… it is an interesting process, and if you want to learn about clearing your clinker hole, and sorting the coke from the coal and the clinker, you can go back to earlier posts where I describe it in detail.
Oh boy… we are going to turn that flat metal bar into a butterfly hinge… what could go wrong?
Okay, I did the measurements, and used a scribe to scratch the lines on the metal bar…
And I still look pretty confident…
Pouring My Art Out 
I think to forge a butterfly hinge, first you supposed to forge the caterpillar hinge, right?
on can only assume
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Wonderful post! It is a challenging skill and art form. I took a two week welding sculpture course and got a keen appreciation of working with metal. An old Yugoslav friend was a blacksmith for many years and claimed to know the secret of iron that doesn’t rust but he took that secret to the grave. Perhaps it is common knowledge in the trade now???
Not as far as I know… but thanks, and you will probably like the follow up post, which I am doing right now…
also, just so you know, I have many posts about poems… and flowers… HA!
Yes, it’s aluminium.
sigh