Week of July 13-19
July 13
Evan made a gorgeous knife from an old rasp this morning! He left the texture, flattening it out some. He's leaving the handle as is because the pattern is so cool. Nice job! And fast--1.5 hours!
July 13
Great class this afternoon with these two! Beautiful knives and very creative handle!
July 13
Fun class tonight! They brought their cousin from Florida to the forge to make Railroad Spike Knives. They all did great!
July 14
This is so awesome! One of our homeschoolers won Best In Show at the Van Buren Youth Fair for the Steel Flower and Railroad Spike Knife he made at the forge! So proud of Elijah!!! And very exited to see what he does next year in Level 2! This is the second year in a row that one of the homeschoolers won ribbons with creations they made at the forge. Congratulations Elijah!!
July 15
Alexander did great with his first time in the forge! He made a beautiful Railroad Spike Knife. And we started planning his next knife.
July 16
McKenzie and her son made beautiful Railroad Spike Knives this morning!
July 16
Crystal and Chris were back this afternoon! Crystal made 2 beautiful steel flowers while Chris started his first damascus billet.
July 17
Evan got so much work done on his broad sword today!
July 18
I LOVE bachelorette parties! I mean if your coming to the forge for a bachelorette party, I know you're already going to be awesome. And this group definitely was! So much fun! Scroll through the photos to see the "Bouquet Toss of Death"!
July 18
We have another Blue Ribbon winner!! Henry (a.k.a. my forge pin ball opponent) won Blue Ribbons for the "S" hook and Railroad spike Knife he madevat the forge! Congratulations Henry!!
July 19
Vince was back today to continue working on his damascus Ulu! (He's the reason I practice mine.). He got one from fold in before starting to shape. It's 176 layers. Shaping went really well! He's got the basic shape hammered out. We will tweak it next time and then he starts grinding. Really excited to see how the damascus looks!
