Ramblings of a Blacksmith in the Woods, Water Oak Forge
- Anvil
- ARK
- Available Knives
- Bass
- battlefields
- Beer
- biking
- Blacksmithing
- blade show
- Bladesmithing
- BOC Mod I
- BOC Mod II
- Bottle Openers
- Brews
- BTK
- Cap Maulers
- CCK
- Chicken Guy
- chisels
- Damascus
- datjamtho
- datmascus
- DIY Shop
- doodle trail
- first knife
- Fishing
- flintlocks
- forge
- Forged
- forging press
- g10
- Garden
- GAW
- GFK
- goruck
- GPK
- Hammer
- hand tools
- hiking
- HowTo
- HSK
- Koa
- KSK
- LUK
- Man Skills
- Meats
- NO50
- No53
- NoNameKnife
- OGK
- Patches
- Peppers
- powerhammer
- punches
- ramblings
- sbk
- Shot Show
- sitting in trees
- Slicer
- Smoke Wagons
- smokepole
- SPK
- Squirrel!
- SSK
- SWK
- Thanks
- Toads
- tool and effect
- tool steel
- tools to make tools
- trail cam
- upstate south carolina
- Wilmont
- WIP
Two more done and on to preparing for spring!
The start of the year has been a mess of projects, mainly around the house, which has caused a shortage of shop time. Although some things are getting done, but not at the pace I'd like.
New Year, new knives a rusty anvil, and some same old stuff as well.
First blog of 2017 and here we go! Winter is setting in here in SC. Right now we just had our first (and probably only) snow here in the upstate. It's cooled down a bit, but things are still happening in the shop.
Teaching, tools and knives... Oh My!
What a crazy month October was. So crazy in fact, I only posted one update to the website in that time. Time to get back on top of it and keep this thing dusted off. The past 30 days have been a fury of forging items in the shop, along with a influx of students taking classes and some knives being made. K.S.K. in 5/32" thick D2 is on the bench. If you're wanting a knife to give as a gift for Christmas, order cut off date in November 20th. I will be making a few knives for the...
Forged tools, Knife No. 99, 100 and beyond!
The summer heat is beginning to very slowly cool down, although the humidity and rain still in full effect, I've still managed to beat some steel and grind some knives.
A week of forging in the SC heat and humidity.
While I have spent the last few weeks deep into the knives, I decided this past week to reset and get the forge going again. I started with a goal to forge one new thing daily and also to get the coal forge going as well.