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
The knives get bigger, tools being forged and hammers!
I have been putting in serious hours in the shop, as hunting season is rapidly approaching. The weather has changed here from hot, humid and rainy to nice cooler and dry days. Need to get my self in gear for fall and winter as it is right around the corner. Wrapping up some knife orders and adding the long awaited blacksmithing tools to the site have been the main focus the past few weeks. Hence, the lack of a blog post in over two weeks.
Cooler days, more knives, and the Jam..
I have got to enjoy a cooler past two weeks here in the shop, which has been very nice. Among the usual knives and forging of things, pepper season is here. So while I manage orders, I'll be switching gears a bit as I harvest from the garden of doom, begin to can the annual batches jam and dry peppers for the seasoning.
No. 40/41/42
No. 40 thru. 42 are finished.
The counter shot.
So the move has happened. It's been a week full of trying to sell some guns and getting back into a "sales state of mind" for AGSArmament.com, which hasn't been the best seeing as the gun market is in the pits right now, but drive on we must. Thanks to the FW crew for keeping it together as we begin the expansion. Been grinding knives and other random things when the temps are below 85 and actually been giving the camera a bit of a workout. Heading to Alumni weekend to get some catching up with old friends and a...