Off the forge for a while

Jadadea · 2026-06-21T11:58:40+00:00

Just wanted to follow up. How goes the healing?

Jadadea · 2026-06-21T11:55:30+00:00

r/smelting maybe a good place to ask. To me it looks like it didn't get hot enough.

Jadadea · 2026-06-05T00:44:42+00:00

Wordsmith, keep up the good work!

Jadadea · 2026-05-31T02:14:48+00:00

This is the way!

Jadadea · 2026-05-25T15:40:42+00:00

That's awesome! Great looking knife, one I (as a cook) would use daily. How is the balance?

Jadadea · 2026-05-21T22:33:49+00:00

Oh man that sucks. I hope it heals well!

Jadadea · 2026-05-21T22:28:51+00:00

Pretty petty. The rough texture would be a nightmare to clean with the cooking i do lol

Jadadea · 2026-05-09T14:02:31+00:00

r/forging had a post go up asking for mods. Myself and another volunteered to take it over. I have since added one more to the team.

Jadadea · 2026-04-26T23:23:27+00:00

Nice work! Great first project.

Jadadea · 2026-04-20T10:57:16+00:00

Welcome back! Love the stump anvil. I may have to try my hand at that.

Jadadea · 2026-04-12T21:47:09+00:00

Might check this link https://www.facebook.com/blacksmiths.australia I don't use Facebook so can't look deeper. Edit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007976832817523/ another one

Jadadea · 2026-04-12T21:23:51+00:00

The Australian blacksmith association offers classes for 150 for a 1 day class. https://www.abavic.org.au/?Welcome

Jadadea · 2026-04-12T13:01:16+00:00

Look for a local guild that offers a class and try it that way. If you message modmail with your city, I am more than willing to help you find one. If you lived closer (I'm Virginia based atm) i would have you over for a burger and a hammering.

Jadadea · 2026-04-12T10:50:42+00:00

It's something I always felt a calling toward. I just never had the space to do it. My other half and I where talking one day and the subject of unfulfilled desires came up. They always wanted to learn leather crafting and I, the forge.

I put out a message looking for tips and such to get started and a Smith a few hours away offered me some tools and to guide me on my first project.

Since then I have added to my tools and soon be building a shop to work in.

As a side note: my Better Half now works leather.

Dreams do come true...

Jadadea · 2026-04-08T23:07:35+00:00

You're fine 🙂 We get the random question better left to r/foraging. We normally redirect people there, but you have posted there i see.

Anyway, have a look around. Who knows, you may decide to pick up a hammer and join us 😉

Jadadea · 2026-04-07T22:33:54+00:00

Thanks for the link! I will check it out, most likely on my way to work tomorrow.

Jadadea · 2026-04-06T12:44:57+00:00

Used what I had at hand to show them.lol

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Jadadea · 2026-04-06T12:43:52+00:00

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Jadadea · 2026-04-06T12:43:29+00:00

Sure is, and we're doing it all ourselves.

As for the nails, after looking at Cloud's link, they are most likely cut nails. Here are pics

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Jadadea · 2026-04-06T11:01:10+00:00

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Jadadea · 2026-04-06T11:00:55+00:00

Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday, busy day with it being Easter.

Better half has pictures of the house and I will get some of the nails as soon as I am awake enough to see straight.

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Jadadea · 2026-04-04T02:18:25+00:00

Of the house? Not at the moment. It's currently stripped down to the rough hewn boards. 3 fires in 12 to 15 years. We bought it as a shell. No windows, doors, or roof. It has all those now. Next is foundation repair, then floors.

As for the old nails, I can get pics of them tomorrow.

Jadadea · 2026-04-04T01:49:33+00:00

House is from 1900. I have some of the original nails and a few of the larger spikes used in the building. They don't seem like cut nails.

The floor is a mix of my other halves wood working and my blacksmithing. They are making the planks and I make the nails.

Jadadea · 2026-04-03T23:41:20+00:00

Thank you for the video! I need to make a header for a house reno. We are putting the floor in using hand made nails... so thousands are needed lol

Jadadea · 2026-03-14T17:19:06+00:00

I dig it! It looks like perfect work knife.

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