Up and at em!

I'll admit,  I was slacking (alot)  but now I'm back and ready to write more,  dish out some more stuff I've learned, and give some more detailed specks on my work and my Etsy listings!

So today I went to the MABA's (Michigan artist blacksmiths association) Black Iron days in Grayling. 

It was amazing!   there where so many great smiths there!
I (being me) was nerding out the whole time.

The festival gave me alot of good ideas!
Hooks, Hangers, Tools, Knives, you name it!  I was in my element!

While I was there I met with an acquaintance of mine Owen Creteau Jr of CJ Forge,
this was only the second time we had met and I hardly recognized him.
We talked about what we had been making and how we came to be where we are today.
I asked about any other blacksmiths in my area Grass Lake
Apparently there is a hammer-in (open forge) every Tuesday in  Parma,
not far from where I am.  I'm gonna go there tonight and see whats up.



 You're probably tired of hearing about my day so in terms of smithing, which is what I've geared this post to,   if you want to learn more about, well practically anything related to smithing I would highly recommend joining the MABA (if your in Michigan), there's info on they're site about where some other smiths are and what they do all through the state, and they have really nice news letter (more like a book)  every 2 months. 

If your not in Michigan I would assume almost every state has a club of some sort, and a quick google search should be more then enough to get you started!
You should also join ABANA (artist-blacksmith association of north America)
they have some publications "The Anvils Ring"  and "The Hammers Blow"


and in all honesty, there's nothing like youtube!

All for now!      Tanks,

                                                           -Eric