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The Grind & Bind Art Alchemist's Guild

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My first attempt at blacksmithing — a butter knife made from a piece of iron rebar.

It doesn't take a whole lot of equipment to forge a knife, but it does take significant practice. My cousin (who owned the forge) made much nicer pieces. The forge itself was only a couple hundred bucks, but we easily went through a tank of propane in an evening. Didn't help that we fueled ourselves on a case of beer.

Also pictured: some cool rocks. Oh, and I made that red ceder shelf out of a canoe seat that didn't fit right, when I was building canoes.

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[–] ForestGreenGhost@literature.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Your title literally made me lol. And pretty sweet knife dude. Have you done any projects since?

[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, yo.

No projects since with forging, unforgunately. My cousin has the metal shop and he lives in a deep, dark forest.