posted 05-15-2009 01:38 PM            

Let us know your work and stuff. Everyone enjoys pictures.Images are easy enough if hosted somewhere. The ubb codes are to the left of the text entry. http://netsword.com/ubb/ubbcode.html

Cheers

Hotspur; some of the early threads are more than a little informative
http://netsword.com/ubb/ubbcode.html

posted 06-28-2009 06:55 AM            

I suggest that you start looking at summer camps which specialize in teaching the smithing skills because this is not something you can learn without a lot of heat, pain, dirt, sweat, pain and hard work; the kind of hard work that most kids today can't comprehend.

Or perhaps you would like to apprentice yourself to a middle aged blacksmith in order to learn his trade. You work for free for 10 to 12 years, living in his house, eating his food and being his muscle down at his forge. You contribute your youth and strength and you learn the hard way. In the end, you have a trade with which to earn a living, you have the tools you have made by the skills you have learned and you will be kicked out of your master's shop because you are now his competetion. Go start your own smithy somewhere else.

I also suggest that you talk to your folks about wanting to be a B-smith. There are so many better jobs out there like joining the Navy.

posted 09-28-2009 09:56 AM               

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Originally posted by John Smith:
I personally do not think you need to apprentice yourself for 10 to 12 years.

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Well it depends if you want to be a smith from Medieval Japan, then it a minimum 18 years apprenticeship... I have a Canadian friend he's currently in Japan doing this.

If you want to make European medieval replicas, then the best advice I can give you is to read books, setup your forge, and practice... at least 1 hour a day every day.

You can learn by yourself, I had to there's no one else around to learn from where I live. So it's possible.