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Traditions Workshop

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Category: Tool Making

Exploring New Skills: A Shaving Horse

Posted on 2017 November 62017 October 24 by TraditionsWorkshop

This past week I’ve embarked on building a Shaving Horse, not something I expect to use every day like a… Read more Exploring New Skills: A Shaving Horse

Tool Making

Posted on 2017 August 72017 August 8 by TraditionsWorkshop

I’ve frequently read that a blacksmith makes his own tools, and while that may be true I contend that a… Read more Tool Making

Welcome

Posted on 2015 September 122017 August 8 by TraditionsWorkshop

Custom jobs for custom people Traditions Workshop is a custom building shop located in Northwest Florida. We build everything from… Read more Welcome

Contact Traditions Workshop

418 Green Acres Road, Suite 4/5
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

850-974-1548

Opened: Monday - Friday
Teaching Folk School Classes on Saturdays
Hours: 09:30 - 18:00

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By the way, we didn’t spend all our time this summer on the farm. We got a chance to blow glass vessels, visited several blacksmith shops and stopped in several history museums; one with Viking era reenactors who were working this very traditional dirt box forge. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But that is another saga.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #traditionsworkshop #livinghistory #familytrip #blacksmithing #blacksmiths #blacksmithlife #blacksmithforge #blacksmith #forged #forging #forgedinfire #blacksmithhistory #blacksmithsofinstagram #smed #smedja #hantverk #swedishblacksmith #stockholm #sweden #swedishhistory #visitsmaland #americansabroad #storytellers #storytelling #historiska #reenactment #viking #historical #vikingreenactor #vikingcraft

There we have it, a hand forged hook with a hand forged nail that we found in the shed with the rusty forge.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yes, only a blacksmith could spend 20+ hours to rescue a workshop, build a forge, bake charcoal, and hand pump a blower just to bang out a single hook; especially when something similar could have been purchased at the local hardware store for 50 cents. But somethings are worth so much more than money simply because of the experience they impart, and the Rusty Forge in the summer of 2019 is one of those experiences.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As our summer adventure on the kid’s tree farm drew to a close we dumped the dirt out of the forge, packed the tools into the much cleaner and dryer chicken coop and screwed the door shut. The story of the Rusty Forge is closed for now, at least until the next time we can visit. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #traditionsworkshop #therustyforge #blacksmithing #blacksmiths #blacksmithshop #blacksmithlife #blacksmithforge #blacksmithshop #blacksmith #forged #forging #forgedinfire #blacksmithhistory #blacksmithsofinstagram #smed #smedja #hantverk #swedishblacksmith #småland #swedishhistory #visitsmaland #interiordesign #storytellers #storytelling #leafhook #blacksmithart #blacksmithdesigner #blacksmithartist #familyhistory #familystory

Found one small chisel in the tool collection that we used for decoration work. We didn’t have a hot cut so I fullered the rod over the horn of this small anvil to create a tight leaf shaped taper and finished the cut with this same chisel. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We also did not have any tongs but solved the problem by using a couple of sticks as “chopsticks” tongs to pick up and quench the hook.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To finish the project we used some “food grade” linseed oil we found in the kitchen. “Food grade”? You’re kidding! However, remember some parts of the farm are older than the 1928 house and maybe at one time they considered linseed oil (made from flax which grows abundantly on this farm) to be eatable. I do know linseed oil can be used in the production of soap so maybe it wasn’t far-fetched to keep linseed oil in the kitchen.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #traditionsworkshop #therustyforge #blacksmithing #blacksmiths #blacksmithshop #blacksmithlife #blacksmithforge #blacksmithshop #blacksmith #forged #forging #forgedinfire #blacksmithhistory #blacksmithsofinstagram #smed #smedja #hantverk #swedishblacksmith #småland #swedishhistory #visitsmaland #americansabroad #storytellers #storytelling #valparaisoFL #linseedoil #smithing #fatherandson #blacksmithart #blacksmithdesigner

Time to prove the concept. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We drilled a large hole in a log and then hammered the stake anvil into the log to use it as a stump base. The whole set up probably didn’t weigh 35 pounds. Plus the anvil made a distinct “thunk” sound instead of a nice ring. But it still did the job! And was more than enough to forge a 3/8 inch rod into a hook for my bathrobe. We punched a hole in the hook for the nail to run through using one of the punches we found in the old smithy. Since there was no step or pritchard we used the small but broken hardy hole as a punch plate to finish the punching job. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unfortunately I broke this hardened steel punch by trying to straighten it when it was cold. Lesson learned the hard way.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #traditionsworkshop #therustyforge #blacksmithing #blacksmiths #blacksmithshop #blacksmithlife #blacksmithforge #blacksmithshop #blacksmith #forged #forging #forgedinfire #blacksmithhistory #blacksmithsofinstagram #smed #smedja #hantverk #swedishblacksmith #småland #swedishhistory #visitsmaland #storytellers #storytelling #valparaisoFL #blacksmithart #blacksmithdesigner #blacksmithartist #familyhistory #familystory #dirtboxforge

Great Balls of Fire! We have a working forge!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Don’t let someone tell you that you don’t have what you need to do blacksmithing. They are not using their imagination to solve the problem, instead using their imagination to see potential obstacles. But you know the history of blacksmithing and you know the incredible amount of work our forefathers did with just their simple sandbox forges. Dig back to the roots of blacksmithing so you can solve the problems that other modern thinkers cannot.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #traditionsworkshop #therustyforge #blacksmithing #blacksmiths #blacksmithshop #blacksmithlife #blacksmithforge #blacksmithshop #blacksmith #forged #forging #forgedinfire #blacksmithhistory #blacksmithsofinstagram #smed #smedja #hantverk #swedishblacksmith #småland #swedishhistory #visitsmaland #greatballsoffire #storytellers #storytelling #valparaisoFL #FtWaltonBeachFL #NicevilleFL #EglinAFB #familyhistory #familystory

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