October 4-10
October 4, 2026
Scott and his mother were back today! Scott continued working on a damascus knife. Margie kept working on steel flowers. She's making them for everyone in her family
October 5, 2026
Chris was in the forge for the first time yesterday. He is a maker in his free time and you can definitely tell! He made a gorgeous Karambit style Railroad Spike Knife!
October 5, 2026
Beautiful Railroad Spike Knives were made in the forge last night! I love how different personalities come out in the knives.
October 6, 2026
Tye and Matt were back to start their first damascus knives! They're both starting with 10 layers of 15n20, 1095, 1080, and 1084. They did great getting the first 2 folds done! More next time, then they will start shaping the blades.
October 8, 2026
More snakes! The older group of Level 1 added to their skills learned last month by making steel snakes today. Fantastic work!
October 8, 2026
This was so much fun! Andy was back today to make a Warhammer! It's not done yet, but he got really far in the process!
And for those wondering, he's making an upset by hitting the end on the ground and anvil. And for certain students who've just learned how to nake snakes, yes, this is the same upset we do for the snake head. Because the material is much thicker, we use the floor as a hammer
October 8, 2026
Charlotte and Eliseo were back tonight. This time they made magic wands! Charlotte is the travel size wand, while eliseo did more of the fork wand. and we did a quick sharpening and cleaning up of a knife he brought in.
October 9, 2026
Busy morning with Level 3 Homeschoolers! Landon finished his damascus knife. Its a gorgeous pattern! Lucas finished his axe and did a quick railroad spike knife. And Elijah started a new billet knife.
October 9, 2026
First Open Forge Night! It was so nice to see students I haven't seen in years! It was great to see all of them!
And an unexpected benefit we all discovered with Open Forge, is that you can pivot if you change your mind with what you want to make. It was a lot of fun.
So keep an eye out for more Open Forge nights. And I promise I will try to give more than a couple days notice And I definitely will get the link in the email announcement to work the first time!
October 10. 2026
Wyatt and Alana learned to weld today! They did great putting their pencil holders together!
October 10, 2026
Drew and his daughter were back on the forge today! They've been coming here for about 4 years now. He is making a kunai knife and she is making a trailing point knife. They're both almost done and will finish next time.
