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Sunday 18 November 2012

Working at Tannaghmore Forge

We spent a great time this weekend with the guys at Tannaghmore forge getting more tips and instruction to further our abilities at blacksmithing, we are the first to admit that we have a long way to go but we intend to study with these guys at length over the next few months and hopefully you will see some improvement in our abilities


Eamonn started the day with a good safety talk and getting the forges going, plus lots of tips and ideas of how to forge, the intention was to get us familiar with the basics then we can delve into completing our own ideas


Once the forges were nice and hot we got the steel into the heat and practised the techniques we had been shown


once the steel was at the right heat we started to pound the metal into the square needed to begin the design


then we worked along the bar squaring it off as we went


once the right length was achieved the ends were curled by the hammer


and continuing to curl before twisting the bar to form a gorgeous piece


and the finished piece of work, all very easily done under great instruction from the tutors.
We have many more projects to tackle and the smiths are all very understanding and patient with us and are more than willing to facillitate what we have in mind, so we are looking forward to the rest of the course with them and making many more interesting bits and pieces.

We at Buzzard would like to sincerely thank Eamonn, Chris, Johnny and all the other guys we spent time with this weekend and look forward to spending more time at the forge over the next wee while.

Keep your eyes posted here for other bits we manage to knock together!

If you live in Northern Ireland and fancy a crack at blacksmithing, we can heartily recommend the guys at Tannaghmore for a day (or even a course over a number of weeks), and you can contact them or check them out at their facebook page below
http://m.facebook.com/pages/Tannaghmore-Blacksmiths-Workshop/213552298658012?id=213552298658012&_rdr

Tell them we said Hi !!!




3 comments:

  1. Might be I´ll be in Ireland sometime soon, and might be I´ll have a look;-).

    If you folks ever are in Germany, don´t hesitate to notify me, and have a hammer-In at the Bethaus smithy.

    And, I find it easier to close the scroll scroll-down off the edge of the anvil and then towards the anvil´s side. That way you have a counterpart to the hammer.

    Anyway, that scroll is meticulously finished and a great piece of work... I really like it!

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  2. That's a good tip, we will try that next time we are there..And thankyou for the invitation,likewise if you do come to Ireland let us know!!

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  3. Really like that scroll lads. Glad to hear that there is somewhere like this here in Ireland. Think a wee trip might be looked into soon. cheers boys

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