The forge's fire is ashen-cold...
Journal Entry: Sun Aug 19, 2007, 7:33 PM
The world is grey, the mountains old,
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls...
In a little over a week I'm off to graduate school. I'm excited and nervous, but one unfortunate consequence of this is that I've had to close down my forge. My tools are packed away, the shop is closed up, and I've even put away my chainmaille supplies. I won't be picking up the hammer again for at least a year.
This does not mean I'm done, though, by any means. Once I'm done with graduate school and have found a job and settled I'll be renting a U-Haul just for my forge and taking it to our new home. Then I can set up and start hammering again. I've got some great ideas for a permanent forge building, and it's impossible to stay away from the anvil once you've got the bug. I've got some big plans for when I can work again.
Thank you to everyone for the favorites, watches, comments and critiques. I'll still upload deviations from time to time, I'm not dropping off the face of the earth, but it'll more likely be some photography for a while. I get some good shots every now and then.
The smith also sitteth by the anvil,
And fighteth with the heat of the furnace,
And the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears,
And his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh.
He setteth his mind to finish his work,
And waiteth to polish it perfectly.
Cheers,
Nick
- Reading: Fellowship of the Ring
- Watching: Criminal Intent
- Drinking: Johnnie Walker Black with a splash of water
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Verry nice job here to !!! Great fibulae then I put in my favorites !!! Nice to meet you !!
OB
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Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade.
"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But iron, cold iron, is master of them all!"
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I'll be sure to kep an eye out.
Again thanks ^.=.^
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It's possible to start smithing for minimal costs, especially if you keep an eye out for old tools and scrap that can be used as an anvil. I'd suggest Lorelei Simms' book 'The Backyard Blacksmith', there's a lot in there.
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Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade.
"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But iron, cold iron, is master of them all!"
Cause i'd love to get armor like that. Keep up the great work
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~Anthro-Fantasy-club
~DragonsLovers
~Cooleyiscool
*Armed-Anthros
*DragonSpirit-Club
Come take a look at my page. I appreciate visits ^.=.^
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Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade.
"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But iron, cold iron, is master of them all!"
You make all this armor and such? Its wonderful! great job!
Love all your work! Can't wait to see more!
I started smithing out of curiosity, but I've been into history for much longer. Now I use both to complement each other, as well as the sewing, leatherwork, etc. I want to know how they did things before there were machines to make things.
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Unmögliches wird sofort erledigt.
Wunder dauern etwas länger.
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