Kids doing fun stuff

[Tom Sawyer]

Step up your game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHZBw40qhs

That reminds me... we watched a video from the early 60's of a american forging company and no one was wearing any "safety" gear. Were they real men? Have we become a nation of timid people?

The guy to step up to is Alec Steele a 19 year old in England that has been blacksmith since he was 13. He came over here and learned from some guys in Mississippi.



He quit school at 16 to work professionally. He teaches and does his YouTube channel, which has really started to take off.

He makes some awesome Damascus steel hammers.

[jerryswife]

I went to the link about water on the anvil but first had to watch a Zillo ad about this guy with a lego room, here is a link about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bS2Uj9z2UI

[KBCraig]

He makes some awesome Damascus steel hammers.

Interesting.

Back inna day, hammer bodies were soft iron, with hardenable steel faces forge-welded on.

That's beautiful damascus, though!

[KBCraig]

Holy crap! I searched for this thread to post a link of interest, but look at this little kid!

Thought I'd make a place to show what our kids are doing here in the Shire.

William learned some more about responsibility today shooting the 22 rifle.

So... anyhoo... regarding smithing...

A local friend is interested, which prompted me to wonder about availability of smithing-grade coal. Turns out that Aubuchon has store delivery of bags, for a fifth the price of delivery from Centaur!

https://www.hardwarestore.com/101755/blaschak-coal-blacksmith-40lb-bituminous

[Tom Sawyer]

Holy crap! I searched for this thread to post a link of interest, but look at this little kid!

Thought I'd make a place to show what our kids are doing here in the Shire.

William learned some more about responsibility today shooting the 22 rifle.

So... anyhoo... regarding smithing...

A local friend is interested, which prompted me to wonder about availability of smithing-grade coal. Turns out that Aubuchon has store delivery of bags, for a fifth the price of delivery from Centaur!

https://www.hardwarestore.com/101755/blaschak-coal-blacksmith-40lb-bituminous

Awesome... we used anthracite we got over in Winchestershire, we haven't tried bituminous yet. Thanks for the info.

He hasn't been wackity wacking lately. Although we have continued to watched Youtube channels we subscribe to.

Alec Steele
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWizIdwZdmr43zfxlCktmNw
Young english guy who makes great videos.

Chandler Dickinson
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpVXfX0GBy6Z2vqIwANdEA
Old school self taught dude.

Man at Arms
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUUGFk1wE5OFOpfPz3ggXQrCSdQdFEslx
Awesome builds of swords and such from movies and video games.

We also enjoy the show Forged in Fire... a TV competition show making edged weapons.

[jerryswife]

This link is to a youtube channel of BIG kids doing fun stuff.  I came across it and just can't stop binge watching.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEZ7cqaZzYLeyWfTkelkEA

[Russell Kanning]

hey I am already "subscribed" to them

[Tom Sawyer]

We went and worked a festival... he is proving to be a valuable member of the crew.

https://www.facebook.com/harrybrownsfarm/

His new shirt and a photo he took. He was excited to get to use a top end still camera.



Had his voice in my headset as he operated the switcher for a multicam shoot. That's me on the left shooting Wooblesauce. It was kind of like being inside an engine... standing on one of the subwoofer bass bins... vibrated me to my soul.

[Jim Johnson]

"You know what they call a Hula Hoop with fiery sticks poking out of it? .......a Navel Destroyer." - Lauren

[Tom Sawyer]

"You know what they call a Hula Hoop with fiery sticks poking out of it? .......a Navel Destroyer." - Lauren

hahaha

I had my head down looking in the viewfinder and felt a heat on my skin... it was a fire breather 75 feet away blowing huge fire balls into the air.

[Tom Sawyer]

William's first time as "Technical Director"... operating the switcher. Worked out pretty well considering it was the first attempt of this crew working together. The switching started off a little slow because they were using the same computer to run some of the lighting and they were having an issue with that software. But, once he had uninterrupted use, he did a pretty damn good job.

Wobblesauce - Live from Harry Brown's Farm
https://youtu.be/5Gu9rmJrzAQ

[Russell Kanning]

wild

[Tom Sawyer]

Hayley Jane and the Primates - Harry Brown's Farm
https://youtu.be/DcK5evC_mMs

[Russell Kanning]

that must have been fun

[Tom Sawyer]

Roots of Creation - Harry Brown's Farm, Starks, Maine
https://youtu.be/nn-T5jYvWsU

In spite of (or maybe because of) the imperfections... I really like how William video switched this.