tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686455095068631242.post7528324092261841749..comments2012-10-01T13:56:52.622-06:00Comments on Rum and Donuts: The Dead Monkey Falling Down-Adobe ForgeNagromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464768190969600481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686455095068631242.post-55438187562583168512009-11-25T16:12:17.753-07:002009-11-25T16:12:17.753-07:00That's actually why I started blacksmithing. I...That's actually why I started blacksmithing. I was teaching myself to make knives via the stock removal method, but wanted to learn how to smith, so I sought out an opportunity to apprentice briefly. I, unfortunately, didn't follow up with that like I should have being a fickle sixteen year old - But once I was in college I got a forge of my own up and running and started working it again.<br />I've come to really love blacksmithing/metalsmithing in general, and make everything from traditional fireplace tools to cigar ashtrays and jewelry. Knives are still a big part of it.<br />I'm working on a couple right now, actually. A combat/utility type knife for a soldier friend about to deploy, and a general utility knife for a cowboy neighbor (it'll be one of the few damascus castrating knives around, I imagine).<br /><br />By the by, I've got not problem with you calling me Morgan. I'm using my real full name in writings and on other public social media now, and have no need for even minor anonymity, so it's all good.Nagromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464768190969600481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686455095068631242.post-27017028695102777272009-11-25T15:32:38.254-07:002009-11-25T15:32:38.254-07:00Nagrom-- do you make knives?Nagrom-- do you make knives?Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.com