Although the Devon County show was severely disrupted by the weather with the Saturday being cancelled for the first time in its history, it was a good show for me. My giant Bluebell sculpture got first prize in its class and then went on to be declared the show...
Its the start of the Devon County show, today Thursday 22 May 2013, and I will be at the showground all day competing in the 3 live blacksmithing competitions. The first is to make a book rest of your own design with 2 hours to complete. The second is to copy an item...
It was a beautiful day at the North Somerset Show this in the live blacksmithing competition. The competition requires blacksmiths to make an item within a specified time limit. For this years competition the brief was to create a Hip Iron, the time allowed was 1...
We are delighted to be participating in the Toby Buckland Garden Festival at Powderham Castle on May 2nd & 3rd where we will be doing live demonstrations of the traditional art of blacksmithing. A wide range of our products will be on display and available for...
We will be open from 11am-4pm every day over the Easter weekend at both Branscombe and Powderham. At Powderham, weather permitting, we will be workingon the outside forge so you can watch us at work. I may be making some of my monk figurines so you can see how it is...
The picture shows a sample of patterned Damascus Steel that I made. Damascus steel is a type of steel used in the middle ages in the middle east for making swords. The method used in modern times is probably not exactly that of the middle ages as the art was lost....
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