As a birthday gift to me, my amazing fiancée 🥰 signed us up for a two-day Blacksmithing Class! It was held out at Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms in Austin, and the description said we would learn how to use a coal forge to shape metal into various implements.
Y'all...it was FABULOUS!!
We’re both big Forged in Fire fans, so we went in with a tiny bit of understanding, but also knowing that we truly didn’t know a danged thing, lol. Our goal was to listen to the instructor, have fun while we worked through the projects, and stay safe. I’m happy to say that we succeeded in making several really cool items!
I could give y’all a play-by-play, but suffice it to say that we had a blast. It was so much fun to actually take hot metal to an anvil and hammer it into shape, I can easily see how folks fall in love with metalworking and bladesmithing. Even though we both smelled like a forest fire and had coal dust everywhere afterward, it was super-fun. It thrills me to my toes that my girl knows me well enough to pick such a perfect gift, and we’re already looking forward to the Blacksmithing 2.0 class! 😁
