cassious64
Brand New Member
Hi everyone! My name is Cass and I live in Calgary. I want to get into blacksmithing and have for about two years now. I read a fair bit online about it, so I figured it'd be good to join a forum so I can actually ask questions of my own. I haven't tried smithing yet, but I'm hoping a friend will let me give it a shot in the near future.
I'm mainly interested in learning so I can combine it with my degree in archaeology. I'm particularly interested in getting into experimental archaeology and making use of a knowledge in blacksmithing so I can recreate Irish and British iron age tools and weapons, as well as learn about the techniques that went into creating the items. I hope to one day be able to create a collection of the tools from these locations and time using period techniques, then use them to experiment with various uses and perform usewear analysis on the replicas for comparative analysis with real artifacts. I also do leather working, so I'm hoping to tie the two together.
I'm excited to learn a lot on here!
I'm mainly interested in learning so I can combine it with my degree in archaeology. I'm particularly interested in getting into experimental archaeology and making use of a knowledge in blacksmithing so I can recreate Irish and British iron age tools and weapons, as well as learn about the techniques that went into creating the items. I hope to one day be able to create a collection of the tools from these locations and time using period techniques, then use them to experiment with various uses and perform usewear analysis on the replicas for comparative analysis with real artifacts. I also do leather working, so I'm hoping to tie the two together.
I'm excited to learn a lot on here!