Blacksmithing, the beginning 

nice video i have a forge in my woods and a mini-smelter

good effort,you may lwant to try the following books-Edge of the Anvil by Jack Andrews,and my favourite The Blacksmiths Craft by the Rural Development Commission.

Children :P i would call my self a young man :) but your right.. its good to know that im not the only youngster learning the craft.

well, i was kinda lucky since my dad knew of a guy in my area that was a blacksmith. and i called him.. but try and search the net.. there are Many blacksmiths out there, you just have to look for them. And how old? well.. im 19, have been blacksmith for 1 year now. But it doesnt really matter how old you are, as long as you respect the materials and the fire :) but feel free to as if you want to ;)

yea it could.. its just That great at it .. and they cant "last" as long as real blacksmithing coal. but sure.. they do work in the short run.

sounds great, and thanks :) im hoping to put some more videos up this weekend... soo hope i dont forget about it ;)

in RI the limit is 3 inches for carry

upload some videos then :D would like to see your smelter..

hehe, actually, the first thing i EVER blacksmithed was some 1½ year ago, also in a big fire. i blacksmithed a iron fence marker :P

well then i hope you find it as interessting as i do :) and feel free to ask if you have any questions.

I'm afraid thats incorrect, all of the iron and steel weapons of medieval Europe were crafted with charcoal heated forges, coal was not introduced to Europe until the 1700s. While charcoal Briquettes are not the best choice due to large amounts of impurities in them, they can get steel to forging temperature. The better choice for forging though is natural lump charcoal, which essentially looks like burnt tree branches.

well.. i have some videos of my own homemade uploaded.. soo feel free to be inspired.. :) and what you could make first.. ehm.. dont know.. buy some books.. there are many great beginner books out there :)

what do you mean? that wood can get iron to forgeing temperatur if you wait 2 hours? :P

are you think of the same charcoal as you put in your BBQ grill? because then the answer is no, you have to use some coal that is ment to whitstand these high temperatures.. i dont know what its called in english though :( but ASk around, and remember google is your friend, so its not that hard to find a english hp about blacksmithing :)

Well, here today ill upload a video of me bending my tong so that i could use it. But.. ive made a knife and a spearhead at my masters forge. on my own forge i havent made anything yet... but it's only 3 days old. But ill keep posting videos, the next video will be in better quality, since ill get my girlfriend to "shoot" me.