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Freshly crushed malachite ready for smelting.
The resultant ingots of copper, which were added to the bronze mix.
Will Lord, quenching my freshly-cast bronze sword.
My mis-cast bronze knife after cooling. It went on to be a lovely little knife, and I will finish the handle to it this week.
Antony Whitlock, starting a new flint core for us to knap from.
Dave Budd, knife maker extraordinaire, polishing a sword.
Open, close, open, close. Bellows in the forge.
The course may run again next year in this or similar format with Woodsmoke. Let me know if you would like to come. Flint-knapper and new T'ai Chi friend Antony Whitlock can be found here. We hope to meet up and do a T'ai Chi / flint knapping swap in Dorset in August. Will Lord's website is here, he can teach so many amazing things, and a good friend made a beautiful long bow with him a few years ago. Dave Budd knives are here. His knives (one tiny very useful one so far) and courses are where I can see all my spare money going over the next year.
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