Eofor, That is a very realistic portrayal of a travelers coin selection, Different coins from different places. Looks like a picture from a museum display on a recovered Viking hoard. Well done. I have obtained over the years a few original medieval coins off e-bay. They all came from shops in the U...

If you didn't catch it live. The Program is called " Start Up" it's 26 mi long. Tells the story of Shire Post as a family run start up company. I had watched this before joining here and found the tooling and process interesting. A long time dream made possible by a chance acquisition of a...

I was lucky enough to catch the countdown and premier. Great job. I appreciate how much work lead up to the trek and the recording of it. Inspire you did. I had seen Ranger videos early last spring and thought of putting some targets along the trails in my woods . The point in my mind was to make up...

I would like to add a little information for those who would like to make items out of these metals.Tons of these materials have moved through my shop. For a simple definition Bronze is copper/tin Brasses are copper Zinc alloy. Yes other metals are in the mix to give different properties to the bras...

What a way to start a new year, found this Forum and folk on the same path. Mike the Blacksmith here, because I am. Grew up in my Grandfathers blacksmith shop and spent my working years blacksmithing/metalsmithing. Retired now but my shop is fully functional. Early last year I found some "Range...