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Basic Blacksmithing 1

18th Century • 1h 27m

Join us for ninety minutes of Hershel demonstrating basic blacksmith skills with projects to include building a proper fire, forging, brazing, welding, tempering, hot cuts, hot filing, & forging a trigger guard & butt plate and Hershel forging a backwoods style knife. A bonus segment on tuning a gunlock is included.

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