Forging Again!

Saturday Son1 and 2 of his friends came home from university for the weekend to make some knives from railroad spikes.

They had a great time!

Earlier in the week a Comcast representative came by trying to get us to buy something other than internet. He told me that they had 80,000 choices on TV!

I said, "Wow! 80,000 ways to waste time!"

Watching these young men play around with the forge,  hammer, and anvil was better than watching young men sit around playing XBox or whatever the new gaming system is, and better than watching them channel surf and waste time.

Oh, they are normal guys and they do play occasionally, but I love it that they have hobbies other than watching TV and gaming.

More of the New Forge

Hubby and Son1 cut down a dead tree on Saturday so that Son1 could have the trunk for his anvil stand.

Son1 has blisters on his hands because he's been having fun in the Blacksmith Shack (aka gazebo in the backyard.) He's not used to swinging a heavy hammer anymore and his hands show it!

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Hubby got a new tool box (that's ginormous!) so he gave the red one to Son1 for his tools. The anvil stand (stump) is on the left.

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 This week Son1 is going with Prion to help our friends fix their cement patio. Prion has been living with a wonderful family this summer instead of living in the dorms. It's been a blessing for her to get to know these people that Hubby and I love and admire.  They have been such a help to Prion that she wants to make sure that she repays them for all they have done for her. 

So she and Son1 will head up this week, move some large cement patio slabs, level the ground underneath, and replace the cement slabs.

Lots of work! Son1 said he's looking forward to it because he misses the hard work of construction he did before his mission to Mexico.

I should have him doing more work around here, but I don't want to give him work for the sake of working.... I'd rather have him do work that is worthwhile. 

Real men are like that... they want work that makes a difference.

It's Forge Time!

Our boys are sooooo lucky they have a dad that wants to help them enjoy their hobbies! Not only did they get a welder this summer, they also got a new forge. It's really for Son1, but I'm sure that Vet2Be will get to play with it, too!

It's a gas forge, but Son1 is also using the welder to build a coal-fired forge as well.

I'll get pictures of happy boys tomorrow. I was milking while Son1 was playing so all I could do was 'steal' his photo from Facebook.

Son1's title for his Facebook post was, "It's Forge Time!" Vet2Be posted the comment, "FIRE!!!!"

Yeah... boys and fire.... they go together!