We were honored this year by a great young man! his story speaks for itself. Please enjoy his work as we did. Tools and Bananas By Vaughn Isak Ray Cooley What do these following items have in common? A knife, a sword, a spoon, a twook, a hot dog and... a bannanna? They all have the forge in common with them! No? O.K., a hot dog and a bannanna don’t have anything in common, to MOST blacksmiths. But The Savage Norde do! But you probably don’t know them. Even though lots of people are untrained in blacksmithing, the Savage Norde have been practicing for years, they explain how the forges work, and they share their diversibility. I first met The Savage Norde smithing group at Ye Mary Greenwood Renaissance Faire in Richland, WA, and I liked them ever since. The Savage Norde is a small, joint family-owned business. They are blacksmiths that mentor, do live demonstrations at Renaissance Faires, and sometimes smith for fun. I don’t recall what first attracted me, or why I like them. All I remember is leaving with dragon poop, which is basically burnt metal. There are many different types of forges. There are propane, coal, coke, wood and more I haven’t heard of, but the Savage Norde prefer coke and propane forges. You’re probably wondering what a coke forge even IS. A coke forge burns a clean version of coal, so it is less dangerous. Coke, unlike coal, burns cleaner, and doesnt need constant watch (especially blowing air into the forge so it won’t blow up). Most forges have two parts. The blower, and the forge itself. The blower is designed to pump air into the forge, usually (by Savage Norde) by a crank, and the forge part is where the material acting as the fuel is burned and where the metal is put. Some stuff the Savage Norde have made are knives, twooks and spoons. They make knives by first making the handle being short and thick while the knife blade itself is slightly curved and wide, but very skinny. Twooks, a little like a fork but only have two tongs, usally started by the end being heated up and bashed against a surface almost like a knife blade, and the Savage Norde use a jackhammer bit, banging the steel against the split from the bottom. They make spoons by hammering the hot metal against a hole in the wood. (If you add the underlined words. hot+wood=... fire!) but there is something crazier than that… cooking with the forge. Not only can the forge be used as a toolmaker, Savage Norde also played around with their forge. This is where the mysterious banana comes in from the top of the paper. Savage Norde once had what I called “Lunch with Savage Norde”. They cooked hot dogs and bananas over the forge. Even though lots of people are untrained in blacksmithing, the Savage Norde have been practicing for years, and if you’re lucky you can attend the Spokane Renaissance Faire and meet them, and you can hang around to hear some information about their forge, anvils and making tools. And maybe if you’re lucky… you could even get a roasted banana! ↘ HINT HINT ↙ spokanerenfaire/
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:28:38 +0000
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