The Skills of a Blacksmith by Master Smith Mark Aspery

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Master Smith Mark Aspery

Mark Aspery has been forging professionally for over 30 years and has become one of the most well known teachers of the craft and a world-renowned Master Smith. Often focusing on the tools that need to be made to make the project, his classes go beyond a simple how-to. He has published multiple books and videos that are filled with suitable projects for smiths of all skill levels.

 

“I currently own and operate my own school for blacksmiths in California, USA. My training as a smith began after leaving high-school in the UK, after starting work at a small fabrication & engineering firm that boasted a blacksmith shop. Over the years, I have worked for several smiths, as well as teaching in trade schools. A certified journeyman smith with the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, and currently an Associate of the company (AWCB); I’m also a certified farrier with the American Farriers Association (AFA). Although I maintain that these qualifications and a Dollar/Pound will get you a cup of pretty-poor tasting coffee/tea, the endeavors were priceless. Currently, I’m writing a fourth volume in my ‘How to’ blacksmith book A series, The Skills ofa Blacksmith. I’m careful not to call myself a traditional smith, perhaps classical is a more apt phrase. I do not take any regular commission work, just the occasional small job, I am quite out-of-touch with ‘ that side of the profession. An underlying ethos of my classes is “make the tools before you begin the job”. Currently, the single most important event that has improved my blacksmithing has been to teach it — having to know the root of the skill or information, but the phrase “best I could do at the time” comes to mind. l am as much a student of blacksmithing as the next smith, and always ready to learn more, taking classes when I can…with a subject this vast, how can I say anything else.”

 

For more info about Mark Aspery check out markaspery.com