Forge Friday

10/22/2026

🔥🌹 **Forging a Calla Lily From Steel | Forge Friday**

Who says flowers have to grow in a garden? 🌹🔥 Watch as we take raw steel, fire, and a hammer and transform them into a beautiful, hand-forged calla lily!

This is blacksmithing at its finest — combining traditional forging techniques, creativity, and craftsmanship to turn ordinary steel into extraordinary metal art. Every hammer strike helps bring this unique steel flower to life!

At **Forge Friday**, we're passionate about preserving the timeless art of blacksmithing, sharing our skills, and keeping the craft alive for the next generation. 🔨🤘

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💬 **Tell us in the comments:** What flower or design should we forge next?

🔥 **Forge on, my friends!**

10/18/2026

🔥⚒️ **FORGE FRIDAY — HOT STEEL & GOOD TIMES!** ⚒️🔥

Nine people. One shop. Plenty of hot steel, swinging hammers, laughter, and good times! 🤘🔥

There's nothing like bringing people together around the forge to share the craft of blacksmithing, learn from each other, make some sparks fly, and create memories that last a lifetime.

It's about more than just forging metal. It's about friendship, craftsmanship, passing down traditional skills, and building a community one hammer blow at a time! 🔨🔥

Big thanks to everyone who came out and made this Forge Friday one to remember! ❤️

**Who else would love to spend a night in the blacksmith shop with us?** Drop a 🔥 in the comments and tag a friend you'd bring along!

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**Forge on, my friends!!!** 🔥🤘

10/08/2026

Forge Friday will be at the Osage Beach Fall Festival this Saturday! Come on out and say hey! 👋 As usual we will be doing live Blacksmithing all day! Forge on my Friends!!!

09/23/2026

Tuesday morning Bernie stopped by the shop and helped us tune the 1911 Little Giant power hammer, and make a new Compound tapered key for the top die! Now it runs better than it ever has since it’s been in the shop!!! Experience over effort!!! Patti Cardwell Tappel thanks for loaning him to us for the work!!!

09/20/2026

We had a fun weekend doing live Blacksmithing at the Osage River Antique Power Association show and the Tuscumbia Pig & Pickle Festival

09/18/2026

We’re set up and running at the Osage River Antique Power Show at the Miller County Fair Grounds in Eldon! We’ll be here today and Tomorrow until 11:30 then we’ll be at the Tuscumbia Pig’N’Pickle in Tuscumbia tomorrow from approximately 12:30 until we can’t see to forge anymore!

09/15/2026

Scotty B, Matthew, Carmel, and I (Troy) had a great weekend at the Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festival in Buffalo, Mo!!! Thanks to all who attended and visited with us!

09/11/2026

Some video of the guys forging around at the MRVSEA show 9/10/26

09/11/2026

Today Scott and I (Troy) demonstrated at the Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association show with Bernie and John from B.A.M

07/05/2026