If you’ve been looking at blacksmith experience days and thinking “but what do you actually do?” — this is for you. I’m Mike, the blacksmith behind Soulful Iron, and I run Blacksmithing and Knife making (and soon, Axe Making) experience days from my forge in Stroud, in the heart of the Cotswolds. So I can
I had a great time teaching this knife making course… Everyone did really well, and some excellent knives came out of the day! Here’s a video of the day, along with a special offer on coupons for this Christmas! (expires Dec 26th!) There’s also photos of this day on the experience day gallery. From now
At Soulful Iron, we recently had the pleasure of hosting Hilary, a passionate learner who truly embraced the spirit of blacksmithing during her experience day. It’s always rewarding to see someone not only enjoy their time in the forge but excel at it—and Hilary did just that! The day started as all our blacksmithing experience
The move to the Slad workshop is ALMOST complete. It’s taken a while, with let-downs from the van hire company and other issues… But I’m getting there! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Soulful Iron (@soulful_iron) I have a few bits of kit still to move, and then it’ll take
My forge has been in Bassaleg, just on the outskirts of Newport for several months now. However it’s time to move on! I’m moving the forge to Slad, about 3 miles out of Stroud. As well as the forge, I’ll be moving my classic Morris Traveller that I’m restoring, a 1953 Bedford S-Type lorry (to
Whilst I don’t have a guaranteed regular pitch at the market, I’ll be at Stroud Farmer’s Market every Saturday during April, and hopefully longer term too. I’ve requested a stall every Saturday that’s available during this summer, and will keep the blog updated when I find out what stalls I’ll be doing. Here’s a glimpse
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