Welcome to Starling Forge
The forge was created in 2022, working with metals I explore this skill that’s over 5,000 years old, using traditional and modern methods to shape the material to my will.
‘Need a tool – make a tool’, a key part of the blacksmith’s repertoire and something I particularly enjoy, I also play with decorative and aesthetic forms in the process of making functional items.
I will try and post up the journey here and on my Instagram page and some of the things I make will be for sale in my online shop. This is not a career change, I am a full time handyman – and you can see that exceptional work here.
My work is also available at:
Forge welding
The two rings pictured I made for holding the reigns (handles) of the tongs, they can move up and down the reigns for adjustability, this requires less effort to grip while working the hot metal. Once the bar is bent into a full circle with the ends overlapped, it is...
Tool making
Making tools: top and bottom dies for rivets, these are made from the broken tips of jack hammer bits, the steel is very high carbon and extremely hard to forge with, the spherical depression is created first, with a centre punch, enlarged with a rounded punch and...
New forge setup
The new forge is a success, smoke test was good so I went full blacksmith and beat out a drawknife, my first go and straight from my head without reference, it actually works too! From a scrap car coil spring.