Bandy Blacksmith Guild

Ed DeLao, student in January 23 blacksmith class, made his first steak turner. Next up is a chisel and punch. Good work Ed!

Interested in blacksmithing, take classes here at the Tom Bandy Blacksmith Shop located in Escondido. We aim to keep the art of blacksmithing alive and would love to see you here. Please visit our website for more information or come by the shop any Saturday morning and talk to our instructor Igor.

"Igor finished his russian expiditionary style machete/ messer sword and fittings today. The 15N20 blade is convex ground and heat treated to 55 HRC. The fittings are finished with a nitrate and chloride based antiquing solution. Phosphated iron wire twist makes up the handle with copper fittings."

"One of our long time members works on repairing an old leg vise. The leg had a bend in it which was forced out by use of heat and hammer. Here he is making a new spring for the unit."

Done with our new room for the Mill, Lathe, and welder. This room is to keep the equipment clean from coal dust as it can damaging. We are very excited to start working on this equipment was so nice to donate to the shop.

Not much at the shop today. Igor’s working on moving some equipment around and some organizing of the grinders.

Igor’s hard at work building us a new hood for the front forge. Hopefully he can add some of his artistic style before he’s done.

Almost done with our new coal storage and the wood shop is hard at work restoring this wheel.

Some pics from yesterday at the shop. We have Steven and Igor working on some knives. We also have Jerome working on our new coal storage.

Steven’s Sgian-dubh is just about done. Next is making the sheath.

Busy day today here at the shop. We’re building a new coal storage bin and moving some equipment around. The shops going to look great for the new students.

Here’s a project Steven has been working on. It’s a Sgian-dubh. Sgian-dubh is a small, single-edged knife worn as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt.