Fiske Forge

Thank you Rockpile Museum for inviting me to demonstrate. It was an excellent week. Lots of excellent questions from and interactions with the Pathfinders and Camporee attendees.

I hope we can do it again soon.

Day 3 of the Interpretive Village at the Rockpile Museum. Hammer Head, some more Fredrics Crosses and finishing the Folded Pack Axe.

Another successful day at the Interpretive Village. The wind was a challenge with the forge but the Hammer is nearly done and the axe will be finished tomorrow.

Tentative schedule for Thursday:
--AM: Finish Hammer Head and Pack Axe
--PM: Spoon and/or Fire Poaker

Interpretive Village schedule for Wednesday - please visit with Joseph and Venessa as they set up the teepee and talk with visitors about Native American culture. Learn about Homestead living, check out the art of blacksmithing, visit the museum and enjoy!

It's our history...and everyone is learning about it!

All set up for the Interpretive Village at the Rockpile Museum. We had a successful first day.

I will be demonstrating from 8:00AM to 5:00PM Wednesday thru Friday this week.

Tentative schedule for Wednesday:
--AM: Hammer Head
--PM: Folded Pack Axe

Fiske Forge will be demonstrating at the Campbell County Rockpile Museum starting August 6th thru August 9th.

Interpretive Village coming next week!

As part of Camporee visitors coming, we have been working behind the scenes for months to bring various educators to create an even better experience here at the Rockpile Museum!

Inside the museum we will have:
• Matt Avery – Leather artisan
• Sylvia Bruner – Director of Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum
Johnson County Cattle War
• Justin Horn – Rockpile Museum – Civil War and WWII
• Lisa Marquiss – Pioneer school
• Mike Payne – Paleontology (Kintz Room)
• Keith Robitschek – Paleontology (Kintz Room)

In the field behind the museum:
• Carol Bierbaum – Homestead Shack
• Venessa Birdinground – Tepee and Native American educator
• Elisabeth DeGrenier – State Museum – Wyoming Wildlife
• Toby Fiske – Blacksmith
• Kim Fry – 4-H
• Melisa McChesney – State Museum – Wyoming Wildlife
• Henry Muhlena – Atlatl demonstration
• Sara Olsen – Community Vitality and Health
• Joseph Stewart – Tepee and Native American educator
• George and Geri Ziemans – Archaelogy

Museum is open to all at a reduced rate of $4/person. Please check our page for schedule events for each day, here's the schedule for Tuesday!

It's our history...and we have a lot of people telling it.

New stand for my refurbished leg vice. Thanks Andrew Rundell for making the wood parts.

New coal forge for an upcoming demonstration. It breaks down into three pieces: Fire Pot and Twier, Fire Table, Legs.

Newly made dishing swages. Got the idea from the ones David Osmundson has at his shop.

Repaired a leg vice I was given recently. Pretty happy with the result.

Thank you to David Mariette & Scotty for your help.

So much thanks to David W. Osmundsen. On to Level 2.

Just finished up a week at Arrowhead Forge going through ABANA Level I. It was a great experience. Thanks David!