Monday, April 25, 2011. Read about our recent LTC Convention in Kansas City. Sunday, February 6, 2011. My new blog has launched. I am so excited and relieved. I have spent the good part of 2 weeks trying to come up with a good name for this blog. So please hop on over and show your support by becoming a follower. Thursday, February 3, 2011. Sunday, January 23, 2011.

This is a blog about my start as a bladesmith. I will post as I go, showing my progress and telling you how to do what I am doing. Feel free to ask questions, I will answer them to the best of my knowledge. Sunday, February 21, 2010. I am setting up a new and improved site called the Washtub Forge. In honor of my first forge. Please check it out! Posted by Hogan Baker. Saturday, December 26, 2009. Finished my fourth knife, the trailing point skinner. Finished my fourth knife, the trailing point skinner.

Sunday, March 31, 2013. Friday, January 25, 2013. Waiting Patiently for a Fish Hat. My sister, Stacey, is a very creative sort, much more than myself. Alex is taking in her footsteps in the creative arena, which makes me very happy. She recently promised him a new hat and mittens for Christmas. There was much despair when said hat and mittens did not show up on Christmas morning.

Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly. Friday, August 9, 2013. She flies on her own wings. A bird sitting in a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings. Maybe a fish or a plant. Rebound fish, I like the sound of that. I will finally be able to carry myself through my hurdles, and depend on no one.