“Beginner’s Guide on Blacksmithing” was written by Blanchard Raske, a blacksmith hailing from the southern reaches of [[Daendroc]]. Toward the end of his life, he had camecome to the realization that not all children are fortunate enough to gain an apprenticeship under a competent blacksmith. He offered this publication as a basic guide for young blacksmiths to follow in order to gain experience. It details basic blacksmithing techniques and how to create a dagger. This article is available to the public in most libraries around [[Regalia]] and its extended territories, and it was specifically created to appeal to commoners.
==Beginner’s Guide on Blacksmithing==
To all those who aspire to be blacksmiths, I offer you this guide on how to begin working in our field and commend you on picking up this particular book in order to learn. I assume that you have had past tribulations, seeing as you may not be an apprenticed under another competent blacksmith, and for this I offer another round of commendation. I will keep this work simple, and easy to read, my terms will be for laymen, but nobles may read as …show more content…
To put it simply you need four things:; aA thing to heat your work, a thing to hold your work, a thing to put under your work, and a thing to apply forces to your work. These things change depending on what you may be working on, the metal you are working on, and the conditions in your forge, but for this exercise we will assume that everything is optimal, or nearly so.
In order to heat your work you will need access to a forge, this can be found in blacksmithing shops that dot Aloria’s landscape, nearly any major city and town has one. Ask the blacksmith if you can use the forge after working hours and you should be able to practice. He will most likely show you how to use it so you don’t kill yourself, butand I won’t be detailing that here. Just know that using a coke forge is more optimal than a coal