My name is Oliver Rickard, and I'm an undergrad in the Civil Engineering program at UC Berkeley. I took up blacksmithing as a hobby a little over a year ago, and have been hooked ever since. My goal with this blog is to present my projects to whomever wants to read about them. I will try to post pictures of every step of the process and provide as much explanation as I can.
The "Basement Blacksmith" comes from the fact that my forge and smithy area are in the "dungeon" of my house here in Berkeley. I live in an enormous cooperative house called Cloyne Court with 150 residents. We take up half a city block and have a long history of being one of the most creative and crazy places in the Berkeley area. The house opened as a hotel for visiting professors in 1904, and was converted into a Co-op in 1946, which it has remained ever since.
Well, it's back to the forge with me. I hope to post my first actual blog entry sometime soon.
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