Episode 97 with Alex Norton of Valhalla Ironworks in Tasmania.

Thats right! Alex Norton back on with the boys at Forge Side Chat. This time Lando and Welschy sit down to discuss blacksmith life with Alex. Many of you may remember Alex from the very beginning of Forge Side Chat. Before it was an actual podcast! Yep! We have over 30 recordings we did prior to releasing episode 1 of the podcast. In fact we started that venture almost a year befor episode 1 was dropped. You can find much of that work on wwwcaniron.ca use the code BigAnvils for access to the virtual CanIron event.

Alex has been a key element in the knifemaking community. Being one of the hosts of The Forgecast he quickly grew into the hearts of many. A few years later and has bow moved on to focusing on his craft, allowing Sam and Zac to carry the show on.

Alex has been hard at work making some very intrinsic folders as well as building up his shop to being the dream shop he always wanted. Living somewhat off grid has its own bundle of challenges. Even more so when youre trying to run a business. We discuss that plus much more in this episode. Again we kinda jump off into the deep end on this one.

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Songs of the week

Welschy - Iron Maiden - The Tropper

Lando - Nirvana - In Bloom

Alex - Killing Heidi - Mascara