Hello! Thank you for letting me join Moneo.Town! I am a amateur blacksmith and silversmith with a profile on Moneromarket, and i am writing this post in order to get help with starting a blacksmithing and silversmithing business. The biggest hurdle for me at the moment is fuel costs (charcoal), the fact that i’m using a make-shift anvil out of a railroad tie-plate and potential shipping costs. Materials may become costly, but that’s unknown at this time. With each product I make, i will try to make an associated video along with it; in order to both show the process of its creation, and to ensure to the customer/s that my products are hand-forged by me. If you would like to help cover the costs of these things and would like to have a Monero-focused blacksmith/silversmith vendor, please donate to my Kuno Fundraiser. If you have any questions, you can reach me on here, but twitter may be faster My Twitter
You should post some samples of your work and pics of your workshop/tools set.
Maybe craft a Monero logo and auction it off to raise funds.
I dont have many samples to take pictures of, since im just starting, but here’s my makeshift anvil, 2 pairs of tongs, a hole-punch, a chisel and a makeshift rounding-anvil in the stump. I didn’t think abouy making a Monero symbol, that’s a good idea! I’ll see what i need to do to make it. Not sure if the photos attached to this or not, can’t see them on the preview. I will post them on my twitter too
I made a post on Twitter about it, but I’ll make one here too.
The “anvil” i’m using is just a railroad tie-plate help to a wood stump with screws and washers. A sturdy and tough surface is absolutely needed for any blacksmith work to get done; without one, 90% of my effort is just bouncing the metal off the plate (and the plate off the wood stump). Today I attempted to get some work done on making a square-punch - so i can make a nail-header for making nails - but the “anvil” just bounced around and made it impossible to move the metal the way it’s supposed to.
I am looking to buy an anvil off of Amazon, utilizing Anon Industries’ anonshop, so i can purchase it wil Monero. The total cost right now would be around $230 when taking into account anon.shop’s 15% fee and shipping.
I will sell other things in the mean time on Moneromarket in order to supplement fuel/metal/shipping costs for the blacksmithing business.
[ANVIL UPDATE]
I made a post on Twitter, but i’ll make one here too.
Through the Kuno fundraiser, i’ve been able to get about 1/2 of the funds needed to buy the anvil im seeking. I’ve also managed to do some blacksmith side-gigs for a few friends IRL and bought the other 1/2 of the monero needed.
Once i receive the anvil i will be able to make more intricate items (including Monero symbols) that will be listed on Moneromarket (and XMRBazaar once it goes live). I look forward to expanding my smithing skills and techniques.
All further donations will go to metals, fuels and shipping costs. Thank you!
