GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - On this installment of Florida Man Adventures, we are here in Gainesville at Crooked Path Forge. We are going to be heating up some metal, let’s check it out.

For centuries man has crafted metal, bending it to our will, creating all kind of items for our daily lives. At the Crooked Path Forge, you too can learn these time-tested skills and create whatever your mind can conceive. Forging metal takes patience, as you learn how the metal moves, it feels like making art.

“This is a lot more organic, it is a lot more like being a potter and working with clay, then it is working with steal as a welder,” said Jordan Borstelmann, local blacksmith and bladesmith.

You train with a compact forge in the center of the shop, workshop protocols like how to handle hot metals,

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