About Chris

My name is Chris. I have a lot of hammers.
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I am a Tucson native. I grew up in the desert on the Northwest side of town. Back then it was still mostly wild; the strip malls, tract homes, and retirement communities had not yet arrived.

I started learning about welding and fabrication in 2011. It was a midlife career change. Within a couple of years one friend lent me an anvil and another gave me a forge, and I started exploring what hot steel can be made to do. I got some help in October 2013 when I made friends with a retired local blacksmith named Tom Bredlow. Tom opened the door to all kinds possibilities, and I began to appreciate the depth of what I had gotten in to.

Nowadays I enjoy incorporating forgings and hand skills into my work. I'm interested in historic ironwork, especially traditions around Tucson ironwork.

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