Portable forge

Mobile forge in oak.

This mobile forge is based on the look of the legged hand-barrows used throughout the Middle Ages to carry goods and materials. Lengthening the legs and adding poles made it possible to fit a “continuous blast” bellows and a firebrick hearth separated from the wood by an insulated metal tray.

Once folded, this forge looks like a hand-barrow loaded with a bellows. It is therefore easy to transport and store while remaining “histocompatible”.

Like all my work, this piece is pegged, and only the ironwork is nailed, with forged nails.

This forge was made for the “forge” educational workshop of a historical re-enactment society. It has been in use several times a year for 4 years.