Hello Peter and Cathy, thank you for the shout out and kind words, there is a whole community of blacksmiths watching your build with envy and anticipation.

My paternal grandmother was born in 1890 went through school to the 8th grade saw the first automobiles come to the county. My grandfather drove the first heavy truck in town. He was also the mechanic for said truck. Air travel, 2 world wars and all the rest. She taught me history and family history in particular. I am the custodian of the family Bibles the oldest of which dates to March 1813 with the marriage of my triple great grandparents. My avatar is my great-great grandfather. A man whose life was cut short during the War of Northern Aggression. His youngest son was my great grandfather and the grandfather of my grandmother.

That's why I love this channel because when I'm scrolling down to read some comments you can read peoples comments about the history of their families and other topics that happened long time ago. By the way, great harvest on garlic and onions.

I also had a Grandma Kelly! She was born in 1898 in a dirt floor cabin on the border of Canada & New York In Chateaugay. My aunt's, uncle and mother were born in the same place as she kept it after her parents were killed. She and my Grandad bought a farm, in another town, and built a REAL Sears & Robuck farm house! They also built the Barn first, lived in the hay loft, and had an outside kitchen even while I lived there. The inside kitchen was huge, with a fireplace and bread ovens built into it. I remember in the winter, she always had some kind of stew or soup cooking in the cast iron pot hanging in there. It always smelled good! All summer we cooked & canned outside. We made lard, soap, cheese, butter, candles, feather beds & the ticks for them. I loved my bed! You sink in and snuggle in winter. The house garden was huge, and I didn't like having to tend to it, but I'm so glad I learned all those skills.. if we ever do loose our grid for years, I can make almost everything we need. Heck, I do now!

finding saw mill lumber that wide here is just about a thing of the past. lookin' good!!

Peter , Cathy great work here. A wee bit of history talking about grandparents my grandfather from my moms side was born 1901 his family from Pennsylvania (Dutch) to Dayton Ohio and the stories he would tell was amazing. One that always comes to mind as he would say Them Boy's where crazy you know them Wright brothers where crazy out there trying to fly like the birds in some crazy looking apparatus called an airplane in the prairies and now is Wright Paterson Air Force Base, it always amazed me. good ole stories in good ole days. Take care be safe!

Perfectly timed for my break.

Brings new meaning to “were you born in a barn “

Thank you for the shout out. The smithy is progressing remarkable well. I enjoy everything about your channel, and can't wait for the first forge fire.

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On my mother's side, her ancestor, Jean Rodrigue, settled in Quebec in roughly 1668, then his grandson moved to Louisiana around 1750, and my grandparents moved to Texas after he served in the Korean War. My dad's family settled in Massachusetts from Scotland in 1636, and moved to Alabama around the 1870s, and my Grandfather moved to Texas in the 1920s.

My Gramps who I miss dearly was born in 1897 and I can remember the many many stories he told me. I often think to myself like you did about all the things that he had seen and experienced in his lifetime. To me it is just fascinating. Thank you for sharing!!!

Really coming along on the build. I love your history stories. I have one at the time Henry Does was beginning to build automobiles so was my great great uncle Lib Tully in Albany, Indiana. He started the Albany Car Company. But he built the first one on second floor of the water company building never thinking it would work. He did blow up a few times experimenting with fuel. But he got it and had to remove part of the wall to get the car down. Henry Ford came many times to Albany and wanted him to partnership with him for his know how. But my uncle refused saying it would never replace the horse and buggy. He built over 1000 cars and still several remain today. My grandmother told stories of riding in one.

Grandma Kelly's grandson is pretty good storyteller too,I think you know who I'm talking about Peter.My Grandma was raised in the Great Smokey Mountains in Big Greenbriar,they moved out when they made it a National Park,she was a good storyteller.Thanks Cathy and Peter, have a Good Evening 🙂.

Good harvest on the onions. My Wife would never let me build a work shop like that. I would never go in the house again.

It is moving right on along! The roof line reminds me of the old corn crib across from my Grandparents place. You would have been in paradise walking through the door. He had his old tools lined up on the wall in the main part of the building. Braces, hammers, axes, planes, saws, log cutting tools for days...I don't have much from the old homestead, but I do have the wind up Victrola, the treadle sewing machine, and his cobblers set. A lot of old glass records too. Needles for the Victrola are impossible to find. The ones you buy today are to fat, they seem to damage some of the plastic type records they have. It took me FOREVER to learn the sewing machine. It just seems natural to reach up and pull the leather belt to get it started. This one you push. If you pull it all the thread from the bobbin just winds up as bird's nest underneath. I thought it was broken until an older lady sat down at it. She had it sewing up a storm. Said her Granny had one just like it and she learned to sew on it. The cabinet it "hides" in is pretty enough we have it in our living room. It did take some cleaning though. They used to "polish" their wooden furniture with kerosene. It was cheap and soaked into the wood. It also ate any factory finish and cause tons of bubbles and cracking in it. I spent HOURS with rubbing alcohol and Q tips rubbing the areas out and getting the filigree to lay flat. Now it looks almost new. If you ignore the wire holding the machine in place when it folds up...

Talking about grandparents, my great grandma came across the United States on a wagon train. That story fascinated me as a child. She wore the old fashioned bonnet and my grandma took care of her. Granny chewed snuff and spit. She was quite the character. When grandma could no longer care for her, Granny went into a care home and no longer wore her bonnet. She bought a cracked marble necklace for me to remember her by and I still have it. She gave it to me back in the 60s. I've always loved history I think because I loved my grandparents and listened to their stories of history first hand.

Peter, Is there a reason that you did not cut "bird's mouths" on the rafters where they meet the headers? I'd love to see a woodworking shop built along the same lines as your blacksmith shop. The small diameter chinking logs are a great idea. I love these updates and your interjection of "wee bits of history and acknowledging other craftsmen you meet along the way. Great harvest of onion and garlic...I am envious!

Such great progress, just amazing!

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I love the unique look of the small logs between the larger ones to cover the gaps. I immediately thought that it would be a shame to cover them with chinking on the outside but then you explained how you were only going to chink on the inside. Your build is going to stand as a fine example of a 19th Century Frontier Shop... Well done to you Peter and Cathy, for showing it can be both beautiful and functional at the same time!

One of my 5Xgreatgrandfathers was Sam Pringle. After he was no longer wanted for desertion, he returned to the settlement at Looney's Creek and came back to the tree he and his brother had lived in with his new wife. Their first child, William, who is my 4Xgreatgrandfather was born in the tree. His wife was Charity Cutright and her brother John, who was a noted scout, is also a 5Xgreatgrandfather. The reed candle is a new one to me too. Thanks for the wee bit of history!

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Looking good coming right along

Hats off to Kathy for joining in the activity. I always think it marvellous when a wife joins in an activity which is primarily her husband’s hobby.

Good morning from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing live history in videos

Hey Peter! Good looking harvest from the gardens! The Blacksmith Shop bids fair to be covered and operational by the time the snow falls! I'm glad that your son Patrick was able to lend a hand with the logs as well!

wow the work shop is really coming along Peter, i can't wait to see the doors because i know they will be the gateway to a awesome forge and work area for pounding out steel master piece's of workmanship art

Always a Great Pleasure watching your videos!! Thank you so much!!

Looking good, Peter. It will be finished by the time the snow flies! Love seeing Cathy doing the garden things.

Hi Peter, My Grandparents were born in the last decade of the 19th Century and the first of the 20th but it was more or less the same for them as it was your Grandmother, they saw a huge advance in technology and lived to see men land on the moon. The first 50 years of the 20th Century saw (in my opinion) the greatest advance in technology and human endeavour in the whole history of the human race. The second half saw new technology as the electronic age developed but most development was as you said, just improvements on what had gone before. I doubt any generation will ever witness advances in technology like our Grandparents saw. Kind regards, Mark

one that always blows my mind is Sergeant George Godley 31 October 1857 - 20 July 1941, one of the officers who investigated Jack the ripper. Imagine what changes he saw in his life. He want from horse , carts and candles to Tanks and Spitfires

Your a pretty good story teller yourself

It’s looking really good Peter! You could soon have a channel just on the Woodland Escape blacksmith creations 🙂 Don’t forget about making a period shovel for yourself 🙂

this is great work hard on building and making progress

I would enjoy seeing a video on how to store up the onions and garlic.

The wee bits of history should be remembered. You do a great job working those in with your work. Thanks

Looking good.

It's moving rite along and looks better every time I am really looking forward to seeing it finished

Good afternoon Cathy & Peter. Your shop is coming along nice and I'm looking forward to seeing you pounding steel this winter. Always a pleasure seeing you both and the wee bits of history. I hope you both have a great productive weekend and thank you both for sharing. Just curious, do you squirrel hunt with Jenny? Thanks again and God bless! We'll see you down the road friends.....

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Well done sir!

You are a fascinating example of good health and fitness. The way you walked along the flat boards on top of your log walls was amazing! Anyway, the shop is really coming along so quickly and the filler logs is ingenious. I'm sure the shop will look wonderful when completed but - take care up that ladder meantime! Your obvious love of the past is infectious and makes us think of our own back stories - though mine are all in mining in Lanarkshire, Scotland. With some farm labouring.

Your shop is coming along nicely, You do great work, very interesting and to detail! Blessing to you and your wife!!

Thanks for sharing and taking us along on the journey and for the great history e

Rush lights go back to Tudor times, I believe and maybe earlier.

Peter! You are doing a fine job on the forge building. Connors forge operated around the 1798 revolution in our place. I found a hammer near the forge heart . I put a handle in it and use now and then. All the best from Paddy in Ireland.

I can never envision what a building will look like and this is another grand surprise. WELL DONE Peter...she 'POPS'! Catherine is proficient in many fields, WHAT a helpmate! You two work like well-greased cogs in a wheel = How lovely and it is SUCH a 'Gift'! Beautiful blue outfit on you Catherine. It must feel soOOOoo wonderful 2 have a well-stocked and organized larder = Peace of mind! My husband had a beautiful grandmother from; Erinsville, ON. A real treasure, who passed on at age 93. Again, she watched history unfold at a very dramatic time of changes. I almost think their longevity had a wee bit of: 'What will they think of next?' curiosity, that kept them 'hanging around' longer than many.The 'rush' wick lamp is amazing! I was thinking of; bulrush, but I don't think this is the 'kind of rush' U R talking about. The idyllic lives you lead, so well co-operate with the seasons. William Wordsworth, I believe understood this; "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." Thank-you 4 sharing your wealth with us. Health and God Bless! :)

Nice blacksmith shop I love the industry of machines thank you for this video

Oh this is an interesting design. Looks like you’re filling in gaps with strips of wood. The shop is going up quicker using the slats diagonally. Looking good.

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The blacksmith shop is coming along great! My great grandmother, who passed just a few years ago, lived to be 107 and lived by herself until a couple of months before her death. She had some great stories about growing up on the farm and using horses for farm work and to go to town. One of my favorite stories she told was standing on the horse's back to pick chestnuts from the tree, and having the horse bolt out from under her!

Well, can't say my family lived on the frontier or such. My moms family moved to Jersey City in 1632. A few moved to New York because the family was mainly moving freight up and down the Hudson and threw the canals. My father's family were Quakers and Irish from Pennsylvania who came over in the 1800s. Mainly shop keeps, bakers and sailors who all moved to Jersey City.

Greg’s story with the pit they used to saw the timbers is where we get the term “under dog”. Typically in a lumber mill the person in the pit working the two man saw was called the under dog and was paid less. 😊

Would love to see your lantern Light up the place as you treat us with filming in the dark🌾🌠✨🎇🕯

I would love to see that rush lantern in action. I've never seen one before.

Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Great to see the progress. It won't be long now. Was wondering about the lighting, will you have any windows in the build? Thanks again and keep your powder dry!

One of the reasons I love history is because it helps to connect us to our family ancestors. I've traced our family in America back to 1753 so far. Actually, that was before the US was a country and still a colony. They were plantation owners, unfortunately slaves and all. They immigrated from Prussia, around the Berlin area. By the time of the Civil War, my family fought on the Union side. My 2x Great Grandfather was an officer in the Union Army and I still have his Civil War pistol, a model 1851 Colt Navy revolver. I traced the serial number and it was made in 1862. I believe he entered service in early 1863. I have photos of my family dating back to the 1880's as well. Somehow I ended up being the main family historian, LOL. The story's I can tell........

Looking good nice work👍

Cathy, your new dress looked very nice. Thank you so very much for this very interesting and inspiring video.

Looks like you got a good crop out of your garden and again thanks for the wee bits of history they're always enjoyable.

Speaking of grandma's... Mine was a Kelly! ( maiden name) she became a McMurry when married!

Good episode Peter, the shop is looking great. I’m curious if you are going to paint the board siding.

Hello my fr,good to see ya again. The cabin style smith shop is coming right along. Awaiting it's completion,anxiously. Another great video from The Woodland Escape. Take care buddy

oh Ha ... looking good ... love to see what you are going to make first Speak about stories ... my " Papa " told me a few ...born in 1898 My grandmother born in 1904 in Nova Scotia .... Smith told me a few too

I like the way you plugged the gaps between the logs, it looks really good. I never seen that done before, is it a common practice or did you come up with the idea?

I have enjoyed you projects since day one along with the wee bit of history (interesting and amazing stories). The blacksmith shop is looking amazing. I can’t wait to see you working on blacksmith projects in the near future. Keep doing what you’re doing sir!

As a teenager in the 70's I often pondered my grandfather's perception of the rapidly evolving world he grew up in. As I have witnessed the technological revolution over the past 50 yrs I have a pretty good idea what it was like. LOL

I learn much and want to know more watching your videos! Great job!

I’d like to see the outtakes reel. If it were me doing half the stuff you do I’d be swearing a lot.

The blacksmith shop is taking shape and what a great harvest for you both. Still think your videos need to be an hour long. Keep your powder dry

Love the wee bits of history!! I noticed that you are not using the buck saw during these episodes. Where do you purchase the blade for the buck saw? Thanks for the videos.

I would have you build me an dog trot cabin. Your work is beautiful.

I imagine the lack of window lighting on your blacksmith shop is to better see welding and tempering colors? My great grandmother remembered, as a child, a man coming to the door looking for a substitute for Civil War service. She held my brother when he was a child back in the '50's. Another great video, thank you!

I not long ago stumbled upon this channel. Lovely. Do y'all make your own clothes? Treadle sewing machine? Have a good one!

Well the blacksmith (toyshop) is the going for the finish hahahaha

Is the sound down low bc I must strain my ears to hear you talk. Good vid & always enjoy learning from hx. Ty for sharing. 😊

Hello Peter. I've been watching your You Tube videos since the beginning, Infact I have them saves on a flash drive. I have a question, not related to building construction. I have watched the video on building shoepacks am a total failure at making myself a pair. Would you consider making me a pair and let me compensate you?

every time I see your ladders, I think,OSHA down here would have a heart attack!!LOL. Wish I could be there to help, but deed, it is just too cold up there!!LOL be safe,,,,

Peter were you speaking of your great grandmother? Because I’m 66 years old and one of my grandma’s were born in 1896.

В юности зачитывался романами Фенимора Купера о приключениях Натаниэля Бампо. Ваши видео привносят к ним визуальное видение того времени. Почему ваши режиссёры не снимут фильм например по роману Зверобой, максимально приближённый к оному, по части быта, одежды, индейцев, природы...Это был бы шедевр!...Нет они снимают всякую муть, Человек паук, Человек муравей, Железный человек!!! Ну бред же...

До зимы построите?

I had no idea david caradines brother lives in the woods building log cabins?

How do you keep the animals away from your gardens?

Hi Peter, Excellent upload! Enjoyed how you were able to incorporate a little bit of everything. Of course, I really enjoy your stories and wee bits of history :). I like how did did your chinking. I have an old manual that shows that variation. Your build is coming along really well. Take care see ya next time 👍

Ok so I missed it I guess but do you live in the cabin or is it just for your youtube? Reason I ask is if the cabin God forbid burns down I'd make shop able to house me and my wife.. just a thought like a possum

Looking good. Starting to resemble the Sydney Opera House, both in size & shape!! Have you drawn plans? I also think humans need to reinvent common sense & decency - seems to have changed to achieving goals at whatever cost!!

Wait…did he say his grandmother was born in 1870? That means his dad must have been born around the turn of the century…Peter, I thought you were 50-something, but the numbers don’t add up, unless your dad was 70 when you were born!

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Wonder if lime is cheaper than cement for the chinking mortar?