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Filling Big Shoes, On Their Own Terms

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Bladesmithing instructor Justin Kirck started forging as a 14-year-old in his backyard, trying to make a sword in a makeshift charcoal forge. Then he worked his way up from shop boy to part-owner at Nazz Forge in Brooklyn, finding his calling at the furnace with fire and steel.

Smithing is “one of those arts that hasn’t changed in 1,000 years,” he says, wearing a beat-up old pair of Timberland PRO boots that have sparks........

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