Sure I could have made them, but the time I would have spent working on tongs was time I could spend working on projects that interested me more. I "treated" myself to 3 or 4 pairs of nice tongs when I got started. I've made my own hammers, but if I can find a nice one at a reasonable price, I'd rather buy it and spend my time working on my project than just building tools. Then there's also times when it can pay to shell out some money. I wander and see if anything catches my eye that's cheap. Most times I don't even have a specific item I'm on the lookout for. I'm constantly browsing flea markets, garage sales, used tool dealers, antique shops and CL looking for "stuff". There are plenty of places where you can locate nice used tooling inexpensively. Good tools don't have to cost you a fortune. They gained those skills either by paying for them with many many years of hard work, or by working with other tools while learning under someone else. Typically I see guys with minimal tooling make it up with exceptional skills. I plan on forging arrowheads, spearheads, war hammers, axe blades, knives, and eventually swords." If you plan on doing top quality work, you'd better expect to spend a fair amount on tooling, even if you build it all yourself. Above you said " My primary focus, once I develop the fundamental blacksmithing skills, will be weaponry. While I can certainly understand the money aspect and while it's true you don't always need "fancy" tools to do quality work, I have a feeling you are already handicapping yourself with this attitude. I don't plan on ever really buying any smithing tools, because.money, and stuff.
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