September Dark Moon Bling – Endeavor
This month will be unique in the way that it is put together. One will lay over the other. I am using Coll for wisdom and the sources of...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Aug 10
- 2 min
August Moon Bling – Sentinel
This is a once in a blue moon opportunity 😊 If you are not familiar with what Moon Bling is, let me give you a quick introduction! Once...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jul 6
- 2 min
Moon Bling Baby! (not responsible for earworms…)
Moon Bling is back this month in an EPIC way! If you are not familiar with what Moon Bling is, let me give you a quick introduction! Once...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jul 3
- 3 min
News, YouTube Update
Hey everyone! I'm super excited and a little nervous to share some amazing news with you: I'm reworking my YouTube channel! 🎉(It was one...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jun 16
- 5 min
Spell Jars
If you've been following my Work, you may have noticed that I don't produce a lot of 'finished' items. Allow me to clarify. At Raven's...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Apr 5
- 10 min
Knot Your Average Magic(K)
Hey there! Welcome to another post from Behind the Anvil. This month we are going to take a look at Knot Magic(K). And as a nifty...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Mar 11
- 2 min
March Moon Bling -Fortitude-
As I was sitting with what to do with this month’s community forging, the main thing that I kept coming back to was it needed to be...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Let’s catch up
Wow! Is it March already? Winter here seemed to have just, well, not happened, except for a brief period. I know that is not true for...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Feb 3
- 3 min
Does this ring true for you?
To be honest, I am not sure where to start with this. I think I will borrow a few lines from the musical Hamilton. “Can I be real a...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jan 1
- 4 min
Well, that was interesting. Now what?
No, this is not going to be another one of those New Year's resolution posts. There are plenty of people who do that. John Beckett did a...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Dec 1, 2022
- 12 min
Do you Scribe?
What’s not to love about scribes? It has become one of the most versatile tools in my ‘kit’. If you have followed my Work at any length,...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Through the Ages
I want to tell you a story. A story of how I came up with the “Through The Ages’ style of pendants came about. As with most things that...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Why Would Someone Use Tribute Oil?
A Special Guest Post by the Owner Of: Herbalism is not my strong suit. It is theirs. So, as I was venturing into needing some Tribute Oil...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Sep 8, 2022
- 6 min
Black Salt - What Is It and How to Use It
I wrote last month about Anvil Dust. I know that I am in a fortunate position to be able to create it through my forging. And as I wrote...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Sep 3, 2022
- 5 min
Mixing Magic
I have currently found myself in a bit of a rut, (Does this ever happen to you?). There is really no other way to ease into that, is...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Aug 23, 2022
- 1 min
Take Care of Your Forge Bling!
A nice little, short video that goes over some important points in taking care of your forge bling. Do me a favor: Before you go, if you...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
How About That Anvil Dust?!
What is anvil dust anyway? It's created during the forging of steel items. Small flakes, also referred to as forge scale, come off as the...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
It's Finally Happening!
For those of you that may not know, I have been in the 'process' of authoring a book on metal magic. It has taken me on a wild ride over...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jul 2, 2022
- 7 min
The Blade or That’s What She Said
I wanted to share the making of what I humbly refer to as ‘The Blade’. I have made several knives, athames, daggers, spear tips and the...
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Sam (Bo) Thompson
- Jun 26, 2022
- 7 min
Incite!
Incite – verb - to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action. My Beloved and I went away for a day to get some ‘us’ time...
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