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Kirk Lewis, Blacksmith<\/h1>\n

by Joshua Heston<\/p>\n

Kirk Lewis, 16, is a blacksmith. What is his inspiration? \u201cWe had scrap metal around and I always loved medieval stuff. I just started making things and it formed into what it is now out of research.\u201d The video game Fable was inspiration, as well as film trilogy Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

Heading up his own sparring club, Lewis studies combat styles intensely. \u201cMost people think of Vikings as barbarians but their combat was very fluid.\u201d His opinion the Viking TV series? “I’ve seen it. It’s not very historically accurate as far as armor and weaponry.”<\/p>\n

His ability to turn scrap metal into weapons and art is longstanding. \u201cSince he was two or three years old,\u201d shares mom Amanda, \u201cKirk would use a low-temp glue gun and take all the little broken parts of action figures and toys and create these new heroes. So at that point, we quit throwing anything away. [Then] He started using leftover pieces of the garage. All we try to do is give him the materials and the time to create and then get out of his way.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, Kirk is likely the only young man to ask<\/i> for 100 pounds of coal for Christmas \u2014 \u201cI\u2019ve been forging a lot\u201d \u2014 and is willing to give lessons on armoring. In the year ahead, he hopes to finish \u201cthe scale mail. I\u2019d like to actually forge my first sword. It would be fun to make a gladius.\u201d<\/p>\n

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