At the anvil
At the Anvil
In a nutshell:
Sergio Muelle, AWCF
Born in Lima (Peru), childhood in Massachusetts (USA), Peru (again), Madrid (Spain) and (Estoril) Portugal. I settled as a farrier in central Spain, La Mancha, just outside the city of Toledo but, eventually, in 2000, found myself working in the Newmarket (Suffolk) area of influence.
In 2012 my knees decided they had suffered enough and called it quits as far as shoeing horses was concerned. I've always enjoyed working in the forge and rare is the farrier that has not attempted to make a knife at some point!
So now, what once was a hobby has developed into a full-time occupation and my transformation from a Shoeing Smith to Blade Smith is complete!
This evolution is reflected in my ‘Maker’s Mark’ inspired in the thousands of years old ‘Ouroboros’ but adapted to reflect my lifetime link to horses; the dragon or snake is a horse head and the tail is a horseshoe. It symbolises constant renewal, renovation and recycling. Twofold in this case; my personal recycling and the recycling of the materials I use in making my knives.
Upper Town, Stowmarket, IP14 3, United Kingdom