I like the Harbor Freight canvas riggers bag.Ĭarrying your tool kit bearable if you haveĪny distance to walk (My wife got it for me one advantage of the canvas tool carriers is that periodically I throw them into the washing machine, with my jeans, to get them a little cleaner.ĭon't want to lug a big bag. Plus, I have a handy seat to rest my weary bones. That way they're handy and I don't have to dig them out of the bottom of the bucket. Sitting on top is a Husky storage seat organizer with little compartments for rivets, tape measure, markers, silver pencils, etc. It's got a 'Bucket Boss' placed on it to provide pockets both inside the bucket and outside. It stays in the truck and I use the canvas bucket to carry what I need from the truck to class.

for when I'm leaving home to attend a conference/workshop. The 5 gallon bucket allows me to carry enough tools, etc. I also keep a small container of bees wax in the bottom just in case. It has plenty of room for a hammer, pair of tongs, eye/ear/hand protection. It's got pockets on the inside to store punches and chisels along with whatever small stuff I'm using that day. Currently my two top ones are the canvas bucket which I use when I just need a few tools and some metal, like at workshops. I've gone through any number of tool carriers over the years. It's mainly smaller and lighter since I have to carry it a farther distance and since the school has a bunch of tools that I can use so taking my own is oriented toward the tools like hammer and tongs since I need to get used to them, and the schools tongs really suck. Going to blacksmith association meetings/workshops requires one group of tools, while going to class, for whatever reason, seems to require a completly different set of tools. If you're an eternal student, like me, then you've got a half dozen (or more) tool bags of different sizes, shapes, configuration, etc. If you're a 'forge-bound' blacksmith who does all of his/her work in the smithy, then you'll have a number of tool boxes each containing an assortment of tools of the same general type (i.e., hammers, tongs, etc.). One of the first things you need to figure out is what is your tool box for. So I'll limit this discussion to basic hand tools and an occassional semi-weird tool that does something strange and special.

By and large it's tough to throw your anvil, forge, and/or vise into your tool box and go to work. Someone once said the most important tools to the blacksmith in order of importance, hammer, anvil, forge, vise, tongs.

Appalachian Blacksmiths Association - Oil.

Appalachian Blacksmiths Association - Wax.

Essential blacksmith tools