Hello everyone! Nice to meet you all!
My name is Kawa! I am 35 yo. My mother is french and my father is kurdish from Iran.
I live in France. Currently in Lyon but not for long i think. I was looking for urban emulsion (U now, arts, culture, restaurants, girls, etc) but it seems i cannot stand our western society anymore. So i will maybe go back in the countryside to find a new den where to settle... 😄 Yeah i am half-bear, half-geek, half-cat, half-wolf behind... Not very friendly with al-jabr 🤣). Maybe in Japan! Because it seems we can find some Akiya for very very very cheap prices in some nice places. Considering i will surely never have the opportunity to buy anything in France 'cause of economic failure...
I have been doing many things during my life bartending, market gardening, construction work, volunteering in music association/festivals, unemployment, watching at too many youtube channels about geopolitics, DIY, spearfishing, literally anything that could quench my inextinguible thirst of knowledge...
I have a clear and strong appetite for craftmanship of all sort. Meticulousness, dedication, learning, savoir-faire, local circuit, local sourcing, etc.
My ultimate goal is to learn and be a blacksmith. I am still working toward that even tho it is not easy for many reasons. In a more short-term vision i am starting to gather tools and lessons for starting my leathercraft journey that would be useful for smithing but also for many other things. I wanna make useful items for myself first then maybe for others (belt, wallet, harness, bags, tool wrappers, sheaths, jacket, bags, etc). Maybe start selling at some point. Eventually some nice LARP (& affiliated) stuff. I always liked to spend weeks on a nice costumes. I guess it is my childhood passion for history who speaks there. I have been raised in Tours, Loire Valley. Right in the middle of all these awesome castles... ;D
So yeah, i guess i have not a special research for now. I will dig and burry myself into the forum that seem amazing and we will see where it leads me. I guess it would be nice to find some french people around Lyon, Marseille, Salon-de-Provence, Tours that share my interest and maybe that can take me on for some occasional lessons or whatever!
>> I can surely take some quick tips, tricks & advices for finding, buying tools & hardware & cheap leather (especially for France locations). if you have some very nice rookie guide to link or some nice youtube channels to recommand, feel free to curate content for me (forum pool looks massive!)
I would obviously be very interested in finding an apprenticeship in leathercraft or blacksmithing but the french situation is kinda bad for independant so most of time they simply cannot do it. Also the legal aspect of apprenticeship are often very limitating...
Feel free to leave a message there, ask for my contacts: email, discord, instagram, whatever you like!
Hello everyone! Nice to meet you all! My name is Kawa! I am 35 yo. My mother is french and my father is kurdish from Iran. I live in France. Currently in Lyon but not for long i think. I was looking for urban emulsion (U now, arts, culture, restaurants, girls, etc) but it seems i cannot stand our western society anymore. So i will maybe go back in the countryside to find a new den where to settle... 😄 Yeah i am half-bear, half-geek, half-cat, half-wolf behind... Not very friendly with al-jabr 🤣). Maybe in Japan! Because it seems we can find some Akiya for very very very cheap prices in some nice places. Considering i will surely never have the opportunity to buy anything in France 'cause of economic failure... I have been doing many things during my life bartending, market gardening, construction work, volunteering in music association/festivals, unemployment, watching at too many youtube channels about geopolitics, DIY, spearfishing, literally anything that could quench my inextinguible thirst of knowledge... I have a clear and strong appetite for craftmanship of all sort. Meticulousness, dedication, learning, savoir-faire, local circuit, local sourcing, etc. My ultimate goal is to learn and be a blacksmith. I am still working toward that even tho it is not easy for many reasons. In a more short-term vision i am starting to gather tools and lessons for starting my leathercraft journey that would be useful for smithing but also for many other things. I wanna make useful items for myself first then maybe for others (belt, wallet, harness, bags, tool wrappers, sheaths, jacket, bags, etc). Maybe start selling at some point. Eventually some nice LARP (& affiliated) stuff. I always liked to spend weeks on a nice costumes. I guess it is my childhood passion for history who speaks there. I have been raised in Tours, Loire Valley. Right in the middle of all these awesome castles... ;D So yeah, i guess i have not a special research for now. I will dig and burry myself into the forum that seem amazing and we will see where it leads me. I guess it would be nice to find some french people around Lyon, Marseille, Salon-de-Provence, Tours that share my interest and maybe that can take me on for some occasional lessons or whatever! >> I can surely take some quick tips, tricks & advices for finding, buying tools & hardware & cheap leather (especially for France locations). if you have some very nice rookie guide to link or some nice youtube channels to recommand, feel free to curate content for me (forum pool looks massive!) I would obviously be very interested in finding an apprenticeship in leathercraft or blacksmithing but the french situation is kinda bad for independant so most of time they simply cannot do it. Also the legal aspect of apprenticeship are often very limitating... Feel free to leave a message there, ask for my contacts: email, discord, instagram, whatever you like!