The Blacksmith's apprentice: Forging in the ancient ways

Lenny has a dream of becoming a blacksmith and forging magnificent items of art and utility out of pounded steel.  Why?  I have no idea.  Maybe it's the pyro attraction. Maybe it's the thrill of being allowed to hit things really hard with a hammer.  Anyway, I was able to find him a morning class teaching the basic of forging, so on May 15th, Lenny and Robert drove to a nearby forge for their instruction.

3 hours of sweat and hammering later (and no significant burns), each of them produced a beautiful and useful sausage fork.  

I was sure this was the culmination of Lenny's dream, but unfortunately the next day, after much quiet typing in his room, he presented me with a 3 page manifesto explaining why he should be allowed to build a forge in our garden.  I'm pretty sure it's not legal, but I guess we will see.