It's not every day that you would find a scrap piece of metal and forge it into a sword. Most of us wouldn't know where to begin. But for Lancaster native Matthew Locke, forging a sword is second nature.
Mathew Locke was born in Lancaster in 1986, he has lived in the center of town his entire life. At a young age he was usually building something or drawing pictures. He has always been fascinated with the Medieval ages in Europe. His artistic ability was apparent at a very young age. He had a realism style of drawing and would usually draw scenes of knights, dragons, and castles. He always used pencil but would rarely have to use the eraser.
He is a skilled craftsman in a number of different areas. He works with wood, leather, copper, and steel. He designed and built a workshop a few years ago that has an impressive artistic look and also a working forge.
The Lock Forge: Designed and built by Matthew Locke
It took Matt 3 months to build his workshop, no detail was spared. Pretty much everything was custom built, from the window frames, to the smoke stack reaching almost 30 feet into the sky. He dug the foundation by hand and mixed over 100 bags of concrete and transported it by wheelbarrow.
I recently visited Matt Locke at Circle B Inc., a barn company located in Lancaster where Matt is the foreman of the metal shop. He was generous enough to spare some time so I could ask him a few questions.
Me: What do you like about living in Lancaster?
Matthew: What I like about Lancaster... It's been here since 1653, you can feel the history. It's a comfortable place to live.
Me: If you could go back in time as far as you want in the history of Lancaster, what would you want to be?
Matthew: If I could go back in time and be anybody, I would like to be the Blacksmith in Lancaster when it first started.
Me: Can you tell me about Circle B, the company you work for now?
Matthew: This building was built by my great grandfather Horan Collins back in the 50's. His company was Collins Hulled Corn. Circle B has been building horse barns for over ten years.
During his free time, Matthew also fabricates custom iron railings, decorative pieces, and smokers. He is also the Lancaster town clock winder.
Matthew is always building and forging new things, check out his progress on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/LockeForge
I recently visited Matt Locke at Circle B Inc., a barn company located in Lancaster where Matt is the foreman of the metal shop. He was generous enough to spare some time so I could ask him a few questions.
Me: What do you like about living in Lancaster?
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| Matthew Locke |
Matthew: What I like about Lancaster... It's been here since 1653, you can feel the history. It's a comfortable place to live.
Me: If you could go back in time as far as you want in the history of Lancaster, what would you want to be?
Matthew: If I could go back in time and be anybody, I would like to be the Blacksmith in Lancaster when it first started.
Me: Can you tell me about Circle B, the company you work for now?
Matthew: This building was built by my great grandfather Horan Collins back in the 50's. His company was Collins Hulled Corn. Circle B has been building horse barns for over ten years.
During his free time, Matthew also fabricates custom iron railings, decorative pieces, and smokers. He is also the Lancaster town clock winder.
Matthew is always building and forging new things, check out his progress on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/LockeForge
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