Sable Fox Forge is a shop, a service, and a community. Our goal is to provide an outlet for people to appreciate, experience, and experiment with the art and functionality of blacksmithing.

Timothy started blacksmithing around 2012. He forges steel and copper in his garage shop as a creative outlet and as an opportunity to invite others into the catharsis.

How It Started

Sable Fox Forge is the result of a slow collision of various passions: the innate desire to create, to work with one’s hands, to participate in a strong community, to mentor and be mentored.

It started with Timothy developing his own survival skills, and later expanding into backyard blacksmithing. As a mentor and youth pastor, he started sharing his experience and his projects with some of his students. Then more friends became interested, and Timothy noticed something was happening.

The catalyst came after a couple of difficult, back-to-back conversations with other friends: a police officer who lost a friend in the line of duty, and a former Marine struggling to replace a community of brothers. What began as a personal hobby and mentoring opportunity was quickly becoming a refuge.

The Future of Sable Fox Forge

A lot can happen online, but digital spaces are only Step 1 in the vision for SFF.

Step 2

Step 2 is more events and training sessions in our community. We’re in the Carpentersville/Dundee, Illinois, area, and we are in the process of pulling together space, experts, and resources so we can bring the forge to more people.

We especially want to provide an outlet for servicemen and women, police officers, firefighters, and other first responders to decompress.

The forge current hosts small groups of individuals who want to start learning. We also set up hands-on events for scout troops and other groups.

Step 3

Step 3 is our own space. We have big plans for what we could do with our own Sable Fox Forge space, and we really want to see it happen.