Dave Collier first became interested in blacksmithing back in 1999 at a church picnic. A family friend was demonstrating S-hooks and roped him into trying one. He's been 'hooked' ever since. There is something very addictive about watching 2000 degree steel being bent and twisted as if it were soft clay.

In 2001 Dave took Uri Hofi’s beginner’s blacksmithing class at Tom Clark’s Ozark School of Blacksmithing. In 2004 he opened Baltimore Corner Forge. The name comes from his grandfather’s old country store which stood less than a half mile from his current shop.

Dave's preference is to work in the traditional hot forging method although he does use some modern fabrication if the job calls for it. He makes a wide variety of items ranging from leaf hooks to railings to knives. Most recently Dave has added classes to the business with the intent of spreading the iron addiction.