Meyer Kachel is stretching out the hot metal to the size of his pinkie and will pound it “really thin and curl it into a key fob.” Kachel says everything he makes has a functionality to it. He is also juggling working on a Medieval weapon that needs an orange heat of 2,500 degrees. Kachel says he works at a Renaissance Festival all day teaching people how to use Medieval weapons “so I thought it was time I should make one.” He has been a member of the Blacksmith Guild of Potomac for 12 years. They meet at Gulf Branch Park in Arlington twice a month.