Events, Hammer ins, Where to meet

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As the year comes to a close, smiths from near and far gather at Summer's End Hammer-in at Artfire Michigan October 25 - 26 2025 Artfire Michigan 4567 Churchill Rd Leslie MI 49251 Right off highway 127 exit 56 Line up of demos and workshops Hearth refining bloom experiments (hands on) Induction forging Seasonal all levels projects: Wands, Snakes and Skulls Raku pottery Induction Steel making Pumpkin carving GLOW Forge

Last ABANA conference I spoke with Pat from the CMA and he invited me down to teach a class.. I threw out a few ideas, and we landed on Socketed timber framing chisels.. So April 2025 I headed down. What a great facility.. If you guys have a chance to go.. GO. Like any place I go there was some funk with equipment but it all worked out.. 4 students signed up but sadly one guy had to leave after the first day. Family emergency. 1 new person with no experience, 1 person with about 10 years and another person with about 6. The new person got his fire management down right away and had forge welds day 1.. The others had experience,…

QuadState 2025 will be held at the Miami County Fairgrounds in Troy, Ohio the last weekend in September. The official programming is on Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th, but people always show up early to socialize and to set up their tailgate sales. Download program brochure HERE. This will be my first Q-S since 2021, and my bin of tailgate-able material is overflowing. See you there!

Hello! Saltfork Craftsmen Artist Blacksmith Association is the ABANA affiliate club here in Oklahoma and we're putting on our 28th Annual Conference in Norman, Oklahoma. The conference will take place October 18th and 19th at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. We are excited to welcome Pete Braspenninx of Phyre Forge and Ed Brazeal as our primary demonstrators. We will also have a silversmithing demonstration by Owen Salisbury of Ash and Ivy Winters Jewelry, and an engraving demonstration courtesy of Pepe Tools. We will have classes the Friday before (October 17th) with Ed Brazeal and Owen Salisbury. Additional happenings at the Conference: - Open Forge - F…

I was fortunate enough to be asked to demonstrate at the IBA conference this past June. If you ever have a chance to go it's an amazing event with amazing people. Some of my favorite people to hang with and see what they have going on.. Wish now I had taken more photos of the forgings in the display building.. Lots of amazing work.. The group of people at this conference are also the people at nearly every event that setup camp and forge nearly all night long. Over the course of 5 days I managed a whopping 15hrs of sleep.. Here is Noah H. and up and coming star.. Forged out a fireplace poker for Friday night demo.. stellar.. Rob H. at…

Anyone else from here going? Short notice but this is the first time in years that I've managed to remember to register before it's over. Went a bunch of times as a kid, only lived 15 minutes away. Sounds like an excellent demonstrator this year. Matt.

On Saturday October 26 the Freetown Historical Society will be hosting a hammer-in with Jennifer Petrila as the demonstrator. The Historical Society is located at 1 Slab Bridge Rd., in Assonet, Mass 02702. Assonet Mass is a village in the bounds of Freetown Mass. Located just off Rt 24 north of Fall River Mass.. Freetown Historical Society has web site for further info. Or you can contact Dick Renker here at I Forge Iron with PM.

I will be demonstrating a whole series of items this coming Saturday at Arc and Flame in Rochester, NY.. https://nysdb.org/ https://nysdb.org/All-Hands/ The items will range from a compass, treble herb hook, wakizashi (Ninja-to) strap hinge, thumblatch, Draw knife. The list of items is not set in stone but dependent on interest. I will also be at Arc and Flame Friday night for a meet and greet with forge warm up for items that need prep..

Hoping not to be the only person working metal in my island hometown.

https://www.inclusiveblacksmiths.com/bipocsmithsretreat

This November I'll be registering George Mason University's first blacksmithing and cutlers club but I've been having trouble finding a place to set up on campus. Are there any very local smiths near the university that would be open to making arrangements for 5-10 students to visit and do some classes ran by me in the future? I think we'd be ready to get started several months from now.

I asked 9 people, 6 of whom never forged in there lives to get and execute a drop tong weld in 4 days. Here's a bunch of photos of students work and a few of my demo pieces and some tools up to day 4. These gals and guys ranged in age from 16 to 65 and have been crushing it. 4 days to get a drop tong welded multi directional basket twist handled fireplace poker. Not possible you say........ Day 1 nails (pyramid, rose head, and T heads, day 2 nib finial S Hooks, day 3, 4 bar icicle (free hanging basket twist) and welded side rake. Day4, multi twist Blacksmith basket twist fireplace poker (drop tong). 4 of the students completed the drop…

I am moving to Ft. Collins, CO for school and I am not sure if I'll be able to find housing with a shop/garage to put my stuff in. Is there a group that meets or someone in the area who's space I can rent/use? I have the basics required to forge, but if I don't need to cart all of it with me and can meet up with some other like-minded folk that might be the easiest thing to do. A google search mostly just turns up classes I can take. Thanks guys.

My wife and I were planning to attend this year (first time), and I was looking at the registration and they don't list the cost for members. An ABANA membership costs $90/year, so I'm trying to see if it's worth it to join to get the member discount for the conference. Does anyone know the member price for the conference? Any other comments or advice regarding attending the conference would be appreciated. The only other event we've attended has been SOFA's Quadstate, which we've enjoyed, although it took us several years to realize that if we wanted to actually buy anything, we needed to show up 3 days before the event officially starts or it would all be…

Howdy all, i'm based out of St Charles, and i'm basically looking to post the same post as ZWInters5314 I'm new to the craft, and looking for where to learn, and how to pick up this craft. i don't just want to learn it as a hobby, I want to learn it as a possible career if it turns out i have any skill or talent in it. i'm looking forward to hearing from anyone about how to step into this world, i already know about BAM, and have reached out to them on facebook, but it's like 10:30pm, and i don't expect to get a response this late at night

Is anybody going to Johnstown for the ABANA deal? It'd be nice for folks on this site to meet up if possible. George

Past weekend taught a beginner blacksmith forge welding class.. Had 2 with experience and 6 students completely new at the forge and anvil. Had them forge welding day 1 with a treble herb hook ( long tapers, using the hardie for cutting and notching, Long taper sq, oct, round, bend and weld). A very tough first project but gives me a real sense of whats possible. The long tapers and SOR were awesome. Day 2 was finish up herb hooks and chain welding. Day 3 I gave them 4 options.. blacksmith twist poker, spoon, Heart trivet or round trivet. 5 people chose poker and 3 chose spoon.. Huge success with plenty of time forge welding..…

Had anyone actually ever visited the Holland Anvil Company? I've been trying to find it this work trip and nothing pulls up the actual address. I wanna go see anvils since I'm nowhere near my shop.

This would be fun to go to and I had plans, but.... Maybe next year. The video is kind of neat too. https://www.libertyartsnc.org/iron-pour

Just got my flyer in the mail for this years Quad state. Mark Aspery will be doing a demo this year. Along with Lin Rhea, Richard Sulivan, Allen Kress, Clayton Spencer, and the Cinci guild.

A friend sent me this and I thought some of you who are in the area may want to go; https://fitchburgforgein.org/home/2020-announcements/

I am travelling to France in September, and I was wondering if there are any smiths here who live in the Bordeaux or Périgueux region. It might be fun to visit a forge while I'm there. Do you know someone? - Arthur

Hello, I really appreciate this forum. I am looking to find a school/forge or even a one on one opportunity with an experienced Blacksmith in Ventura County or Santa Barbara area. I work full time but can be flexible if it's closer by. I know Adam's Forge is in Glendale area and they are fantastic, but if I could find anything closer it be great. Any suggestions. Thank you in advance. John

Yearly my teacher organize forging in the Gravensteen. A group of smiths work together on a groupproject. This year we make a fire basket. For those in the unknowing, Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the center of Ghent. I will be attending on sunday. affiche Gravensteen 20232.pdf