Events, Hammer ins, Where to meet

Just a reminder of the upcoming knife show in Janesville, WI on October 11 & 12 held at the Holiday Inn Express. Friday noon to 7PM and Saturday 8 to 2PM, lots of knife makers and vendors with sharp pointy objects. Early bird passes available, Hope to see you there, Peter

The Predator police are on the prowl looking for blacksmiths to stop and cite to add to their coffers of their little town. Last year they had 3 blacksmiths with their trailers stopped in town giving them tickets. BE FOREWARNED that 37 in their 35 zone is $185.00 !! They will stop you and write you a ticket. Remember New Rome and their police ??? North Hampton is just as bad. Be Forewarned .... Ohio Rusty ><>

The 7th annual "Trying-It" hammer-in for 2013 will be Fri-Sun Sept. 13-15. (Many travelling long distances have been known to arrive early and leave later than actual event dates!) :ph34r: Note the date/month changes as we moved the event to 3rd weekend in Sept vs.3rd weekend in Aug of past years! We feed 3X/day..... farm setting here so bring a tent. (Camper/RV park within 2 miles of us) Zipcode 62274 to Mapquest. We live 6.5 miles north of that on IL. State Rt 127 Come make some more memories with us again!!!! Last year IFI members from 7 States attended. :D email [email protected] if you need more details, exact address, cell #, etc. Stan

Califirnia Blacksmith Assosiation Spring Conference will be in Vista, California April 24th through the 26th. http://www.cbavista2014.org/ Michael Horgan CBA Education for Southern California.

I am in Ore. to see family, and see that there is a blacksmith conf. in driving distance. Can a person just go in for one day, and look around or do you have to attend all 4 days. I would like to visit the tailgate area also. I only have internet when we are in town, so any info would be helpful. LeeRoy

Hi guys, This will be my first year attending quadstate, and I plan to haul along a "pile" of stuff to clean out my shop. Could anyone give me any tips and advice for selling tools at this event? Where to set up, when I should arrive etc Any ideas on price ranges for common tools. I am limited by my small truck on what I can bring and have to pick and choose, hate to bring along things people dont buy. Thanks for any imput and hope to meet you there. Marcus

Hi all Just a heads up to let any Aussies know of the 2013 ironfest at Lithgow, (we are looking at taking a 1cwt massey in slides so as we can have a decent whack this year), Ironfest is being held in Lithgow showgrounds on April 20 and 21 there is a general admission charge to the whole event which is not all that cheap, but any blacksmiths wishing to take part can either contact through me or go to Ironfest direct. Ironfest does allow for reimbursment of costs but you have to let them know you are coming at least, there is a form to fill out, giving them and you details and allowing for them to send you performers wrist bands to allow you entry without charge. If …

ABANA 2014 Conference August 13-16, 2014 Delaware State Fairgrounds Harrington, Delaware Theme - Joinery: Come Make Connections $175 for ABANA Members ($125 before 15 Jan 2014) $225 for non - Members ($225 before 15 Jan 2014) Details: www.abana.org/2014 Registration: www.abana.org/2014Register Hope to see you all there Bill Clemens & David Hutchison Conference Co-Chairs Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Delaware (Red Outline Shows Conference Area) 1. Gallery 2. Indoor Vendors/Registration/Meeting /Auction 3. Outside Vendor /Tailgating Pavillion 4. Tailgating/Vendor Space 5. Camping Grove (Additional camping is available on f…

Bowie's Hammer-in has been scheduled for October 11, 12 and 13th, 2013 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bowie has informed me that I will be the first demonstrator on Friday morning starting at 8:00 sharp. Some of you know that I won the "Best Rail Road Spike Knife" at the Batson Blade Symposium and Knife Show in 2012 for my "Steak Knife" and in 2013 for the "American Eagle". I will be demonstrating how I make these knives. There is no attendance fee, however, you are encouraged to bring something to donate to Iron In The Hat and to buy tickets. Iron In The Hat is how this event is funded. There is primitive camping on the grounds and there are hotels and motels close.

Hey IFI members. I'm going to be heading up to quad state in an F250 4-door, hauling a 12-foot enclosed trailer. I'll be leaving out on Thursday the 26th of September. I have one other rider and can fit two more comfortably. I can also haul reasonable sized items back here if you go to buy stuff. (Assuming I sell the items I haul up there. Reasonable size items do not include power hammers!) I will be more than happy to transport you back and forth to your hotel, with the understanding that we all have to work together to meet everyone's time schedules as close as possible. I will be camping on site, Finally, there will be no smoking or drinking or cussing or …

Just got the flier for our Fall meet, should be a good one. Mark is a great demonstrator and will be going over more ABANA National Curriculum material. Anyone is welcome to attend but you need to be a NEB member (sorry, insurance requirement) but membership is only $20 per year. To become a member or to register for the meet via Paypal go to the NEB website http://www.newenglandblacksmiths.org/spring_&_fall_meets.htm It helps if you pre-register as the meal tickets often sell out. NEB FALL MEET - Sept 6-8 The New England Blacksmiths Invite you to the NEB Fall Meeting To be held on September 6-8, 2013 in Brentwood, New Hampshire Featuring Ma…

Hi All once again I am heading for the NWBA conf. in MT.Hood. I'll be ariving in Chicago on the 3rd of August, is there a smith/smiths in the area that we could visit? I was last there in 2011 and had a fantastic time- meeting and sharing ideas with some of the nicest guys I have ever had the good fortune of meeting. Thanks for your input Ian

Brookfield Craft Center Hammer-in May 11, 2013 10am to 5 pm The Good Forge at the Brookfield Craft Center Campus 286 Whisconier rd, Brookfield CT This will be the third Hammer-in at BCC and should be the best yet. The theme is “Historical Bladesmithing” and we will be featuring a smelt of Wootz steel,by Peter Swarz-burt, a demonstration of forging a pattern welded Viking age blade by Matthew Parkinson and many other interesting events to be Announced. Of course, as always your $20 admission includes a hotdog lunch and an Iron-in-the-hat raffle ticket, So bring your appetite and something for the raffle. This year we will be following up Saturday’s Hammer-in with an…

Okay guys I know a lot of you have been following my other post Okay Guys I need help. Richmond is only an hour away from Troy Ohio. If you want to come see my forge and do a little heat and beat Just let me know on here. The more people sign up the better chance I have of keeping the museum open late. The admission fee is 7 dollars and It's a money back guarantee to see the whole museum. THe website is in my signature. I may even be able to get dinner catered by subway for a couple dollars more. Please come! I want to meet as many of you as possible! I have 2 anvils and I will heat up the forge. You will just have to bring your own safety glasses and apron, and if you ha…

Frank Turley [me] will be demoing at the Ashokan Center, New York, May 3-4-5 for the www.northeastblacksmiths.org. Tune into their site to find out more.

Hi everyone, The NEB spring meet is coming up. Should be a good one. For photos,the full flier and registration form go to the NEB website here http://www.newenglandblacksmiths.org/2013SpringMeet.pdf There is camping allowed on site, and please note that you need to be a NEB member to attend but it's only $20 for membership, you can buy one at the door. It's required by our insurance. The New England Blacksmiths Invite you to NEB Spring 2013 Meeting To discover, to help May 17-19, 2013 at Morrell Metalsmiths, Featuring Toby Hickman About Toby Hickman Toby Hickman has been blacksmithing since 1970. He has been forging on self-contained p…

Alec will be demonstrating at the NWBA conference this weekend. This is history in the making! Alec is 15 years old from the UK. He is a talented young man with a very good understanding of forging. He was the inspiration for last years Young Smiths program and he will also be back this summer to head up this years International Young Smiths team. If you can get to the conference, you should not miss his demonstrations. I am unable to attend, so I hope someone can report on this and share some pics of this event.

The Blacksmiths Guild of the Potomac's annual "Spring fling" this past weekend was a whole lot of fun. The three day event in Berryville,VA included demos from Colonial Williamsburg Blacksmith Chris Henkels, Williamsburg Gunsmith Richard Sullivan and Massachusetts artist-blacksmith Carl Close. The demos were quite comprehensive . Also included were raffles, auctions and tailgating. Good times! Links to two short videos I took: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUAWy6zCxM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmNt2yDF_f0 Demonstrator links: http://www.hammersmithstudio.com/history.html http://www.history.org/almanack/life/trades/tradebla.cfm

Just a note to those who are interested. BAM (Blacksmith Association of Missouri) Is holding their annual conference the first weekend of May in Sedalia MO. If you are interested you can see the flyer here Or just go to www.bamsite.org and click on the conference links. Conference starts on Friday and ends at non on Sunday. Tailgaters galore and many demonstrations.

Had a good time at the new salem hammer in yesterday. Peter Ross was the demonstrator, it was a great demo.I also learned by 1700 standards I AM a master smith LOL !

Hello I just registered my family for the spring NWBA conference on Longview, Washington for April 26-28. I hope to meet some of you all there! Kirk

Don't forget that the NJBA is having their spring meet 4-13-13 at Peter's Valley Craft Center tomorrow. Andy Dohner is doing a demo, Dick Sargent also. Lots of forging stations if you'd like to get in some forge time. There will also be a Zipmax there to play with. Should be a nice event!

Some of you may be aware that following a long period of moribundity there was a meeting in January to attempt to revive the KBA. The first step seems to be to get some people and some forges together on a regular basis. My apologies for the short notice for this invitation. I will be hosting a hammer-in at my shop in Louisville this Saturday, 30 March 2013 at 11:00 am. I'll give a tour of the shop, do a short forging demonstration and then there will be some open forge time and general socializing. My place is the Fred Hutt Blacksmith Shop, 853 S Seventh St. Louisville, KY 40203 http://goo.gl/maps/iTYLj https://www.facebook.com/events/630329126980424/

Just a reminder that Chase Saxton and I are hosting a Blacksmith Hammer-In at his shop in Scottsville Kentucky THIS Saturday. (March 16th 2013) Email Chase at [email protected] for info and directions!

Greetings to all blacksmith's located in and around the Comonwealth of Kentucky. This letter is to inform you that Chase Saxton of "Blacksmith of the Bluegrass" is holding a "hammer-in" at his shop in Scottsville Ky, on the third Saturday of March at 9:00 am. Scottsville is a short drive off of the I-65 exit #2 for those coming from Northern Ky, or Tn We will have demo's by Chase Saxton, & Dave Custer of "Fiery Furnace Forge LLC", and after which we will have lunch, and then just some good ol'e forging and talking. We will have several forges, but we encourage smith's, who have a small portable forge/work station of their own, to please bring it, also if anyone …