Events, Hammer ins, Where to meet

Hello my name is Jason I have a 14 year old son who would like to get into forging. If there is anyone around the area that could let us come overy and watch so he can learn some and see if he actually enjoys it.

Hey i am a new smith(well will be one shortly after i finsh build my little forging area) i am looking for a smith in Upstate South Carolina to meet and maybe watch and learn for a little while or someone would just like to give tips and tricks thanks

Manchester Area Historical Society, owns one of the oldest intact Main Street Blacksmith Shops in Michigan. They open their doors to the public, in conjunction with the annual chicken broil. This year it will be Thursday July 20th 2017, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. The shop is located at 324 Main Street, Manchester, Michigan. 48158 There will be smoke, fire, and noise. Great group of people demonstrating, and answering the horse shoe question, and more. Oh yea, Chicken Broil. It is 64th annual, they serve over 10k dinners. Live music, car show. This is a big event for our little village, and all ways a good time. Please come hungry. Just to date myself, this wil…

I'm just looking for info on blacksmiths in or around my area. I'm near morgantown, I know of Atlas Forge in uniontown and Hoffmann up in albright. Just seeing if anyone else in the surrounding areas.

well im off for a few days to tewkesbury near the welsh border, anyone else there please say Hi

I have just started getting into blacksmithing and in a short amount of time it has almost become an addiction. I have a great deal of respect for the art/profession and I am happy to see that there are people keeping it alive. However, it seems that blacksmithing is almost non–existent in the Chicago-land area. I might be looking in the wrong places but it has been very difficult to find anything about Chicago blacksmithing culture. The Chicago school of arts offers a $400 blacksmith class… I would rather buy $400 in steel and learn my mistakes. I have looked into the Illinois Valley Blacksmith’s Association and all of their events are 3 or more hours south of the City.…

Curious, any smiths in the general KW/ area?

I'm moving soon; just wanted to see who's out there. I've been dabbling in sharp things for a few years but it's always nice to have the opportunity to check out a real setup/smithy/shop or event.

Spring meet for the NEB group.. This spring in ME http://www.newenglandblacksmiths.org/2017/03/2017-spring-meet/

The Jim Seery Hammer-in will be at Rusty May Saddlemaker in Loveland Colorado this weekend starting Thursday and wrapping up on Sunday.

So I'm new to blacksmithing and I live in Las Vegas, NV. I have had my forge yup and running for a few months now. I'm looking for other blacksmiths in the area as I don't know any. So anyone in the Vegas area??

I'm travelling to Bucharest for 4 days end of this week for a friends stag party - whilst the night time activities will be planned out for me I will hopefully (hangovers permitting) be wandering the city a little to see what's what. Is there anything even loosely blacksmith related that would be worth seeing? Cheers

CFI is hosting their summer hammer-in. June 24 and 25, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm open forges, demos, raffles, and group projects for more info contact David Kailey 509-413- 9727 [email protected]

IBA Conference June 2-4, 2017 http://www.indianablacksmithing.org/Conferences/2017_Brochure.pdf

Ironfest is on again this year same place (Lithgow Showground Lithgow NSW) dates this year are going to be April 22 and 23rd 2017 with a preview on the 21st (friday arvo). Anyone who wishes to call them selves a blacksmith needs to attend this event as it is fast becoming the biggest gathering of blacksmiths in NSW anyway. For info on the weekend use the contact details already posted in this thread for the last few years. http://www.ironfest.net/ See you there. Phil

Can someone refer me to female blacksmiths in Las Vegas? Judy H

Hey Guys, I want to invite you to the international blacksmithing meeting HAMMER IN 2017 in Sperberslohe, near Nuremberg - Germany, from July 19. - 23. if you're european or plan to spend the summer in Europe, join us and more than 100 blacksmiths, metalartists, bladesmiths and other awesome guys who love to forge iron ;-) more infos on our homepage: http://hammer-in.de/ and in our facebook-event! and check out our badass video teaser ! greetings from Germany Johannes Postlmayr

There will be the "Annual Hammer In" at the Lake Champlain Maritime Mus. Vergennes, VT on May 13 2017. Registration required, 802-475-2022 $40 including Lunch. Robert Bordeaux Demonstrator. Knife Maker, Heat treating on the Menu. You can get more info at LCMM.com or Lake Champlain Maritime Mus. on the Web. Always a great day well worth the money esp, with lunch.

Northwest Blacksmith Association Conference Friday – Sunday, May 12-14, 2017, Longview, WA. I just signed up for it. Anyone else planning on going?

Downtown Spruce Pine NC. Locust St, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 Spruce Pine Main Street is proud to partner with the Toe River Arts Council and Penland School of Crafts for the annual Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Festival 2017 April 29th9 from 10 am to 4 pm downtown Spruce Pine http://downtownsprucepine.com/Fire.pdf

Howdy guys, I've been having a blast doing this weekly livestream, and have quickly realized the format it should take; a mini hammer-in every week! I have found that sharing the forge with another person creates a really nice flow, with smiths alternating use of the anvil and answering questions or chatting with viewers. Currently I have blacksmith Kyle McCormick coming up on February 27th, and then bladesmith John Kotlarchick on March 13th. I am looking for help with filling up a schedule that will keep things interesting for many Mondays to come. Keep in mind my shop is limited, and very much only geared towards knifemaking, so I recommend bringing …

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Athens Forge is a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. Mar. 26. We will be working on the Ypres memorial poppies. Come help. For more info see www.athensforge.com

I am traveling to Havana, Cuba and wonder if anyone knows of any blacksmiths that I might visit. Thanks

Having no knowledge of Blacksmithing other than reading about it and not having easy access to a class, im in a bit of a bind. If anyone knows of any places around St. Louis, Illinois where someone can teach me, by all means let me know. I would love to take a class, I've just been unable to find any. I live 15 minutes out of St. Louis. Im wanting to learn how to Smith blades if that matters, im sure any blacksmith could head me in the right direction though. It's just going to be hard to teach myself something such as this.