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23 hours ago, Les L said:

There is going to be a teaching tent there also,  but but they haven't provided any details on it or who is going to be teaching yet.

Alright cool is the teaching tent just people explaining what theyre doing or is it something else

3 hours ago, Les L said:

Trooves, think of walking into a room full of your grandfathers (no matter the age of the smith) and everyone wanting to help you, just make sure you wear proper clothes, footwear, safety glasses if you get close to a forge, listen to advice and be polite. 
 

Haha, yea that's great I'll definitely go I'll only be able to go on the Saturday though.

2 hours ago, JHCC said:

Trust me: it'll be great. One of the demonstrators is Mark Ling, IFI under the username "littleblacksmith"). Another demonstrator is Lyle Wynn, another highly respected teacher who focusses on basic toolmaking 

Yea that's great, sadly I won't be able to make it on Friday which is when his demonstration is, but I'd be there for Lyle Wynn. I'll also probably go with a friend if they're interested, I mean who wouldn't be interested in blacksmithing.

7 hours ago, Les L said:

Trooves, look up Crossroads Forging Conference on Facebook, 

Thank you for this, I might be able to go to the one on Saturday. I've never been to one though so I'm not exactly sure how comfortable I'd be.

6 hours ago, Frosty said:

Welcome aboard Trooves, glad to have you. If you put your general location in the header you'll have a better chance of meeting up with members living within visiting distance.

Alright I'll do that next time if I need to ask about this again.

So I live around 30 miles north of Dallas. Keep in mind I'm 15, but I've been looking for some blacksmithing/bladesmithing classes near me I've found one called Shadowhawk Blades, but they're 2 hours away from me which I'm fine with but my parents don't want to be waiting for 8-10 hours doing nothing. So I was wondering if there were any classes closer to me where they can just drop me off and then pick me up later without the long drive. I'd say around 1 hour or less is a manageable drive.