ThomasPowers Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Well I'm off to Quad-State after work today---by way of several sets of kids and grand kids so I won't get there till Wednesday or Thursday. Anyone else going? (By a stroke of luck my disreputable red hat turned up---even more disreputable than before!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KST1-Derek Fultz Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I'm leaving Thurs. after work with my Father and son this year. Looking forward to a fun and educational weekend. We'll be camping again. I'll look for the hat. -Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Friday, given good weather, I'll be wearing lederhosen and an aloha shirt in honour of Paw Paw Wilson and R.A.H. (Glory Road)---along with the very disreputable red hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieryFurnace Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Y'all have fun ........... WITHOUT ME! I'll just hold the fort down and work my tail off while y'all go off galavanting. Ohhh wait........I FORGOT! I don't have a tail to work off! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Not this year. Still teaching. Maybe retirement soon, making next year a must. Have fun out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron J. Cergol Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 oooh yes, I shall be there. Had too much fun last year not to come. This year, I'm coming down with my truck already overloaded, so I have to sell my stuff so I can go home with more. Als bringing a bit more funds to play with this year. I'm going to the MN event this weekend, then three days later to QS. Looking forward to chatting with you again Thomas. btw-we figured out a savy way to flatter on angles using the flypress-I'll show you da plans next week there. See you all there, Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My daughter and I will be there Thomas, leaving Friday morning from Cleveland area. Takes us about 4 hours to make the trip. All us I-forgers should have a meet and greet sometime Friday or Saturday evening... Maybe all get together by the Big Blu booth at a set time or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar C Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 should be a good one this year...i'll be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefarm39 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My wife and I will be there, arriving Friday night. Last year was our first, and I'm thinking this will become an annual pilgrimage for us. She doesn't do any blacksmithing, but still had a great time! See you all there. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Hall Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Im hoping to head up Friday or Saturday, Hopefully Friday then maybe do the Ohio Renfair Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I plan to leave Wed morning arriving Wed night from MN about 12 hour drive Nathan of the North is in New Jersy and planning on stopping in on the way home to MN He is bringing Rich Waugh who is flying to the east coast from the Virgin Islands. That is if they dont drink up all the rum on the way I saw Aaron last weekend in MN. He was there to see Brian Brazeal and LDW They impressed a lot of people with there forging skills as ussual. I scored (stole at Auction) a horse head steak turner made from 1" square Aaron sold an old church window anvil to a freind of mine. It might be copied as a Peter Wrong anvil to add to my collection not that there is room in the van to haul them Talked to Clifton Ralph two sundays ago. He said he was not going. Was planning on spending the $400 it would cost on cigaretts instead. He did say he has reduced the price of his Power hammer DVDs to $125 for the 12 hours. I better get to work so I can leave Wed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Howdy Folks! Can you educate me on the location and nature of the Quad Sate event? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Howdy Folks! Can you educate me on the location and nature of the Quad Sate event? http://sofablacksmiths.org/conference2011/2011index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Thanks dkunkler, I'll check that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 That looks like fun, but a bit of a haul for me. Maybe someday though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 just got home from SOFA 840 miles one way Great turnout, heard somewhere around 900 paid. spent much $ but a lot less than others. A few LG hammers sold Lots of anvils of all sizes and shapes The big buyer from down south was not there so a lot less competition for anvils but a lot changed hands. I bought two T stake anvils from 1800s. Biggest crowd of campers and tailgaters I have seen in the last 5 years. Bill clemmens posted a few hundred photos on face book Weather was a little wet but nice days also Kim Thomas showed a couple hours of his photos from europe. Unpacking so I can leave thursday for the next event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 hey there 781, curious about your user name. you Air Force by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I was for 5 1/2 years a long time ago 781 is my radio call sign at work 780 stands for the town in this county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herchammer Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I see; the 781 is the AFTO series for aircraft maintenance documentation. That's why I asked. I thought perhaps it was a reference to a past career. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I took my 12 yr. old daughter to quadstate this year, and while I saw less demos than previous years, I think I had more fun this year. We entered the forging competition and finished our set of tongs, mind you while everyone else was "cheating" with sledgehammers, she and I finished with only a 4.6# and 2.2# hand hammers. I managed to drop the hammer on our touchmark as the 0-second was being called. It gave me a great feeling seeing all my fellow smiths coming up and congratulating her. She is so stoked on forging with me now, something I've been trying to inspire over the last year with little success. Guess it just took the encouragement of all you other great guys. All in all it was a great quadstate, and the kid has been jabbering away about "next year at SOFA". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KST1-Derek Fultz Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I took my 9 year old and my Dad (68) as planned. We too had a great time and my son is all fired up about blacksmithing. Everyone at SOFA was so good to my son, treating him as a fellow blacksmith and bladesmith as though he had been doing it for 20 years. I never knew that making a few scaffold nail swords would put him on equal footing with bladesmiths of 20+ years experience, but that's the way you guys made him feel. I thank you for that. Jason, watching that forging competition was a neat thing. If you cant feel encouraged by the cheering and support coming from that crowd, you won't ever feel it. -Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Got back from Q-S this morning and still made it into work. Had a great time, though it helped that I was prepared for *rain* as I think I saw as much rain at Q-S as we have had YTD here in NM. NW MO is a pretty fair haul to Q-S; about 1/2 as far as we had to travel though. I hope to encourage more NM people to make it out there when I show off my "treasures" at the SWABA meeting at my forge Saturday. I was really happy to see Aaron C there though I didn't get nearly enough time to talk with him; sounded like he was getting some really nice stuff there though. So much to do, so much to buy, (I bought 5 different refractories while I was there!), so little time, money, hauling space/weight! Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I'm glad to see you made it home safely Thomas. It was good to meet you in person for the first time. I also had a great time, met a lot of great people, and hauled home some goodies. It seems like time just flew by, and before you know it, it was sunday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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