John Larson Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 This weekend James Viste is demonstrating at Blacksmith Guild of the Potomac's Spring Fling and he requested an Iron Kiss hammer. He has previously demonstrated using an Octagon 75 so I hope he is equally happy with a new Octagon 50. The 75s have all been sold, though in a few weeks I start on three more. I think I may get some video material of Viste on the 50 and post it later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Oh please John, don't forget spare batteries, mem card and so on :rolleyes: Is he a blade or blacksmith ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Larson Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 James Viste is an artist who has a broad range of blacksmithing experience, from jewelry pendants to damascus to ornamental iron and scupture. Dave Hammer shot some video material for me and when that is on youtube I'll notify. The event weather was nice through late Saturday afternoon when rain started and continued through this afternoon when I got home, safe and sound. The pole building roof kept us dry, but the cool wind had its obvious effect on today's crowd. The Octagon 50 ran perfectly and drew praise. I learned some new things, relearned some of his clever techniques, and appreciated the weekend off. I saw many friends, old customers, some probably new customers, and ate too much. Bought an artisit's candle holder at the evening auction, and watched a superb video of "iron ore to axe" by colonial wmsburg blacksmiths in one of their own shops. If you get a chance to see it you'll love it because the editing of tghe video is superb and the action is fast paced. Their smelter-blast furnace will probably be the style used at ABANA-Rapid City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Larson Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 The url for the Octagon 50 at Spring Fling with James Viste is:http://youtu.be/LZGPn1QmNE4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Buchanan Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 hey just a quik fyi that ore to axe video was shot in lee sauders shop... and the ore fired in his furnace... and the axe forged on his anvil..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nice video John. I love how quiet the iron kiss is when not being used. The self contained hammers can get annoying in the shop all day. (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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