jeremy k Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 geez, and I had my secret handshake down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 The secret handshake still works to identify you to other smiths. (grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron J. Cergol Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I am tenetivley planning on going to ABANA, but am unsure if I will be able to afford gas both ways, plus the site fee. Have too much money tied up in those darn Austrian anvils overseas...heck who am I kidding, I'll be there, but might have to hitchhike to get there. :P Hope to see some of you there. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Hop on a bus or jump a rail if you have to, or use the thumb express. Do whatever it takes to get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kube60 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I live here in Rapid CIty but I can only afford to attend on Friday. I can't wait to meet you guys. I'll be the long haired, beared fat guy walking with a limp. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Just get over there and wander in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 See everyone there! I will be in this afternoon. Getting excited : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kube60 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Well, off to the con to buy some tools. Hopefully I'll see some of you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 After many failed attempts at getting a group photo I finally found 4 guys that would stay in one place long enough to get a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Love the kilt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 After many failed attempts at getting a group photo I finally found 4 guys that would stay in one place long enough to get a shot Dude! You Shaved??? Gett'in pretty for the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I told em' I was Glenn Connor, the head honcho at IFI and they jumped right in the shower with me for a group photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Are we going to see pics from the conference please.Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I looked for a photo group while I was in the vendor area the whole conference and never seen anything close to a get-together for a IFI photo, I was right across from the tent Brian was demoing in the whole time. ????not sure what happened with the photo shoots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I got asked a few times to wait around for a photo. It just never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacock Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I have over 100 pics but can't get them to load. Some one told me because I always shoot on high resolution my files are too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Phil - I would like to see them - I did not have my camera along at all :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Are we going to see pics from the conference please.Cheers John Here's a few I got off facebook...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacock Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Ok I found a way to get these loaded.They are of the Punzo coppersmith site. The boys took off to see some blacksmithing for a while so PaPa and I did a little work. It was a great experience. Then the boys came back with a nail Alex helped them make for the stump so they made a small bowl put there names in it and nailed it to the stump. Then PaPa wanted pics with the wife and I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Great shots peacock, I was over there when he forged the nail. I have lots of pics to share once I get them sorted out. The group photo was a total bust, we did have about 15 people ready for a shot on wed but before I could get the shot everyone wandered off. Two guys went this way and two guys went that way. This is "Group photo" that I got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Thanks people good shots, does not look like big crowds is this a sign of the times? or just an illusion. Cheers John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Illusion, we were spread out over a huge county fairgrounds and a college campus with 8 - 10 events running simultaneously. But it was 105F in the shade, if you could find any. We were in a vast parking lot with fresh blacktop, so we scurried like roaches from cover to cover before our shoes caught fire, or stuck to the blobs of fresh tar. The frozen drink stand was doing a brisk business. At the fairgrounds there was an art gallery, spouses events room, reception hall with seating for 500, tailgate row, and 7 pavilion tents, each 50' x 100'. 4 with bleachers and sound systems for live demos, one for POMM, one for the coppersmiths, and one teaching tent with multiple forges & anvils. Each was separated by a hundred yards for noise, and I never saw an event that was not standing room only, 9AM to 9PM. And of course the college art gallery, and twice daily talks and tours by the Metallurgy Department. Shuttles ran all day between the two sites, a few hundred yards apart visually but across the RR tracks and a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Sounds like it went off big time then, have they named the next one yet. Cheers John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Delaware, other than that, I have no details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacock Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Harrington Delaware. They think almost all the sites will be air conditioned. It's 1/2 hr south of Dover 2 hr east of Batimore. I think it's the Delaware state fair gounds. I am saving my pennies starting now hope I can make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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