January 5, 20188 yr The Athens Forge is a member of the Alabama Forge Council. We meet on the 4th Saturday of the month at 10AM in Athens, Alabama. Visitors are always welcome. For more info see our website, athensforge.com, or on FB at Athens Forge. The demonstrators for 2018 are as follows... Jan. 27th Al Stephens, AL, Feb. 24th Clay Spencer, AL, Mar.24th Calvin Garland, TN, April 28th Mark Haddix, AL, May 26th Steve Williamson, TN, June 23th Raymond Head, AL July 28th Ron Nichols, TN, August 25th Bob Taylor, AL, September 22ed George Ezell, AL, Oct. 27th Josh Hill, GA, Nov. 24th TBD, Dec. 22ed Date TBD. The demonstrations, are normally followed by open forge time for AFC members.
January 20, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge council will meet Sat. Jan.27th at 10AM, in Athens Alabama. Al Stephens will demonstrate forging a set of scrolling pliers, on a stump anvil. Open forge time will follow for AFC member. Visitors are always welcome, for more information , and directions to Athens Forge, visit the web site at athensforge.com, or FB Athens Forge.
February 16, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. Feb. 24th at 10AM. Clay Spencer will be the demonstrator, and will make a rail road spike door knocker, a rope twist tool, a V block, and a S-7 hot cut. Clay has been smithing a LONG time. He's served on the ABANA board, is a life time AFC member, and been editor of the "Bits" newsletter. He teaches anywhere/everywhere including the Campbell Folk School. He is also well know for both treadle hammer, and tire hammer workshops. He is a wealth of information, and knowledge. Open forge time for AFC members will follow. There will be an Iron in the Hat drawing. Visitors are always welcome, for more information, and directions to Athens Forge, visit the website at athensforge.com, or Athens Forge on FB
March 17, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. March 24th at 10 AM. Calvin Garland from TN. will be the demonstrator, and will be forging a hand axe with a split and welded cutting edge. Calvin will doing everything by hand with the help of a striker. Open forge time will follow for AFC members. Visitors are always welcome, for more information, and directions to Athens Forge, visit the website at athensforge.com or Athens Forge on FB.
April 21, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. April 28 at 10AM. Mark Haddix, the President of the AFC will be the demonstrator. Mark will be forging steel magnolia flowers. There will be an Iron in the Hat drawing, that will include several tools that Clay Spencer did not finish the day of his demo. and the hatchet head that Clavin Garland forged last month. Visitors are always welcome, for more information, and directions to Athens Forge, visit the website at athensforge.com or Athens Forge on FB.
May 19, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. May 26 at 10AM. Steve Williamson from Columbia, TN will be demonstrating box joint pliers. If you've never seen this done, it is an interesting and not often seen way of forging tong and plier joints. Visitors are always welcome, for more information, and directions to Athens Forge, visit the website at athensforge.com or Athens Forge on FB.
May 22, 20188 yr Author Hans, if you get here I can put you up for a couple of days. If not check the Athens Forge website after a couple of days, will try to have some step by step pics posted. Al
June 16, 20188 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the AFC, will meet Sat. June 23 at 10AM. Our demonstrator will be Raymond Head of Wetumka, AL. Raymond is past Pres. of the AFC, the AFC Conference Chairman, an accomplished smith , and builder of tire hammers. He will be forging a tulip candleholder from a single piece of 5 1/2" long x 1" dia. stock.( you might want to bring ear plugs.) There will be an Iron In The Hat drawing at lunchtime. Visitors are always welcome. For more information, and directions to Athens Forge, visit the website at athensforge.com or Athens Forge on FB.
July 21, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council, will meet Sat. July 28, 2018 at 10AM Our demonstrator for the Day will be Ron Nichols from TN. Ron, an accomplished smith, and teacher, will be producing a Francis Whitaker style candle holder. There will be an Iron In The Hat drawing at lunch. As always visitors are welcome, for more information and directions visit the website at Athensforge.com or the Athens Forge page on FB.
July 21, 20187 yr Author UPDATE The Kuhn Ring Element Challenge, that a few of the Athens forge members have been working on will be complete and on display. And NO, it will not be in Iron in the Hat!! AL
August 18, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. Aug. 25 at 9AM. Please Note meeting time change! Our demonstrator for the day will be Robert Taylor from Birmingham, AL. He will being doing a copper weather vane. Robert has been working with copper a long time and is an excellent instructor. He has taught many workshops for local groups, (several for the Athens Forge) and classes at J.C. Campbell Folk School. If you have questions about working with copper, this is the meeting to come to. There will be tailgating before/during/after the meeting. A 100 lbs. Vulcan, will be for sale $400. There will be an Iron in the Hat drawing. As always, visitors are welcome. For more information visit the website at Athensforge.com, or Athens Forge on FB
September 15, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council will meet Sat. Sept. 22 at 9 AM. Please note meeting start time change. Our demonstrator for the day will be Athens Forge member George Ezell. George will be forging a billet and a blade or two from that billet. You can see examples of his work at Relic Forge on FB. If you have questions about a Seax style knife, George is the one to come and ask. One never knows what will be at the meetings to buy, sell, or trade. Visitors are alway welcome. For more information, and pictures of past meetings visit the website at Athensforge.com, or Athens Forge on FB.
October 5, 20187 yr Author Starting with the next meeting of Athens Forge, Oct. 27, we are going to try to "live stream" the meeting the meeting on YouTube. Please visit the Athens Forge channel on YouTube for an introduction video now. There will be further information concerning the meeting posted on IFI on 10/20. Also view us at Athensforge.com, and Athens forge on FB.
October 5, 20187 yr Live streaming?! AL!!!!! My wishes have come true, no more sweating while standing still, I can enjoy the meeting from the comfort of my temperature controlled den!
October 20, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge a member of the AFC will hold it's next meeting Sat. Oct. 27, 2018, starting at 9AM. CST , -6GMT. Josh Hill from Georgia will demonstrate and will be forging a rounding hammer with the help of a striker. Josh has been forging about 5 years, and enjoys doing Gothic style work, locksmithing, and tool making. He will be teaching a Triangle Gothic Padlock, with Ernie Dorrill at the JC Campbell Folk School Jan.27-Feb.2, 2019. He will samples of some of his locks for display. In addition to the normal activities, this demo will be live streamed at, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkeuLsue9sdNS4CJm7164jQ This will be a first for the Athens Forge and we hope to receive feedback about the event. There will be an Iron In The Hat Drawing. Visitors are always welcome. For more information visit us at www.athensforge.com, or on FB at Athens Forge, or Athens Forge on YouTube.
October 22, 20187 yr Author Correction: There will not be an Iron In the Hat drawing at the Athens Forge meeting Sat. Oct. 27. Sorry. Al
October 27, 20187 yr Author Live Sream Demo Starts at 9AM. Josh Hill hammer demo from Athens Forge. YouTube. Athens Forge. Sign in, ask Josh questions, let us know what you think. We hope everyone enjoys it. Al
November 18, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the Alabama Forge Council, will meet Saturday November 24, 2018 at 9AM. There is no demonstration planed, this meeting will be open forge time for AFC members. So bring your project, ideas, problems, and let us all help. If we can't come up with an answer, we'll make something up! There will be an iron in the hat, that will include the hammer that Josh Hill made at the Oct. meeting. Visitors always welcome. For more information visit our website at athensforge.com, or on FB at Athens Forge, or on YouTube at Athens Forge AFC
December 16, 20187 yr Author The Athens Forge, a member of the AFC, will meet Sat. December 22, 2018 at 9AM. There is no demonstration planned, but open forge time will be available for AFC members to finish up those last minute gifts. Visitors are always welcome. For more information visit our website, attend forge.com, or on FB at Athens Forge, or on YouTube at Athens Forge AFC
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