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The Southeastern Regional Blacksmith Conference is 18 years old (1983) 7 ABANA chapters meet the spring the ABANA does not meet. We invite the best 4 teachers in the world for 2 days. We have a beginners tent to teach that is separate from the main show. Our teachers are told to assume we are all journeymen smiths and not waste their valuable time teaching tong making or how hot to get the metal. We expect 500 to come to our Friday-Saturday show. Sunday is to drive home and oil the treasures you bought from the many tailgates. We met on the 3rd sat of the odd years. May 18th & 19th 2001. Thurs 17th is registration and cheese and wine party and a slide presentation if you wish to stay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This years demonstrators include: Gary
Brown, California; Dimitri Gerakaris, New Hampshire; Robbin Hudson,
Maryland and Torvald Sorenson, Washington. New "hands-on"
programs will compliment this years conference with workshops in
copper rose construction, enameling, and iron casting. There will be
classes in hammer control, fire tending, and "Hit-it-hard"
as well as green coal blacksmithing on site so bring work clothes,
safety glasses and an open mind.
You may also contact Dewayne Frost
at [email protected] for
more exciting details
Let me know if I can be of any further
help.
Sincerely,
Dennis McAdams
Celtic Forge
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following people will be demonstrating the how-to's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APPALACHIAN AREA CHAPTER FUND RAISER The chapter will give away a complete blacksmith shop consisting of A complete forge with cast iron firepot and electric blower (Lester Beckman, Rutherford County; Choo Choo Forge) Anvil (Bristol Forge) Post vise (to be determined) Hand made oak tool box full of tools (box by Calvin Keeton, tools by chapter members) Post Drill (Al Cannella) Hand operated blower (to be determined) Tongs (various donations) Gas forge (Possum Trot Forge) More stuff as it is donated (maybe a book or two) A $5 donation will get you one ticket and a $25 donation will get you six tickets. Only 1200 tickets will be available, get yours while they are available Shop will be given away at Madison, 2001 (or maybe earlier if all tickets are gone) This will be the primary fund raiser for the chapter this year so give it your wholehearted support.
Make checks out to AAC or Appalachian Area
Chapter of ABANA
Please send a note with the check
indicating who the tickets are for and how many you want.
Dennis McAdams [email protected]
Celtic Forge
1709 Ichabod Lane
Chattanooga,TN 37405-2250
(423)267-4743
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