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Title: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: tippit on February 01, 2011, 08:07:00 AM
GSMBS is March 4-6 in Clyde, NC.  Joe Keesler is doing the forging, grinding, and tempering demonstrations this year...you can bet I'll be there    :thumbsup:    Plus Jason Knight is doing the handles and guards.  Both of these Master Smiths have helped me so much in the direction of my bladesmithing.  Is anyone else planning on going?  Doc
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: Doug Campbell on February 01, 2011, 09:59:00 AM
I wish... I'd go just to watch you if I could Jeff  ;)  Like a kid in a candy store...   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: kuch on February 02, 2011, 04:39:00 PM
Jeff ,sent u a pm
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: madness522 on February 08, 2011, 06:27:00 AM
Where are you staying Jeff?  Clyde is probably 3.5 hours from my house and I may be able to come up there for the GSMBS that weekend.  Sounds like a pretty well organized and laid out event.
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: JamesJamison on February 08, 2011, 07:12:00 AM
That would be fun to watch if it weren't so far.
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: Wampus on February 08, 2011, 01:09:00 PM
Keeslar and Knight will be at Batson's in Alabama too, but Knight's doing the forging and Keeslar the handles and guards at that one.

 http://www.alaforge.org/files/2011_Batson_Blade.pdf
Title: Re: Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium
Post by: tippit on February 08, 2011, 10:48:00 PM
Jason did the forging last year and Joe did handles and guards the year before.  That year I had the pleasure of Joe forging a Brute de Forge blade one on one with me.  That was a real treat.  I'm really looking forward to 2 1/2 days with Joe demonstrating his forging methods this year.  you never stop learning...Doc