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I was too busy keeping the plates spinning behind the scenes to get many pics, but Bill Armstrong kindly handed me a card from his camera yesterday as he was leaving. It only covers through Saturday. He promised to get me the other card with the cutting competition stills and video as soon as he edits it. Around 7:30 Friday morning, the chuck wagon cooks fired up the sausage, bacon, biscuits, and gravy. Left to right, that's Robin Lynch, Tom (or Dave, he answers to either), and Bobby Isley. Tom and Bobby were the cooks. It smelled as good as it looks... At 10 AM we opened the hammer-in with Robin Lynch demonstrating basic blacksmithing techniques. He does this for a living, and it's always good for knife folks to see what a really good smith can do with basic tools. In the meantime, Elizabeth Belz, metal shop supervisor at the John C. Campbell Folk School and southeastern representative of the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths had arrived and set up her booth. The Folk School is THE place for craft in the southeastern United States, and the SIB is a new and very worthwhile organization dedicated to smithing for all. Check them out! Robin at work. Check out those matching scrolled hooks! Inside the pavilion, NC Tool had set up that morning. They sold a lot of tongs! Across the floor was Sara Waterman of Mama's Got Wood, her stabilized wood business. The sparkly stuff in the blue resin on those live-edge blocks is moon-meteorite dust! Down the wall from Sara was a guy whose name escapes me who was selling Native American flutes, bows, and wooden signs. Not sure how he fit in with the theme, but he sold some bows! While Bill was taking those pics inside, Robin had finished the fancy S-hook. While the State of Franklin Blacksmith's Guild president and fellow plate-spinner Kurt Krieger was out directing parking in the upper field. More to come, we're only up to 11 AM Friday...

Over at the forge, Robin is making a lid-lifter for one of the dutch ovens with the assistance of Jeff Bush: The completed product: During the break between demos, this guy wandered by... And then this sketchy-looking character took the forge. Hint: That's me. I'm the sketchy-looking character.

As I said, I have two, winners choice Higonokami, copper and damascus and a Kerambit/Ulu hybrid combat mushroom knife in ironwood Geoff

Hello, thank's for the acceptation. I'm french, and I have create a profil on your forum because I found lot's of information here. (more than french forum). I work with NO power tools. Only fire, file and stone, quenching and tempering with forge... I work with 1095. I have make steel from raw ore with friends and one of my project is make more bloom and more welding with no flux because I love it! I'm in a volcanic area in France (Auvergne) so i have hematite and refractory clay.

And the hammer-in has been and gone, and I'm exhausted. It was GREAT! Pics to come this afternoon, maybe. I'm still reeling from three days of nonstop activity...

10" Bowie with a full S guard and frame handle with stabilized old oak handle in a take on a coffin handle. It comes with 2 sheaths for a scout carry (back carry) and a traditional sheath with a frog. The tomahawk is has a 3 ½" bit and 12 oak framed handle to match the bowie. The sheath can be carried on a belt or added to any pack.

That's the plan then, winner's choice. g

I made it on time! I was worried for a week or so there.... 1065 Straight Razor with Orange Osage and Resin Stand.