Ashokan 2013

[Gary W. Graley]

A very nice start to the Ashokan seminar, perfect weather, new facilities which will take some getting use to but they are very nice, below are some images taken today;

Main bunk house

Lecture hall and dining room area

Blacksmith shop;

Some of the buildings

Pretty nicely done!
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[Gary W. Graley]

Here are some photos taken last night at the open forge pavilion, several forges going so everyone was able to have a chance at moving metal...

Sunshadow working on a Saex he was forging out

John Page shown adding some coal

Sam with his Fez on, made a striking figure

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[Doug C]

Let the forging begin...
Thanks for sharing this, Gary ! :thumbup:

Doug

 

[North]

Thank you for taking the time to share, Gary. Looking forward to more.

Bill

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks guys, it's raining here, it held off most of the day so that was good! here are a few more images;

Tim Neu, head honcho for us while we are here, he used to be employed by Ashokan but the owners trimmed a lot off and he caught the axe, but they let him take care of us hoodlums each year still so he is able to come back each September...

Roman Landes gave a great lecture on steels and edges, very interesting, tomorrow he will expound on sharpening methods

Jim Siska gave a very good demo on grinding too;

Mike Davis gave a couple demo's one on forging and one on scrimshaw, a talented fellow !

Ric Furrer gave several talks on steels and Damascus inlays

Bill McGrath gave a lecture on 'making a survival kit'

shot of the main lecture hall

some of the boys in the crowd during the demos

Kevin gave a lecture about making knives on the cheap, basically the difference of what you need and what you think you might need,

some of the guys about the campus

Dick Sextone

Dan Pierson

Walking in from the parking lot to the back of the buildings, most if not all have a second story entrance way as well.

My wife's uncle, Warren Strout, Lone Wolf Cutlery, we've traveled to Ashokan for close to 20 years...

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[Lorien]

sweet thread, great pictures. Thanks Gary

 

[North]

What Lorien said! I really like the pictures and you obviously have a good "eye".

Bill

 

[cj65]

Gary,

I am always impressed with your work, I follow you silently, and want to thank you for your contribution, as well as your demeanor on BF. It is inspiring. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks guys, appreciate that, while these are catch as catch can photos, especially the candids, I just wanted to capture the weekend as best I could, here are a few more to add;

Roman Landes talking this morning on sharpening

In the foreground on the left is Chris Meyer capturing the lecture in video as well.

using a 1000 grit and 4000 grit water stones, demonstrating his method of sharpening

Here's a nice damascus dagger by Kevin Cashen, pretty cool stuff there

and now home, the weekend went far too fast!!! Next year guys, should be great!
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[J D Wijbenga]

Thank for the great pictures Gary!

 

[North]

Well that Cashen dagger is wonderful!

Bill

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks guys, I apologize for the dagger images, they were taken on Sunday morning during the display time just before lunch, so limited time, setting, made for a hasty few shots of that, more time and better setup would certainly have helped, I knew the overall shot would certainly be lacking but wanted that to give some perspective to the entire dagger.
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[Gary W. Graley]

Ashokan is coming up pretty quickly ! Haven't seen anything solid yet for the schedule of each day but those of you that were interested, just a heads up it'll be Sept 12-14, 2014.

So get ready folks!

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