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Hi everyone,
We're having a hammer-in!!!
Date: November 27th 2010...8-4
Place: The Guilford Art Center www.guilfordartcenter.org in Guilford CT.
The plan: .....A full day of forging fun!!!
This will be a combo of bladesmithing/blacksmithing event.
We plan on making a knife during the day with demos from me...Mace Vitale, Mike Spangler, and Paul Letourneau. I will forge the blade, Mike will grind it, we will heat treat it and sharpen it, Paul will do a handle...if time allows we will try and get a sheath made for it too. Other demos will include...Tong and tool forging with Bill Scheer....Bill is the Blacksmith at the Mystic seaport shipsmith shop, Casting with MICA graduate Barbara Wechter, Hammer making and guard forging with blacksmith extraordinaire Sam Salvati.
Other demos to TBA.
There will be a forge set up with demos going on all day while the knife demos are going. There will also be an open forge area with several anvils for you to hit some hot steel. Tailgate sales and a hot lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers(for you vegitarians we will also have hamburgers and hot dogs)
Cost: $25.- bucks gets you in the door, lunch, and a chance to win the knife we make during the day. You can also purchace extra chances for the knife for an extra $5.- bucks each. Kids under 12 free. All proceeds will go to getting some more equipment for the forge shop at GAC so we can better teach all the young minds.
If you would like to pre-pay you can send a MO to me at:
Mace Vitale
925 Rt. 80
Guilford, CT.
06437
You can also pay at the gate
If your in, just say so here so I can start to put a list together.
Hope to see a bunch of you this November....it's gonna be a great time!
Mace
We're having a hammer-in!!!
Date: November 27th 2010...8-4
Place: The Guilford Art Center www.guilfordartcenter.org in Guilford CT.
The plan: .....A full day of forging fun!!!
This will be a combo of bladesmithing/blacksmithing event.
We plan on making a knife during the day with demos from me...Mace Vitale, Mike Spangler, and Paul Letourneau. I will forge the blade, Mike will grind it, we will heat treat it and sharpen it, Paul will do a handle...if time allows we will try and get a sheath made for it too. Other demos will include...Tong and tool forging with Bill Scheer....Bill is the Blacksmith at the Mystic seaport shipsmith shop, Casting with MICA graduate Barbara Wechter, Hammer making and guard forging with blacksmith extraordinaire Sam Salvati.
Other demos to TBA.
There will be a forge set up with demos going on all day while the knife demos are going. There will also be an open forge area with several anvils for you to hit some hot steel. Tailgate sales and a hot lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers(for you vegitarians we will also have hamburgers and hot dogs)
Cost: $25.- bucks gets you in the door, lunch, and a chance to win the knife we make during the day. You can also purchace extra chances for the knife for an extra $5.- bucks each. Kids under 12 free. All proceeds will go to getting some more equipment for the forge shop at GAC so we can better teach all the young minds.
If you would like to pre-pay you can send a MO to me at:
Mace Vitale
925 Rt. 80
Guilford, CT.
06437
You can also pay at the gate
If your in, just say so here so I can start to put a list together.
Hope to see a bunch of you this November....it's gonna be a great time!
Mace
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