Greetings from Beautiful Ashokan

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

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Don Agee, David Catoe, and I are heading out at 4AM for Ashokan.
Hope to see some of you there.
I'll try and update the folks here about the goings on at the seminar.
Now, off to bed.
 
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Probably will be leaving the same tme. Might bring my Fisher and stand with me so I can have an anvil at the right height for me for a change:p
 
I have most of the photo gear for the class I'm teaching in the truck, lecture slides done get out of work at 7 am, sleep a few hours and head out

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Wake up Sleepyheads.
Sitting here looking out over the water as the sun comes up. Aldo is here with me and he says hello. ( actually he said F***# you guys :) )

Lots of forging last night.
Bunkhouse was amazingly quiet compared to other years. At one point I thought all the main offenders had died in their sleep.
I will try and put up some photos later, and Page is shooting lots of pics, so he may add them here.

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Good Morning from South Dakota, told the wife that this is a must attend event in our future!
 
Final image from the class last night I taught on photographing your knives

Knife by Tim Zowada, Michigan beach sandTamehegane, dendritic copper and maple handle


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bladsmth said:
Wake up Sleepyheads.
Sitting here looking out over the water as the sun comes up. Aldo is here with me and he says hello. ( actually he said F***# you guys :) )

Lots of forging last night.
Bunkhouse was amazingly quiet compared to other years. At one point I thought all the main offenders had died in their sleep.I will try and put up some photos later, and Page is shooting lots of pics, so he may add them here.

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Lots of new CPAP machines being used???
 
Another lovely sunrise.

Last night the annual BBQ, cheese tasting, cigars, and single malt tasting lasted into the wee hours as expected. Lots of good chatting and story telling, and some great forging. That Sam is a tornado with a hammer.

It is always sad when you realize that in an all too short short number of hours you will be putting everything in the vehicle and starting the nine hour drive home.
 
Bummed that I missed out out on the BBQ / cigar / whiskey experience, but had a great time there yesterday all the same.
 
Ashokan was fantastic and very well ran this year. There was alot of laughs to be had, and some amazing lectures and demonstrations. Roger Pinnock and Peter Gill did a fantastic lecture on what collectors look for in custom knives (thanks again guys ), Jim Kelso did 2 great lectures on japanese non ferrous metals...many great educational times to be had, thanks to all who contributed!!! And as always, Stacy was there providing cigars and libations and Don Agee brought some awesome BBQ....i recommend this seminar to every knife maker!!!
 
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