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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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I am leaving to meet up with Deker and Doug, then headin up. Sadly no homebuilt hammer comin with me.
 
Pity 'bout the hammer but looking forward to seeing all of you there. I'll probably leave
around noon tomorrow.
 
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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I'll be coming up with the 1st cuts of the new 1084, 1/8" 15N20 and 3/32" and 1/8" 52100 to name a few. :) See you at the anvil!!
 
Had a great ride up. All the gang is coming in. Weather is great. Aldo has steel....what more can you ask for.
 
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???
 
sunshadow said:
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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Very cool! That makes me want to go pan some black sand! :D

I hope everyone is having a great time. I really wish I was there.
 
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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I had a great time, I will try to get my pics up some time tomorrow. I have to go to work in 5 minutes

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