New JS and MS?

[diggercat]

I was wanting to know who made JS and MS? I heard that there was around 8 JS and 2 MS this year. Any info would be great.

 

[jjtjr]

The new Mastersmiths are my buddy Daniel Warren from Canton, NC and Gary House from Ephrata, Washington. Dan won the BR Hughes Award.

Here is the list of the new Journeymen:

Dana Hackney
Michael Christenson
Michael Deibert
Steve Randall
Daniel Erickson
Rob Singleton
Dietrich Podmajersky
Kenneth Hall
Dave Wenger

Michael Deibert won the Peck Award.

Jim Treacy

 

[NickWheeler]

Congratulations to all!!!

Thanks for posting this Jim!!!

 

[Bruce Bump]

Congratulations to all!!! Finally their stress is over.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Well done! Where can we see pix of your knives?!

 

[RogerP]

Congrats to all and +1 to the request for pics.

Roger

 

[Big Rick]

Yes congratulations to all, especially my buddy Ken Hall, well done mate I knew you would get your JS stamp!!

 

[SharpByCoop]

Yes, a BIG congrats to the journeyman smith titleholders. The nervous tension in the hall at 8:30 am while they were waiting was charged.

Fortunately, I have group shots of all but two of the above (Wenger, Erickson) in my files. I hope they also had them

Soon.

Coop

 

[Marcel54]

Congrats to all, but especially to Gary (my WC buddy ) for making MS!!

Marcel

 

[diggercat]

Thanks for the update Jim.

 

[mike deibert]

Yes congratulations to all, especially my buddy Ken Hall, well done mate I knew you would get your JS stamp!!

+1. Great job Ken! I got one of Ken's knives in a KITH last year. I thought it was great then but compared to what he is making now he has only gotten better. It was an honor to have taken the JS test with Ken.

 

[Boggs]

Congrats to each and every one of you....and now that a little weight is lifted from your shoulders you can feel yourselves again....

 

[Steve Randall]

Thanks for the congrats. It was definitely a relief after the judging was done,lot of fretting over the 5 knives before hand. I was in with a great group of knife-makers, some fantastic displays of craftsmanship. I am excited to get my photo of the 5 from Coop I know he does great work!
New JS - Steve Randall

 

[KHall]

Thanks everyone, it was quite a relief to have the judge bring me in and tell me I passed. After failing last year, I know I was more nervous this year.

It was fun getting to know some of the other new Journeyman Smith while at the show. I got to share a table with Dana Hackney and make friends with him and his wife Sandy. Also, it was a pleasure to meet Mike Deibert in person and talk about his mission work.

I look forward to seeing Coop’s pictures of everyone’s knives when they are available.
Ken

 

[Lorien]

way to go Ken! Mike- the Peck award! Awesome!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Congratulations guys!

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Well done and congrats to all that succeeded in gaining thier ratings.

Chris

 

[fast14riot]

Congrats to all the newly ranked smiths! Now don't forget to change your business cards and online signatures!


-Xander

 

[Daniel Erickson]

Phil Dwyer and RogerP,

I am one of the new Journeyman Smiths and this was my first BLADE SHOW. Ohhhh what fun!!!! I had a great time. After passing the Test Fri. morning it was all an added bonus after that.

Here are some pics of my JS test set and a few more knives I have done up to this point. ( litlle known fact: My JS set put me over the "100th knife made" mark)

Thanks for looking.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Congrats to all, they work so hard to achieve this status.

 

[bbingenheimer]

Congrates to all, looking foward to seeing those pics of the rest. I'm real excited to see the Gary House MS set & Dana Hackney's JS set.


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Bruce Bingenheimer
ABS Journeysmith
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