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I went to the Pig Roast at Peter's Valley this weekend, was a friggin awesome time! Hung around with some very cool people, learned TONS, did a bit of forging (katana), listened to some awesome music, put face to name of a forum friend from IFI, and ate some DAMN GOOD PIG.
The shop at Peter's Valley is run by Dick Seargent, the resident artist. Dick's forgotten more than most have ever known, a real pro. The resident shop assistant/journeyman was Silas Maddox, who did an awesome demo on a forged heron.
Saturday night was open forge night, there was 4 forges going at once ringing of hammers on steel on anvils, along with the constant chuff chuff chuff chuff of the power hammer, it was a beautiful thing seeing and hearing that much blacksmithing going on at once.
Got to play with the Say Mak powerhammer, a self contained air hammer imported by Tom Clark
http://www.ozarkschool.com/powerhammer.htm
http://www.forgemagic.com/bsgview.php?photo=2259&cat=M&by=
It was amazing, never seen anything move metal like that, the control was excellent, I drew out some 1095 bar into a katana blade, and the rest into a blank flat bar shape for forging later. Scored some W1 from Aldo, along with a nice bar of O1, also a block of 1084/15n20 36 layer billet made by Silas during one of the Peter's Valley classes (being the in house assitant/journeyman has it's perks
). Was an awesome time, I will definately be there next year and if you are in NJ be sure to come by for the party! A big thanks to Dick and the rest of the crew at Peter's Valley for organizing the flawless event.
The shop at Peter's Valley is run by Dick Seargent, the resident artist. Dick's forgotten more than most have ever known, a real pro. The resident shop assistant/journeyman was Silas Maddox, who did an awesome demo on a forged heron.
Saturday night was open forge night, there was 4 forges going at once ringing of hammers on steel on anvils, along with the constant chuff chuff chuff chuff of the power hammer, it was a beautiful thing seeing and hearing that much blacksmithing going on at once.
Got to play with the Say Mak powerhammer, a self contained air hammer imported by Tom Clark
http://www.ozarkschool.com/powerhammer.htm
http://www.forgemagic.com/bsgview.php?photo=2259&cat=M&by=
It was amazing, never seen anything move metal like that, the control was excellent, I drew out some 1095 bar into a katana blade, and the rest into a blank flat bar shape for forging later. Scored some W1 from Aldo, along with a nice bar of O1, also a block of 1084/15n20 36 layer billet made by Silas during one of the Peter's Valley classes (being the in house assitant/journeyman has it's perks
). Was an awesome time, I will definately be there next year and if you are in NJ be sure to come by for the party! A big thanks to Dick and the rest of the crew at Peter's Valley for organizing the flawless event.