Indian George's Hammer-in, spring 2008
The Images!
IG's hammerin pictures in chronological order
Rod and XXXX along with a bunch of propane forges in various states of completion
Joe Cabaup, Page (in the cowboy hat) Rod, and Mike N. chatting early in the morning
Louis working on making some more cable lolipops since the last of the ones he made the previous year were used up a few weeks prior
Some of IG's blades that he had made
Kook walking infront of me just as I was going to do a "repeat of last year" picture of Louis cutting off some cable
The non-kookified photo of Louis cutting off sections of chain with the Oxy-Acy torch
XXXX and Rod
Joe Cabaup setting the weld on some cable damascus, Page to the right
Kook, Bill Vining, Lary, and Jason looking at some blades that Bill had been working on
Page drawing out a billet of damascus he was creating
Wolf, Charro, Sara, and Mike talking about artistic metal work
A damascus wedding band ring that Charro made
Wolf, Charro and Sara talking about the ring
Louis using the forge to heat up a Syrian meat pie
Lary forging a blade while Louis cooks his food.
IG talking to Charro, back of Tom and David Schott
Who needs an oven when you have a forge?
Well, unless more than one person wants to cook some food...
Aldo "Bear Paw" Bruno, the steel baron of New Jersey
Randy Dewey and IG and the tiny dog Troy.
Aldo and one of the swords he's been working on
Jay B. and Jay M. with a box of curley maple.
Bill Vining drawing out some damascus to make a twist pattern.
A large bar being heated up, with a tomahawk being worked on the end of it.
Some expirament twist damascus steel Wolf made earlier.
Wolf demonstrating basic blade forging, Sara in the background getting ready to do some forging.
People gathered around talking about knives and eating donuts.
A collection of pipes that Paul Sabin had made
Page twisting his damascus billet.
Aldo giving Sara some forging tips, Charro and Wolf in the background
Some knives that Randy Dewey had made
The beer that Larry was drinking
I forget his name, George, and Jerry D.
Nathan and his dad John
Some wrought iron anchor chain which Aldo had aquired
Aldo posing with his anchor chain, this chain was showing a great wrought pattern and will make some very handsome blade hardware in the future
Hanging out by Aldo's truck discussing the steel industry and how trends are affecting bladesmiths with Les Osit, Mike, Sean (Scar) and others.
The chowhounds lounge around IG in the sun
David Schott practicing his free hanging rope cutting
George and Larry, who provided entertainment with his guitar
Paul chopping through a 2x4, he had the fastest 2x4 chopping time at 10 seconds
A picture of the cut board after it was severed
Nathan, George, and Nathan's dad who was trying his hand at forging for the very first time
Aldo getting ready to forge some steel
People standing around talking and eating lunch
Bill starting a filework demo and selecting the proper files
Bill, Kook and Nathan, things were winding down now and many people were packing up and preparing to leave.
Nathan's pantleg, he managed to set both legs on fire during the day.
Bill and Rob unable to leave because Bill left the lights on in the car and drained the battery
Bill taking his licks and posing for the camera
Randy Dewey was kind enough to give them a jump.