Indian George's Hammer-in, spring 2009
The Images!
IG's hammerin pictures in chronological order
James Arlen Gillaspie, a fantastic armourer and artist metal smith, wearing a gorget and gauntlet that he made
Some show and tell in the shade, Jim Siska and Nathan were checking out some of Bill Vining's custom folder tools, and Bill was looking at Dave Sylvester's portfolio
Some horse armor that James Arlen Gillaspie made
A blurry picture of the spine of one of D Sylvester's integral knives
The same knife from the side
Dave's hand hammer for heavy drawing
I forget offhand who made this katana, but it was quite nice
XXX, Dave and Jim Siska
A nice chain damascus knife that Aldo Bruno had made
Forging up some cable damascus
Larry firing up a forge to work on a blade
Aldo twisting up some cable to set the weld
Even more cable
Dave Schott demonstrating the Edge Pro Apex and sharpening some knives
Dan Pierson testing the edge on one of Dave Schott's knives
Wolf and Mr Gillaspie chatting about tools
Jim Siska did a grinding demo on IG's 14" KMG wheel he ground this out in about three passes
Jim Siska talking about how he comes across straight and doesnt pull up his grind to follow the curve at the tip
Jim doing some more grinding at a large angle to get a flatter grind
Jim leans into his grinding so hard that I bet he could bog down a 5hp motor !
Bill drawing out some damascus on the hydrolic press
A closeup of James' gauntlet
This was actually supposed to be a picture of the photo on the page above, but somehow I ended up with most of the news paper article below it
George enjoying some of the great portugee food that he cooked up for the event
Everyone watching Dave Sylvester doing a forging demo
Ok... that wasnt everyone, because the rest were over at the table doing more show and tell and chatting
Sean 'Scar' fluxing his cable billet
Dave giving one on one lessons with someone who had never forged before