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Ashokan 2007 photos
Here are some of the many photos I took at the 26th annual New England Bladesmiths? Guild seminar at the Ashokan field campus of SUNY. This year's seminar ran from 09/14/07 to 09/16/07. There was a lot of valuable information being shared, and I believe a good time was had by all.
Here is Master Smith Kevin Cashen sitting at his microscope just before his Metallurgy through the Microscope lecture.
![]() Kevin?s traveling scope. ![]() Burt Foster during his Forging an Integral Knife demo. ![]() Forging the blade. ![]() Checking the completed forging. ![]() Two shot of the completed forging. ![]() ![]() __________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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Ric Furrer gave a lecture and demo on Making Wootz and crucible steel. This is Ric. ![]() Ric?s crucible and some other stuff. ![]() Ric?s 15lb Wootz billet. ![]() Some of Ric?s ingots. ![]() One of Ric?s meteorite Damascus knives. ![]() Master Smith Don Fogg gave a presentation on Sharpening. Here is a photo of Don with one of his large, very sharp, knives. ![]() Some of Don?s sharpening gear. ![]() This is one of Don?s knives in progress, which he passed around during the lecture. ![]() __________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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Don was followed by Howard Schechter, who gave a fascinating lecture on straight razor sharpening and sharpening stones for them. ![]() Here is Howard with one of his razors. ![]() And with one of his sharpening stones. ![]() Dan Maragni MS speaking during his "Grinding 'Longish' Blades" demo. ![]() Grinding a blade on the BIII that Bader generously loaned for the demo. ![]() One of Dan's finished "Longish" (approx. 15") tantos. ![]() __________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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Rick Barrett gave a demo on Folding and Welding Steel. Ric Furrer ended up assisting him as a striker. Here is Rick Barrett forging. ![]() Rick pounding the steel with a sledge hammer. ![]() Ric Furrer striking for Rick. ![]() Next, Master Smith Burt Foster showed us how he clays and heat treats a blade to get those stunning hamons on his blades. ![]() Burt with a blade all clayed and ready for heat treating. ![]() Here?s the blade, fresh out of the quench. It?s not even etched, and you can already see the hamon. ![]() After all the demos were finished on Saturday night, Journeyman Smith Mace Vitale took the time to show Zach Zembko (age 15) the proper way to forge a knife. Kudos to Mace! ![]() Mace and Zach at the coal forge. ![]() Zack forging. ![]() __________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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Kevin Cashen lecturing before his incredible 360 degree flex test. ![]() The blade in the testing jig, pre-test. ![]() Kevin, with cheater bar, preparing to flex the blade 360 degrees, while two burly assistants hold down the table. ![]() Kevin jubilant after the successful 360 degree flex test! ![]() I examined and photographed the blade after the test. It had sprung back true and had no visible bends or damage. ![]() __________________ Christopher Meyer, Shenipsit Forge |
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