2012 Macabee Hammer in--a few pics

NJStricker

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I finally had a chance to make it to a hammer-in in the area, organized by Adlai Stein of Macabee Knives. It was an all-weekend event, but I only made it Saturday.

I rolled in about 10 a.m. The big event on Saturday was a repeat of last year's attempt at an iron smelt by Aldo Bruno and Lon Humphrey. Here's Aldo checking the slag. . .

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Here's Lon Humphrey and Andy Davis from the Mad Dwarf Workshop looking over the fire:

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Here's Adlai from Macabee knives watching. . .

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Andy and Aldo doing a spark test after pulling the billet from the fire. . .

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Hey Aldo, is this the photo you're going to autograph for me?

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Lon Humphrey on the power hammer getting the smelted iron into a more usable shape:

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There were a few other things going on throughout the day. I got to try out Fred Rowe's Bubble Jig. I had a good time talking to Fred about beagles and flat grinds.

Got to see a few blades and other things brought by some of the guys. Check out the G.I. Joe in armor. . .

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The armor and many of the knives on the table were by Ted Banning, including this guy:

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Matt Berkhouse giving a demo on file work. On the left, sitting on the picnic table is Bruce from Birddog Forge. . .

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Burton Harruff showed me a fighter he's working on. . .

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Toward the end of the day was a cutting comp. I didn't get to stick around to see who won, but here's an action shot. . .

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All in all I had a great time spending the day talking to people about knife making, though probably the best part for me was meeting a few people from some of the knife forums and putting faces with the names.

Nathan
 
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It was nice meeting you Nathan and getting a chance to exchange ideas. Hope you come next year.

Fred
 
It was nice meeting you Nathan and getting a chance to exchange ideas. Hope you come next year.

Fred

I enjoyed meeting you and talking with you Fred. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to you before I left, but my wife, who was a saint and let me go that day, had been watching our 2 younguns and it was about time I gave her a break. I do hope to make it next year.
 
Nice to meet you in person Nathan. We live so close we need to get together and work on something sometime. I enjoyed the day and I too had to leave earlier than I would have liked to, my wife was glad to have me home as well. Talk to you later. -Burton
 
The guy doing the Filework demo is Matt Berkhouse, AKA Me. It was nice to meet ya. Man I do have a blast at those type of things!
 
Sorry Matt! I fixed it in the OP. It was great to meet you too, and I enjoyed seeing the filework done. It's one thing to see still pics on the forum WIP threads, much better to see the process in person.
 
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