[TheForge] Non-SCA Hammer-in

[Phlip]

Hey, guys,

In case any of you folks on the Left Coast might be interested, it looks
like there'll be an informal SCA-esque (but not SCA) Hammer-in, with an
armor-making focus, south of San Francisco, if you're interested... I just
got this note from a Household member.

Phlip

From:  PBLoomis@aol.com
Date:  Sat Jul 13, 2002  12:41 am
Subject:  West Coast Hammer in




In a message dated 7/12/02 1:32:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
wedgin@splasers.com writes:
>
> First, a disclaimer. While this is slightly OOP and OT, and while this is
> not an SCA-sanctioned event, I thought it would be of interest to the good
> Gentles and Ladies of this list to know that the Salinas Swordsman and
> Darkmoor Armoury are hosting the Second Annual West Coast Hammer-In in
> Salinas (about 2 hrs south of San Francisco) during the weekend of
September
> 14-15. If my posting this non-SCA event on an SCA list is inappropriate,
> then I apologize.
>
> The purpose of this event is to have people who share a common love of
> making armour come together to pound steel, share tips and techniques, and
> maybe even teach a class or two to educate the rest of us hammer-jockies.
> Last year, we had several local people attend, as well as a gentleman from
> Oregon and one from Utah.
>
> The Hammer-In will start around noon on Saturday and end around 7 p.m.
> Sunday. You are encouraged to bring a tent and stay over with the rest of
> us Saturday night. We'll be camping out behind our castle, which you can
> see at the URL below. We'll start armouring around noon or so, and make
> noise until dark. Sometime in the afternoon, we'll be barbequing some
> animal flesh and in the evening we'll be sitting around a bonfire, having
a
> few drinks and telling lies to each other ;-) Sunday we'll do more of the
> same until around 7 p.m. when we start cleaning up. You're welcome to come
> and go anytime you like during the festivities.
>
> Our shop is pretty well stocked in terms of tools and mild steel, but if
you
> plan on working with leather, stainless steel, or buckles, we recommend
that
> you bring your own supplies like that. You shouldn't need to bring many
> tools with you since we have a Beverly B2, B3, MIG welder, grinders,
gloves,
> ear protection, and about 50 hammers, (plus a ton of other stuff) but if
> you've got a specialized tool you want to bring, by all means bring it!
>
> The cost for this event is...well...free. I'm not sure how many people
from
> this list are interested in coming, but if there end up being more than
> 10-15 people, then we may end up asking for help in the form of food,
beer,
> or maybe a couple bucks from attendees.
>
> This event is pretty informal in that we don't have much of a set schedule
> for anything. I'm working on trying to get a few people out here to teach
> things like acid etching, cuir boille armour, and stuff like that there.
If
> anyone has a useful armour-related craft they think we'd be interested in
> learning, please feel free to email me at prince@darkmoorarmoury.com and
we
> can work something out! Also, if you'd like to get some fighting in, or
> even try fighting with an entirely different combat system (our group's),
> then feel free to bring your gear.
>
> I look forward to hearing from folks interested in attending. To RSVP,
> please contact me at the address above and let me know what day you plan
on
> arriving and how many other people you're bringing, if any. Thanks.
>
> Clayton Edgin
> Prince of Darkmoor
> Salinas Swordsman
> http://www.castledarkmoor.com - our group's webpage
> http://www.darkmoorarmoury.com - Darkmoor Armoury


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