[TheForge] abana conf

[Demon Buddha]

Sounds great.  Wish I were there.

schade@acegroup.cc wrote:
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> i just got home from the abana conf. meet a few theforge guys. had a nice visit with larry zoeller. had lunch with dave brown and dave smucker. met dave mudge and some others not coming to mind right now.
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> i did take a look at the gallery area. met rob fertner who did an excellent job of displaying the mastermyr collection. all the pieces looked great. you guys that made pieces can be proud. the display was attracting a lot of attention and rob was giving everyone the story. bill clemens your firegrate is most fine. rob was very happy to get it.
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> the tailgate area was huge. lots of anvils, cones and all. several new makes of anvils i had not heard of before. one made by the rat hole forge in wyoming i think. tom clark had a few smaller anvils (new) he was selling for $100!! they were under 100 lbs but looked like a nice anvil. they were cast steel.
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> dave mudge said they were having a guy send live pictures to the abana site. i haven't looked yet.
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> bob schade