[TheForge] guild question

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Possible ideas:
 
2 teams compete to build stuff, like Junkyard wars.

Accent emergencies:  Blacksmith diagnoses problems with architecture and adds blacksmithing to make the building better.

Pioneers:  multiple teams with a potter, a carpenter and a blacksmith.  They must build a civilization and trade with the other civilizations to make the most robust economy.

blacksmith boot-camp:  several contestants have to learn how to blacksmith, make certain things, each one progressively harder, at the end, they have to sell their wares at a flea market.

Craftsman challenge:  Have a blacksmith, a machinist and a carpenter all take on projects.  They can use wood and steel to make their projects and they compete for the best answer to the problem.

(c) Chris Kilpatrick, all rights reserved.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] guild question
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:57:45 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> not a bad idea. Just nee to find some organizing principle to create
> drama--orange county chopers has the tension between the dad and son,
> monster garage has the character of jesse james and the time and money
> contraints, monster house the time issue etc. Smithing has nevr been a
> high-speed art, I don't think--and I don't personally think much of the
> soap opera appoach to drama. But I'm sure there's a way--even a
> charismatic central person who jouneys around visiting shops and
> discovering new techniques....
> 
> "croikey, the little bugga burnt me!"
> 
> You know, or something like that.
> 
> J
> 
> --- debmiller at fuse.net wrote:
> 
> > We need a great new hit series on the order of Monster Garage or
> > American Chopper. Something like American Iron Works!!
> >
> > They could rotate smithies and smiths around the country showing the
> > wide variety of work performed.
> >
> > I'll contact someone I know in TV reality show production and make
> > the suggestion. Ray
> > Cincinnati
> > > > From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
> > > Date: 2005/07/13 Wed AM 09:58:28 EDT
> > > To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] guild question
> > > > We have an ongoing problem.
> > > > How do some of you others overcome the lack of knowledge of the
> > public
> > > on what a blacksmith does?
> > > "You shoe horses!"   "There aren't anymore blacksmiths." "How do
> > you make a > living?"
> > > > I'm wondering if demonstrations in public places  ( downtown parks,
> > hotels, > convention centere,) during
> > > conventions, etc. instead of the backwoods B.S. shop would help.
> > > Blacksmiths biggest problem is educating customers on what we CAN
> > do.
> > > > Suggestions?
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It is I who formed the blacksmith, 
who fans the flame into a fire and
fashions a weapon fit for it's work.


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