[TheForge] Blacksmith's Holiday

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

BTW, they are getting ready to do a major addition and renovation to the b/s shop next year.  The design drawings look great.  The frame will all be done by the timber framers guild, so it should be very cool.  It will include a clean space for a library and meeting room as well as more shop space.

On my drive to Brasstown from Oklahoma, I stopped off at the National Metals Museum in Memphis.  They had a beginner blacksmith class going at the time, so I dropped in and visited with the instructor for a few minutes.

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Snow [shsnow at mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:56 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith's Holiday

I did that many years back and it was the best vacation I ever gave myself.
Great food, super accommodations, fantastic forging and wonderful people --
plus perfect weather. AND...it is dirt cheap. Do yourselves a favor: check
out the John Campbell School (www.folkschool.org) and go for a week.
Awesome.

I'm a hobby smith also, but the b-smith shop is pro-ready.

Steve Snow


On 9/29/08 4:49 PM, "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> Nice report. I may have to hate you now. <grin>
>
> Good for you, I wish for a vacation like that.
>
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
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> From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
>
>
>
> Greetings, All,
>
> I'm just back from an action-packed, fun-filled
> week-long class at the John C. Campbell Folk School in
> Brasstown, N.C.
>
> I'm just a hobby smith, so some of you pros may already
> know all this stuff.  But, I can't think of any way I
> would have preferred to spend my vacation!  I'm tired,
> sore, and still grinning.
>
> Aubrey
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