SPRING 2019, Issue 55 ® JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY, INC. Officers Board of Directors In This Issue Editor’s Note Harvey Dean (04) Robert Calvert (07) 4 Chairman 911 Julia Street 5 ABS Calendar 3266 CR 232 Rayville, LA 71269 5 School Calendars Rockdale,TX 76567-4302 318-348-4490 6 Chairman’s Corner 512-446-3111, [email protected] 8 Annual Meeting Schedule [email protected] 9 Auction Knife Descriptions Kevin R. Cashen (11) 10 Mid America Symposium Info Steve Dunn (03) 5615 Tyler Street 11 New England Symposium Flyer Vice Chairman Hubbardston, Michigan 48845-9708 376 Bigger Staff Road 989-981-6780 13 Art of Steel Show Awards Smiths Grove, KY 42171 [email protected] 18 Great Smoky Mountain Hammer-in 270-563-9830, 21 Alabama Forge Council [email protected] Mark Zalesky (11) 26 AD Index 4152 Forest Glen Drive Billy Ray Hughes (76) Knoxville, TN 37919 Carolyn Hughes, Editor Secretary & Founder 865-540-4189 305 Phillips Circle [email protected] American Bladesmith is published 3 times a year Wake Village, TX 75501 by the American Bladesmith Society, PO Box 903-838-0134, James Rodebaugh (15) 160, Grand Rapids, OH 43522 and is printed [email protected] P.O. Box 404 by NeTex Printing, 3101 New Boston Rd., Carpenter, WY 82054 Texarkana, TX 75501. The publishers and staff of Bill Wiggins (09) 307-649-2394 American Bladesmith are not responsible for any Treasurer [email protected] mishaps which might occur from use of published 105 Kaolin Lane information. No part of the publication may be Canton, NC 28716 Robert Wilson (18) reproduced without written permission from the 828-226-2551 3659 Battle Road editor. Copyright 2011 ABS. All rights reserved. [email protected] Myersville, MD 21779-8355 301-293-2252 Board of Directors [email protected] On the Covers James M. Phillips (84) Don McIntosh (19) ABS AUCTION KNIVES P. 0. Box 168 3201 Buchanan Loop Road Front cover: The 2019 Master Smith Williamstown, NJ 08094 Texarkana, TX 75501-8740 Auction Knife, a Musso design with 609-567-0695 903-293-1530 Turkish Twist Damascus, was made [email protected] [email protected] by John Horrigan. Jeffrey Harris (86) Brion Tomberlin (19) Inside Front Cover: Chris Wu calls 214 Glen Cove 825 W. Timberdell Road his International Journeyman donation Chesterfield, MO 63017 Norman, OK 73072-6326 a “hybrid”: A mix of elements from 314-494-0922, [email protected] 405-202-6832 Taiwan and the ABS. [email protected] Inside Back Cover: Franco’s *James L. Batson, Ph. D. (94) International Master Smith is a Turkish 1316 McClung Ave. Damascus Bowie has an Azaleia Huntsville, AL 35801 Moasaic Damascus pattern. 256-971-6860 Office of the American [email protected] Bladesmith Society, Inc. Joe Keeslar’s TOMB knife is made in his signature Brut de Forge style made Cindy Sheely *Greg Neely (98) from a 19th Century French File. P.O. Box 160 5419 Pine Street Grand Rapids, OH 43522 Back Cover: Russell Roosevelt Bellaire, TX 77401 419-832-0400 donated this classic Bowie of 1084 713-664-4864 [email protected] steel with a Desert Ironwood handle [email protected] as the Journeyman Knife of the Year. *Past Chairman 3 Notes from the Editor Carolyn Hughes fter a hiatus from travel for ARTICLES AND DEADLINES AND RATES Aabout a year and a half, BR and ANNOUNCEMENTS I were able to attend the 31st Batson Summer Issue, July 1, 2019 Symposium in Tannehill State Park, To showcase your bladesmithing Winter Issue, November 1, 2019 events, please send us an article and Alabama in early April. Tannehill is Spring Issue, March 15, 2020 pictures. Also, articles of interest to a beautiful area near Birmingham bladesmiths, clients, or collectors, such COLOR ADS PER ISSUE and the Alabama Forge Council does as “how to” articles, approximately a tremendous job of preparing for and FULL PAGE ................................ $600 1000 to 1200 words in length with HALF PAGE ............................... $300 planning events, securing excellent pictures and/or illustrations are THREE CONSECUTIVE ISSUES instructors, and hosting this event. welcome. The ABS pays $100 for any FULL PAGE .............................. $1500 major article published in the journal Like most of the bladesmithing HALF PAGE ................................ $750 happenings, this one is very similar and payment is made upon publication BLACK & WHITE ADS PER ISSUE to a family reunion. Many of the of the article. Send your articles and 200 plus attending the Symposium accompanying pictures, 300 or more FULL PAGE ............................... $200 were friends we’ve seen for a lot dpi, or announcements of upcoming HALF PAGE ............................... $100 hammer-ins, shop visits, etc. to of years at bladesmithing events THIRD PAGE ................................ $75 Carolyn Hughes, 305 Phillips Circle, around the country. And we met QUARTER PAGE ........................ $50 Wake Village, TX 75501 or you may EIGHTH PAGE ............................ $25 many more with whom we expect send by email to carolynhughes@ WEB SITE ADS ............................ $10 to become better acquainted at cableone.net. Pictures should be sent other occasions in future years. as an attachment. THREE CONSECUTIVE ISSUES It surely did feel good to be with FULL PAGE ............................... $500 our bladesmith buddies again and WEB SITE, FORUM, ETC. HALF PAGE ............................... $250 catch up on all that we’ve missed THIRD PAGE .............................. $190 For assistance with the ABS website, during the time BR was homebound. QUARTER PAGE ...................... $125 please contact Debra Bethke, ABS While storms were predicted, EIGHTH PAGE ............................ $65 the weather was surprisingly websmith, at damckee@rocketmail. com. For forum assistance, good during the day. No sudden AD DIMENSIONS please contact the moderators, temperature dip into the 30s, no radio Brion Tomberlin at btomberlin@ EIGHTH PAGE ........ 2 1/4 X 3 5/8 announcement that the tornado was americanbladesmith.com, Lin Rhea, ................................... or 3 5/8 X 2 1/4 “headed to Tannehill”, no hail, no [email protected], Karl QUARTER PAGE ..... 4 3/4 X 3 5/8 flood, only one storm occurring after Andersen, [email protected], ................................... or 3 5/8 X 4 3/4 everything was finished for the day. Ed Caffrey, caffreyknives@gmail. THIRD PAGE ............. 7 1/2 X 3 1/3 We were also looking forward to com, Allen Newberry adminsters both ................................... or 3 1/3 X 7 1/2 being in Old Washington, Arkansas the Pinterest and Twitter websites. HALF PAGE .............. 7 1/2 X 4 3/4 His email address is newberry@ for the Piney Woods Hammer-in ................................... or 9 5/8 X 3 5/8 americanbladesmith.com. this month, but the dire predictions FULL PAGE .............. 9 5/8 X 7 1/2 of storms, hail, and tonadoes ADVERTISING over that weekend changed our plans. Walkers and canes don’t The deadline for material The American Bladesmith is published fare well on rain-soaked ground. or advertisements to be triannually and accepts advertising included in the SUMMER It was a great disappointment in keeping with the promotion of the 2019 American Bladesmith to miss this “family reunion”. forged blade. Ads must be submitted to the editor by the deadlines in the must be in the editor’s next column. Ads may be camera hands by July 1, 2019. Carolyn ready or we will create an ad for you. 4 ABS Calendar AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY 2018 BLADESMITHING SCHOOLS June 6 Annual Board Meeting, Cobb W. F. Moran School of Bladesmithing Galleria, Atlanta, GA. Texarkana, Texas June 7-9 Blade Show. Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, Intro to Bladesmithing ....Sept. 30-Oct. 11 ... Neely & Tomberlin GA. Fall Hammer-In ...............Oct. 12-13 ..............Williams, Director Damascus ........................Oct. 13-18 ...................................Dunn June 7-9 Blade University Intro to Bladesmithing ....Oct. 28 -Nov. 8 ........ Cook & Williams June 8 Annual ABS Knife Auction. Cobb Handles & Guards ...........Nov. 11-15 ...................................Dunn Galleria, Room 103, 10:00 A.M., ABS Contact: Mike Williams call 580-420-3051, Atlanta, GA. email: [email protected] July 12-14 New England Hammer-In. New England School of Metalwork, To register, contact: Mrs. Amanda Davis Auburn, ME. Contact Dereck Glaser Texarkana College at 903-832-3015 or email 888-753-7502 or email dglaser@ [email protected]. newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com. Don McIntosh, Coordinator of Bladesmithing Aug. 23-25 Mid-America Hammer-In, Miami [email protected] County Fairgrounds, Troy, OH. Contact Butch Sheely 419-308-3471 New England School of Metalworks or email [email protected]. Auburn, Maine Oct. 12-13 Fall Piney Woods Hammer-In. NE Hammer-In ...............July 13-15 .........................Glaser Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing, Intro to Bladesmithing ...Aug. 19-30 .....Derringer&Culver Texarkana College, Texarkana, Intro to Bladesmithing ..Nov. 4-15 ................... Tomberlin Texas. Contact Mike Williams at 580-420-3051 or email hforge@ ABS Contact: Kevin Cashen at [email protected] pine-net.com. Contact: Dereck Glaser at 207/777-3375 email: [email protected] Register at www.newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com Virginia Institute of Blacksmithing Waynesboro, Virginia Haywood College Intro to Bladesmithing ...June 17-28 ..................McGhee Clyde, North Carolina For information,