Tenative Schedule of Events

We will be updating this page as more Demonstrators confirm

Friday March 21st

6:00 AM - Pre-Heat Furnace - Hernandez/Sorrells

8:00 AM - Charge Furnace - Hernandez/Sorrells

12:00 Noon - Break For Lunch

2:00 PM - Break Furnace - Hernandez/Sorrells

4:00 PM - Bloom Consolidation and forge welding - Hernandez/Sorrells

6:00 PM - Preperation of waxes for vacumm casting - Kerry Stagmer

7:00 PM - Break for Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday March 22nd

6:00 AM - Coffee around the forge

8:00 AM - Breakfast

9:30 AM - Fire up the Hammers

10:00 AM - Blade Grinding Demo - Matt Stagmer

11:00 AM - Operation and Theory of Smelting - Hernandez/Sorrells

12:00 Noon - Break for Lunch

1:00 PM - Metalspinning Demo -

2:00 PM - Silver Vacumm casting Demo - Kerry Stagmer

3:00 PM - Glassworking Demo - Alice St.Germain-Gray

4:00 PM - Pantograph Blade Engraving - Matt and Kerry Stagmer

6:00 PM - Clay Coating Japanese Style Blades - Hernandez/Sorrells

7:00 PM - Break for Dinner

 

 

Sunday March 23rd

8:00 AM - Breakfast

9:00 AM - CNC Plasma Cuting Demo - Kerry Stagmer

10:00 AM - Blade Hardening and Polishing - Hernandez/Sorrells

11:00 AM - Chasing Tool Making and Hardening - Kerry Stagmer

12:00 Noon - Break for Lunch

1:00 PM -

2:00 PM - Nihonto presentation

3:00 PM - Iron in the hat

4:00 PM - Blowing of the Anvil @ Closing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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