5th Annual Fire and Brimstone Hammer-In

March 31st. - April 1st 2012

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All donations will be put towards cutting cost for attendees and to making the event bigger and better.
Please send all paypal donations to hammerin@Baltimoreknife.com

Friday setup anytime till 5pm
. This is not an official scheduled day for any events only set up.
All are welcome to pitch in or just hang out but do not expect any demos.

Saturday 630am
we will begin the preheat for the tatara but stay fairly quiet till after 8am
most likely we will be shut down by 8pm Its an awful long day but Jesus Hernadez will be
night heat treating once its dark. Many forging demos will take place during the day. Wood
Lathe demos throughout the day. Matt will do grinding demos. Chris Price will be doing a
beginners knife making demo with hand hammers. John Smith will be doing a ton of forging
and talking about Japanese style blades. Tony Swatton will be making tools then showing
us how to make objects with the tools he made. Deker will be doing a multibar viking blade
showing construction methods and explaining the process. Jeff Pringle will be doing a wootz
smelt as well as some forging. I am hoping we can get him to join in with deker on talking
about traditional viking weaponry constructing. Sam will be doing a tong making demo using
power hammers. Chris Price will be doing a blister steel demo and quite possibly forging a
knife blade from it on Sunday.

Sunday 8am till 5pm
Sunday is a finishing day. Getting blades heat treated and polished. There will be many forging
demos throughout the day. Tony Swatton will do a armor demo and talk. The whole team will
share some methods on handle construction and fit and finish. The Iron in the hat will be late afternoon.
This is also the best day to do any show and tell.