Great Smokey Mountain Hammer In

[tippit]

Just got back from the GSMHI.  Another great time.  This year was nicely different as several Smiths made the different pars of an ABS style hidden tang Hunter with each doing a part to finally being assembled into a finished knife.

David Burnett...Forging the blade
Daniel Warren...Grinding & fitting the guard/wood handle.
Jim Batson...Showing a new way of Low Cost Heat treating!!!
Jason Knight...Finish grinding the handle
Greg Neely...Hand finishing the blade

Also...

Zoe Crist...Damascus design & forging
Chris Williams...Demo The Wilmont Grinder (got me thinking of selling my KMGs    
Ken Hall...Keyhole handle design & construction.

As usual too many things to taken!  Lots of pictures...tippit

[Steve Nuckels]

I sure wish I could have made that.  Glad you could go!

Jeff, I had over an hour phone conversation with Burt Foster over the week end, getting one of his DS ring knives.  We talked knives and traditional archery, and your name came up.... All good stuff!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

[tippit]

Burt's a great.  Glad I could help a little getting him into traditional archery.  I had a great time with him and his family at Denton Hill.  Seems like more and more Bladesmiths are into traditional archery.  Jason Knight is wanting to get back into it too...Jeff