Events

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Rick Dunkerley has accepted the duties of Hammer-In Czar for the ABS. Smiths who would like to organize or take part in a Hammer-In please contact Rick. Contact information: Rick Dunkerley, P.O. Box 582, Seeley Lake, MT., 59868, tel. 406-677-5496, e-mail: rick@dunkerlyhandmadeknives.com

2008

March 14-16, 2008
Great Smoky Mountain Bladesmithing Symposium & Knife Show
Haywood Community College, Clyde, North Carolina
Contact: Jim Batson Schedule and registration form Great Smoky

April 4-6, 2008
Batson Bladesmithing Symposium, Home Coming, Rendezvous & Knife Show
20th Anniversary Event Everyone Gets in Free!
More info
Tannehill Ironworks Bessemer, Alabama
Contact: Judd Clem, 111 Yorkshire Dr, Athens, AL 35613, or by phone 256/232-2645, or by e-mail

May 3-4, 2008
Spring Piney Woods Hammer-In
Washington, Arkansas
Contact: Scotty Hayes 903-838-4541 ext. 236

May 29, 2008
Annual Board of Directors Meeting
Renaissance Waverly Hotel Atlanta, Georgia

May 30, 2008
ABS JS and MS Judging, ABS Auction, ABS Awards Banquet
Renaissance Waverly Hotel Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Jan Dubois 281-225-9159

May 30-June 1, 2008
Blade Show
Cobb Galleria Center Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Kruse Publications 877-746-8757

June 20-22, 2008
Second Annual Youth Hammer-In
Smokey Mountain Knife Works Sevierville, TN
More Info
Contact: Wes Byrd 423-618-1366 or email

June 28-29, 2008
3rd Annual Big Sky Country Hammer In and Knife Show
Frenchtown, Montana
More Info
Contact: Josh Smith (406)626-5775 Schedule and registration form Big Sky Hammer In

July 18-20
Silver Anniversary of the First American Bladesmith Hammer-In
Burt Wiggins Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming
More Info
Contact: Jim Batson 256/971-6860 or email Jim Batson

August 22-24, 2008
Mid-America Bladesmithing Expo & Knife Show
Miami County Fairgrounds Troy, Ohio
More Info
Contact: Dr. James Batson 256-971-6860

October 3-5, 2008
California Bladesmithing Exposition and Knife Show
College of the Sequoias Visalia, California
Contact: Rick Dunkerley 406-677-5406

Fall Piney Woods Hammer-In
Washington, Arkansas
Contact: Scotty Hayes 903-838-4541, ext.236

The Arkansas Historical Museum has a permanent display of ABS knives in a special room dedicated to the craft of bladesmithing. For more information check out Museum

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2008