The 2012 ABS Hammer-In schedule has been released and the American Bladesmith Society will sponsor weekend Hammer-Ins and Youth Programs and in North Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, Arkansas, Maine, Tennessee, and California. The 2012 events schedule is listed below and when more information is available it will be posted on the ABS website at www.americanbladesmith.com and here on the ABS page.

March 9-11, 2012

Great Smoky Mountain Bladesmithing Symposium & Knife Show
Haywood Community College, Clyde, North Carolina
ABS Contact – Bill Wiggins (828) 226-2551 or Email wncbill@bellsouth.net

April 28 and 29, 2012

Spring Piney Woods Hammer In
Texarkana College – Moran School of Bladesmithing, Washington, Arkansas
ABS Contact – BR Hughes (903) 838-0134 or Email billrhughes@cableone.net

June 22, 23, and 24, 2012

ABS Youth Hammer-In
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Sevierville, Tennessee
ABS Contact – Houston Price (865) 397-0053 or Email choustonprice@att.net

July 13, 14, and 15, 2012

New England Hammer-In
New England School of Metalwork, Auburn, Maine
ABS Contact – Mace Vitale (203) 457-5591 or Email macevitale@yahoo.com

August 24, 25, and 26, 2012

Mid America Hammer-In
Miami County Fairgrounds, Troy, Ohio
ABS Contact – Butch Sheely (419) 832-5801 or Email sheelyblades@gmail.com

September 15 and 16, 2012

Fall Piney Woods Hammer-In
Texarkana College – Moran School of Bladesmithing, Washington, Arkansas
ABS Contact – BR Hughes (903) 838-0134 or Email billrhughes@cableone.net

October 6 and 7, 2012

Heartland Hammer-In
Washburn Institute of Technology, Topeka, Kansas
ABS Contact – Steve Culver (785) 484-0146 or Email sculver@americanbladesmith.com

October 19, 20, and 21, 2012

California Hammer-In
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California
ABS Contact – Mike Vagnino (559) 636-0501 or Email mvknives@lightspeed.net

October 20 and 21, 2012

Smoky Mountain Fall Hammer-In
Haywood Community College, Clyde, North Carolina
ABS Contact – Bill Wiggins (828) 226-2551 or Email wncbill@bellsouth.net