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
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