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Why only one demonstrator, and a knife maker at that???!!! My brother Richard could be demonstrating...Not a "Master" knife maker, but pretty dammned good!!! I hope there is more in demonstrations, or I will not be making it.

let us have a blacksmith conf. and knife makers can have their own conf. with their clubs and get back to blacksmithing

We are going to have another demonstrator, just waiting for a commitment and it will not be knife related. As far as the hands on area, there will be the normal 2 on Friday and 2 more on Saturday plus a repousse demonstration on Saturday morning by a new member. Again we are waiting on final commitments by all before we post names.

I really get tired of the whole knifemaker versus blacksmith argument. The NWBA is made up of all types of smiths and those who voice their needs get the attention. We are trying our best to meet the needs of all the membership but you must voice a suggestion or better yet volunteer at the conference to be heard.

Besides just because Bob Kramer is a Master Bladesmith does not mean you are going to see a knifemaking specific demo. His plan right now is to give a forge building demo which will consist of technology, materials and fuel economy. His day two plan is a heat treating demo which I can personally say that Bob excels at. Both of these fit the bill for general blacksmithing and not specifically knifemaking.

As Zachary stated having four demonstrators at every conference would be ideal but we can not afford four so we limit it to two and try to mix up the conferences in a similar way, the last Spring Con did not have anything knife related and this one is going to be geared more towards Blacksmith tooling and such.

Hope to see all of you there,

Tom

Hey Tom,

Did you get my pm that I am willing to teach a hands-on on traditional joinery??? From the stuff I learned at Darryl Nelson's garden gate class... I got the class cause I received an Al Bart grant to participate in the class.. I am very happy to give back to the NWBA... I have learned a terrific amount from the conferences and the forums...Give me a call or email or pm... I'd love to give back!!! Home 541-998-2370.

All the best,

Lynn