Shel Browder, recently retired blacksmith from Co-lonial Williamsburg, will be highlighting three days of instructional demos at Fort Vancouver Blacksmith Shop.
Williamsburg smiths have been visiting the Pacific NW for over 20 years, teaching a historical approach to smithing using strong hammer skills with a minimal of tooling. Part of the demos will be based on artifacts from the extensive collection at the Fort Vancouver archeology lab.

Dates: Thursday, October 27, Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29
Time: Thursday and Friday 9:00 to 5:00, Saturday 9:00 to 2:00
Lunch: Friday 1:00 to 2:00, Saturday 2:00 till whenever
Dinner: Friday: Cocktails at 5:30 in the bar and/or the deck outside, dinner at 6:30, after dinner presentation at 8:00
Costs: Guild membership $10, Instructional Demo's $20 per day, Lunch on Friday $5, Lunch on Saturday $10, Friday Dinner: No Host.
Please let me know if you are interested in either of the lunches or the dinner as seating for these is somewhat limited and it is very important that we have an idea of how many people are interested in the lunches so we know how much food we need.
For additional information and meal reservations Contact Craig Webster craigw@iinet.com
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Shel will also be teaching a hands on 3 day workshop at Fire Mt Forge in Eatonville, WA, Nov 4-5-6 contact Darryl Nelson firemtforge@hotmail.com for details.