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FALL BLACKSMITH'S FORGE FEST
featuring
FRANK TURLEY
at
Oldenburg
HABA is very pleased to announce that Frank Turley of Santa Fe, New Mexico will be our featured demonstrator this Fall at our Forge Fest in Oldenburg on October 7!
Frank was the first person to be presented the Alex Bealer Award by ABANA in 1982. This honors the recipient for "service to the field of blacksmithing."Turley is co-author with Marc Simmons of "Southwestern Colonial Ironwork", presently out-of-print and highly sought after.
Frank Turley began smithing in 1962 as a farrier's apprentice. He worked with three "hot shoers" and shod show Morgans for five years before turning his attention to ornamental ironwork. He began taking orders for fire tools, fireplace screens, branding irons, and kitchen utensils. He worked with Victor Vera in Santa Fe, Victor as a young man, being Pancho Villa's gunsmith under duress. Victor was making furniture hardware for a local firm. In 1970, Turley opened Turley Forge Blacksmithing School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has graduated a large number of working smiths from his short courses, and he is a popular workshop presenter. He is a "guru's helper", where he answers questions on www.anvilfire.com. Click on Guru's Den.
Frank Turley will present for HABA Forge Fest a potpourri of toolsmithing (S7 and W1), forge welding, and ornamental elements. Turley is a practitioner of tai chi form and will demonstrate and talk about bringing the tai chi principles of grounding, relaxation, and deep breathing into the workplace.
More information will continue to be published here. Plan now to attend! Fix the truck up and bring your friends!
We will have an Auction at 3 pm on Saturday. Please bring your special made items to donate and be ready to take home some great pieces of work and tools. There will be tailgating and booth opportunities for you to make the most of.
Friday and Sunday are open forge hammer-in days. Bring yours!
Here are some samples Frank sent representing what he will discuss. Click to enlarge...
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Blacksmiths across Texas, Louisiana and all points from there have an opportunity to gather for the day, work and show their wares during the Show weekend of Round Top in Oldenburg, TX. Five acres of land is being made available to blacksmiths during the famous Round Top Antique Show. The Round Top, TX antique show expanded over the years to include the neighboring towns of Warrenton, Shelby, Oldenburg and a few other places in between. The show occurs in April and October each year.
Oldenburg is located about 90 miles northwest of Houston. During the weekend over 1,000 vendors sell and 200,000 buyers enjoy the shows, buy and drive the beautiful countryside.
The owner of the property has an interest in smithing and played in the Oldenburg blacksmith shop while growing up. The original site of the Oldenburg shop is just a few stone throws away from the five-acre site. The original Oldenburg shop is now operating again at the George Ranch Historical Park south of Houston.
Everyone is invited to come to Oldenburg and demonstrate. Our gracious hosts are Kennie and Susan Hall. There is no cost for the general grounds. A hat is passed to defray the expenses for power, water and porta-jons. Camping is available on-site with a hot and cold running water shower!
All Blacksmiths and friends and visitors are invited to sell, buy or just visit. Remember that this Forgefest weekend is the same weekend as the Antique Show for Round Top Antique Show. Thousands of vendors and hundreds of thousands of buyers are roaming the countryside between Round Top, Warrenton, Oldenburg, Fayetteville and Shelby during this event.
When & Where :
The Forge Fest site in Oldenburg, TX is located at the intersection of Highway 237 and Bauer Road. The site is north of town on the East Side of highway 237. See maps and the site layout below.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday October 6-8 :
The Preliminary schedule looks like this:
- Friday 8:00 am : Sign in and setup, sell and individual demonstrations
- Saturday 8:00 am : Demonstrations begin in the Big Shed
- Saturday 6:00 pm : Demonstrations end
- Sunday 9:00 am : Demonstrate, Clean up and Depart
Tools For Sale
There will be the traditional tailgating tool sales with old anvils, vices, and tongs!
Camping - Friday - Sunday :
Camping available in the field behind demonstration area.
No charge to members, their families and their guests (donations will be collected to help with expenses)
Portable toilets, water and electricity are available
Sales Tents - Friday - Sunday:
Club Information and Fundraising Tables - Memberships and Handmade items donated by members for sale to the public
Member’s Sales - Opportunity to sell your excess tools (anvils, forges, and hand tools ), supplies, hand made items to other members or to the public.
Demonstrations Friday and All day Saturday, and Sunday if you want to
What to Bring
Chairs, canopys, tents, food and drink.
Bring safety glasses with side shields. This is a requirement!
Bring your forge and tools if you have them.
If you do not have a forge and tools, please come anyway. There will be plenty of room at some forge during the workshop and someone to lend you a hand if you need it.
You do not have to be a member to attend our meetings! Bring a Guest! Bring your Membership Dues if you want to work at a forge and are not a current Member !
Minors are welcome but must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Blacksmiths Round Up is held in the Spring and Forge Fest is held in Fall in conjunction with the Round Top antique festival
Open to the public - at no charge for admission to the grounds
Date - Saturday October 07, 2006
Place: Highway 237 and Bauer Rd. – Oldenburg, TX
PURPOSE:
- To promote HABA and attract new members
- To share basic blacksmith techniques with new club members
- To provide blacksmith tools (anvils, forges, hand tools) for sale
- To provide social opportunity to meet new members
- To provide social opportunity to meet members of other blacksmith clubs
- To raise funds for club through donated items from members
Some relevent on-line links for your viewing....
Directions to Oldenburg
The Forge Fest site in Oldenburg, TX is located at the intersection of Highway 237 and Bauer Road. The site is on the north end of town on he East Side of Highway 237.
click here for more maps
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