Dan Smith Fall Forge Fest 2005 HABA Houston Area Blacksmith's Association

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October 8, 2005

Dan Smith
demonstrates at
FALL BLACKSMITH'S FORGE FEST
at
Oldenburg
This Fall we returned with a new event name to our favorite Oldenburg site at HABA Lifetime Member Kennie Hall's place on Antique Show Weekend to have a good time.

Our bi-annual Blacksmith's Hammerfest has become our Forge Fest event at Oldenburg and was held the weekend of October 8. We featured several special regional demonstrators under the New Hall Pavillion on Saturday.

Many attended form HABA and Balcones Forge, and we brought tools and work to sell to other blacksmiths and the public. Our web site for the event is HABA Fall ForgeFest. Our demonstrator agenda changed a couple of times, but we ended up with an absolutely dynamite day of expert demonstrating featuring :

Gary Evensen - HABA & Balcones

Dan Smith - Balcones

Cowboy Szymanski - HABA

Dan Smith Encore - Balcones

Cowboy Szymanski Encore - HABA

Gary had his Encore ready to go, but it was time for the great bar-b-que feast provided by our hosts, the most gracious Halls. So we requested, and Gary readily agreed, that we could save it for next time!

More information is available at the HABA website for the event Blacksmith's Fall Forge Fest.

Featured Blacksmith at Forge Fest Demonstrator
October 8, 2005 Dan Smith
Balcones Forge

Dan graduated from Kent State University in 1999, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He moved to Austin in 2004 where he works for the Waldorf School teaching blacksmithing, wood work, and copper work.

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Demo

Dan provided two demos for the day. The morning demo demonstrated techniques of square corners in making a hold down tool for the anvil. The afternoon demo illustrated sheet metal forming as he made a shovel from sheet metal with a spiral coil handle.

Contact

Dan Smith
1906 B Blue Crest
Austin, Texas 78704
512-573-6058
Email:danielsmith1975@hotmail.com

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