Brookfield Craft Center Hammer-in
May 11, 2013 10am to 5 pm
The Good Forge at the Brookfield Craft Center Campus
286 Whisconier rd, Brookfield CT
This will be the third Hammer-in at BCC and should be the best yet. The theme is “Historical Bladesmithing†and we will be featuring a smelt of Wootz steel,by Peter Swarz-burt, a demonstration of forging a pattern welded Viking age blade by Matthew Parkinson and many other interesting events to be Announced.
Of course, as always your $20 admission includes a hotdog lunch and an Iron-in-the-hat raffle ticket, So bring your appetite and something for the raffle.
This year we will be following up Saturday’s Hammer-in with an all day open forge session on Sunday, also 10am – 5pm where you can come and get some hammer-time in working on hot metal. This session is included in your hammer-in admission price or $20 if you can’t make it on Saturday.
hope to see some of you there! brookfield is a great local school that has been very supportive of the bladesmithing and blacksmithing programs and any profits from the hammer-in go to supporting the metalworking programs.
http://store.brookfieldcraftcenter.org/metal-classes-s/157.htm
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http://www.ambroseantiques.com/ will be giving a presentation/talk on antique swords along with a show and tell. we have also added a sword cutting demo and Donald Dupuis will be presenting a talk entitled Sword blade production in the 17th and 18th centuries. this should be a great fun day for anyone in the area! hope to see you all there.
link to the schools hammer in page.
http://www.brookfiel....org/hammer-in/
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Schedule for Sat.
9AM set up sign in and lighting of wootz furnace
10 am -11AM Pattern welding demo by Matthew Parkinson
11-11:30AM forging a seax blade by Matthew Parkinson
11:30-12PM sword blade Production in the 17th and 18th century by Donald Dupuis
12-1PM Lunch
1-2PM Wootz Melt demo by Peter Swarz-Burt
2-4:30 Antique sword display by Ambrose Antique Arms and Armour.
2-2:15 sword cutting demo
2:30-3pm Grinding /polishing and etching of pattern welded blades by Matthew Parkinson
3-3:30 Basic heat treating by Matthew Parkinson
3:30-4PM Iron In the Hat drawing
