The 2016 Blade Show will take place on June 3 - 5, 2016 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA.
I have posted the dates, times, and locations of the scheduled events for the ABS in the reply post below.
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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American Bladesmith Society Schedule - 2016 Blade Show in Atlanta, GA
Friday, June 3, 2016
8AM - Master Smith Candidate Judging in Galleria Room# 104
8AM - Journeyman Smith Candidate Judging in Galleria Room# 103
10AM - William F. Moran, Jr Award Judging in Galleria Room# 104
10AM - Antique Bowie Award (JS & MS) Judging in Galleria Room #104
7PM - American Bladesmith Society Annual Awards Ceremony in Galleria Room# 103
Saturday, June 4, 2016
10AM to 12 noon - Annual ABS Knife Auction in Galleria Room# 103
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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10AM - Antique Bowie Award (JS & MS) Judging in Galleria Room #104
These awards (for JS and MS) are presented to the finest knives representative of the original 19th century bowie knives, and are judged by members of the Antique Bowie Knife Association.
We welcome and congratulate the newest Master Smiths and Journeyman Smiths in the American Bladesmith Society who had their work juried by the ABS Judging Panels at the Blade Show in Atlanta on June 3, 2016.
Our new Master Smiths:
Steve Randall - North Carolina, USA
Scott Mc Ghee - North Carolina, USA
Our new Journeyman Smiths:
Eduardo Berardo - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Neels Van den Berg - Pretoria,South Africa
Paul Brach - Georgia, USA
Jim Coffee - Ohio, USA
Larry Cox - Arkansas, USA
Joshua Adam Dabney - Florida, USA
Luiz Gustavo Goncalves - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andre Klen - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mark Steele Knapp - Alaska, USA
David Knowlton - Massachusetts, USA
Erik Markman - Nieuwkoop, Netherlands
Matthew Parkinson - Connecticut, USA
William J Vanheteren - New Jersey, USA
Wilson Fallaw - Georgia, USA
William Greulich - New Jersey, USA
Congratulations!
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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Congratulations to all. I know I would be a nervous wreck waiting.
Anthony Griggs
Congratulations to the newly rated smiths. The only way to realize the amount of effort these guys put into it is to make the journey yourself.
Good work Gentlemen!
Mike Williams
Master Smith