American Bladesmith Society members earned numerous awards at the Southeastern Custom Knife Show in Winston-Salem, NC this weekend!!! I just received an email from Bill Wiggins about their awards.
Best Bowie. Mike Christenson JS
Best Damascus Mike Christenson JS
Best Hunter Steve Randall  JS
Best Art knife Daniel Warren MS
Best forged blade Steve Randall JS
Best in show Daniel Warren MS
Congratulations to Mike, Steve, and Daniel! And thanks to Bill for letting us hear about the good news.
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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Congrats guys! Sorry I wasn't there, to give you a hard time, but I'll make up for it soon. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />
Congratulations to everyone!
Russell
The news about the SE Knife Show is great. And the fact that so many Journeyman Smiths won awards emphasizes the point that the JS is a very signifcant step in the career of any smith. Attaining the JS does establish the new JS as a "real pro".
Bill R. Hughes
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