Blacksmithing and Ironwork

Robert Trout demonstrating at the AFC Conference at Tannehill State Park Friday 9/8/2006

Joe Miller at the Alabama Forge Council fall conference 2005

Joe Miller at the Alabama Forge Council fall conference 2005

Joe Miller at the Alabama Forge Council fall conference 2005

Joe Miller at the Alabama Forge Council fall conference 2005

Joe Miller at the Alabama Forge Council fall conference 2005

Steve Schwarzer discussing how to build a gas forge for knife making at the 21st Annual Batson Blade Symposium April 2009

Steve Schwarzer discussing how to build a gas forge for knife making at the 21st Annual Batson Blade Symposium April 2009

Joe Keeslar talking about heat treating knives at the 2009 AFC Baston Blade Symposium

"CopperBob" demonstrating copper techniques at the AFC Fall Conference Sept 2001

CopperBob Taylor demonstrating at the AFC Fall Conference Sept 2001

Gavin Harris blacksmith demonstration at the 2001 Alabama Forge Council Fall Conference * Sorry the audio squeal was the feedback between Gavin's hearing aid and the lavalier mic. We couldn't hear it at the time.

Tom Sheets blacksmith demo at the AFC Fall Conference Sept 2001

Tom Sheets blacksmith demo at the AFC Fall Conference Sept 2001

Tom Sheets blacksmith demo at the AFC Fall Conference Sept 2001

Gavin Harris blacksmith demonstration at the 2001 Alabama Forge Council Fall Conference * Sorry the audio squeal was the feedback between Gavin's hearing aid and the lavalier mic. We couldn't hear it at the time.

Ward Brinegar - demonstrating at the 1995 Bemidji, MN blacksmith Conference

Forging a bowl using a hydraulic press. Shows tooling and process. Not sure who the demonstrator is or where it was taped. Also gives the formula for the 'Super Quench" which allows you to get norla mild steel hard enough to be used as tooling.

Miscellaneous video shots from the 1994 ABANA conference in Alfred, NY

Jeff Mohr of Mockingbird Forge demonstrated fireplace tools and discusses the trials and tribulations of running a blacksmith business. Im not sure where this demo too place

Jerry Darnell of Seagrove, NC demos a colonial candle stick at the Pontiac conference in 2005

Master blacksmith George Dixon demonstrating at the 1993 South Eastern Regional Blacksmith Assn conference in Madison, GA. 1993

Upper Midwest Blacksmith Association Blacksmith Conference 1994 David Nore demonstration

Lorena Babcock demonstrating at Tom Clarks Ozark School of Blacksmithing way back in 1999.

Vol6 - Slides and commentary from Francis Whitaker about the ironwork he worked on and saw in his travels as an apprentice blacksmith. Francis Whitaker Blacksmith Education Foundation - digitized from VHS tapes.