NRBA Conference  Spring 2005 at Dan'l Moore's Coon Hollow Forge, Kalispell, MT

Jeffrey Funk drawing out one leg of a split bar under the power hammer.

Marcus Engler striking for Jeffrey Funk  Punching the eye of a hammer head. Jeffrey is holding the piece by the two legs that were being drawn out in the photo above.

Finished demonstration project:  The Endless Cycle---tongs holding the hammerhead which makes the tongs which makes the hammerhead---all forged from one homogeneous block of steel.

Terry Melton helping start a new blacksmith on the right path.

Heather McLarty

Blacksmithing's infectious enthusiasm

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