NRBA Conference Fall 2010, at Jim Bolinger's St. Mary's Forge, Stevensville, Montana, September 17 - 19.

Our host, Jim Bolinger making last-minute preparations.

Gerome Weinand recycling ---   preparing to reforge bronze scrap into a mokume damascus billet.

Steel ladder-damascus billet forged by Gerome Weinand.

Ed Auger forging a horsehead from the end of a horseshoe.                                                                                          A punch, forged for making the horse's eye.

Twising a  grooved section of 1-inch square bar.

Straightening the twist, using wood blocks, to avoid damaging the ridges of the twist..

Ben Lund preparing to make a precision punchmark.

Rob Detlaff forging a punch.

Frank and Daria, double-striking---using Rob's new punch to drive a hole through the 1-inch bar, below.

Jim Bolinger forging a rectangular tenon onto the end of one of the bars.

Our newest member, Daria.

Newly-arrived treasures.

Mike Sousa.

John Cook demonstrating his finesse with a hand drill.

Art Anderson

Reviewing the club's specialist Library.

Gallery

Steak-Turner handle forged by Ed Auger.

    Trivet by Steve Herndon.

Custom knives by Gerome Weinand.

Mystery intersecting rivet-tenons on a firewood rack by Scott Roberts

Northern Rockies Blacksmith Association.  

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