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Volume 28 - Page 1 of 2 May 1, 2003
Pieh Tool Company Grand Opening Southeast Confernce to be held same weekend.
Amy Pieh - Photo by Dean H Borgwardt GRAND OPENING in Arizona! Pieh Tool Company Inc. is holding its grand opening on May 16-17 at their new facility in Camp Verde, AZ. Jim Poor will be demonstrating and there will be a drawing for prizes (blacksmith and farrier tools). Sponsored by Cooper Tools. More details on the PiehToolCo website. Southeastern Conference   to be held May 15, 16, 17 in Madison, GA, USA. Demonstrators will be Shelton Browder Hershel House, Ryan Johnson, Mike Boone and Dan Boone Tim Ryan will shoot the anvil. and Steve and David Kayne will be there with a van load of tools Continued. . . Page 2 Dave Manzer Little Giant Video, "How to cure the Bang, Tap, Miss Blues" Now available exclusively from anvilfire.com! If you have a Little Giant you NEED this video. If your Little Giant ever does the "Little Giant Hula" you REALLY need this video! Dave explains the bad behavior of many Little Giants and explains how to fix it.	NEWS INDEX [ REMOTE ] Vol.1 (May-June 1998 - JYH) Vol. 2 ABANA 1998 Conf Vol. 3 Camp Fenby Vol. 4 ABANA Late Vol. 5 PABA Edition Vol. 6 AFC Edition Vol. 7 Virginia Edition Vol. 8 Thanksgiving Edition Vol. 9 New Year's 1999 Edition Vol. 10 1st International Edition Vol. 11 Gichners Iron Age Antiques Vol. 12 Spring Fling, blowing the anvil Vol. 13 Southeast Conference Part I Vol. 13, p.2 SPECIAL NWBA REPORT Vol. 14, CanIron II, Calgary, Canada Vol. 16, Francis Whitaker, Eternal Flame Vol. 17, Spring 2000 Edition Vol. 18, Bill Pieh Vol. 19, JYH Photo Contest Vol. 20, June 2000 Knife Smposium Vol. 21, ABANA 2000! Vol. 22, October 2000 ABANA vs. FABA Vol. 23, April 2001 Kiwi Case, Spring Fling Vol. 24, June 2001 ABANA vs. SERBC, Southeast Conf Vol. 25, May 2002 Camp Fenby, ABASA, CanIronIII Vol. 26, June 2002 ABANA Conference Vol. 27, September 2002 Epps Hammer-In Page 2  Southeastern Conference SPAM and Cyber Terrorism FAQ Event Coverage Insert Web Page Adoption Insert Machine Design List Rusian anvil product review. CanIron IV has a new web site. The CanIron commitee has registered the URL www.caniron.com and established a new web site.
Events This Weekend: Touchstone Center for Crafts is having a HAMMER-IN MAY 3-4 at 9:00 AM 1-800-721-0177 ,724-329-1370, E-MAIL, tcc @ hhs.net www.touchstonecrafts.com There will be 4 demonstrators: Tal Harris - traditional work, Marty Reisig - colonial, Kim Thomas - damasucs, Dan Easley - shop tips. West Virginia ARMOUR-IN - The Time: May 1-4, 2003. Hosts: Ann and Ted Banning, Hy View Terrace, Washington, WV 26181 BAM conference in Warrenton, Missouri. May 2, 3, 4th. Northwest Hammer In 2003 June 21-22: We have three themes this year. Metallurgy and heat treating (Devon Thomas and Bob Kramer), Easy to make folders (Ed schempp's "KINETIC PROGRESSIVE FOLDER" and Mat Disken), and of course Damascus (the rest of us). If you're serious about folders, let me know and for an additional fee small fee, I'll get you set up to make a template here in the shop during the hammer in. (Limit 5 people). The cost for the two days is $150.00. My shop is only so big, so an early response will get you in. bronksknifeworks.com
I N T E R N A T I O N A L CSI - Cyber Smiths International now has members in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Switzerland and Germany. CSI is a small but dedicated group that helps support anvilfire.com, ABANA-Chapter.com and projects such as our International Glossary of Metalworking Terms. We have had contributors from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Finland and Venezuela, and customers from England, France, Germany, Mexico, India and Indonesia. Our chat, the Slack-Tub Pub, the only active blacksmiths chat on the Internet has over 2100 registered users.   Registered chat users are from dozens of countries in many time zones. Folks are in the Pub 24 hours a day!   We have Pub users (that I can remember off the top of my head) from Israel, Greece, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Germany, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Belgium, North and South America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and many others.   Blacksmithing tools are now traded internationaly more than ever.   Tools from America, Britian, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Sweden and Russia among others are sold world wide. We are now part of a global community more than ever in history. On any given day it is not unusual to find blacksmiths from South Africa or Sweden chatting with blacksmiths in America, New Zealand or Austrailia. We trade ideas, goods and friendship.
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May 2003 Edition Comments to: Jock Dempsey Editor at anvilfire.com	Copyright © 2003 by Jock Dempsey   -