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Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil QUAD State Roundup 300 Degree Panorama at Quad State
For years folks have been telling me you HAVE to go to Quad State. They have been telling me it is THE PLACE if you are looking for blacksmithing tools. They never said it was like THIS! Over the past 5 years cover the NEWS for anvilfire I have traveled to several ABANA conferences, CanIron and many of the local/regional conferences such as BGoP's Spring Fling, the AFC converence and the Southeastern Regional Conference. If you took all the tools from all the tailgate sales at all those conferences and combined them into one event they might have equaled this year's SOFA Quadstate. IF you ever have a chance GO. If you need tools and you are looking for old or new then its worth traveling how ever far it takes. Folks were setting up on Thursday when we arrived and continued to come in through Saturday. Sales were already brisk for many starting on Thursday. Bring a TRUCK! THURSDAY at SOFA Quad State Conference   Troy, OH - Miami Fairgrounds. When we arrived in mid afternoon there were already dozens of tailgaters setup and hundreds of campers. Sales were already in progress and as every new truck arrived a crowd formed to see what new treasures had arrived. I bought several items I was looking for and did not see any similar the rest of the weekend. Continued. . . Page 2 Tom Joyce Santa Fe, N.M. blacksmith wins MacArthur 'Genius Award' of $500,000. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has been giving grants for 25 years. MacArthur Foundation fellowships are given to people from virtually every discipline and comes with no requirements or expectations. The foundation wants recipients to "pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations."	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 Vol. 28, Spring 2003 Events Vol. 29, May 2003 WV Armour-In Vol. 30, Southeast Conference Page 2 Tools, Tools, tools, tools. . . Page 3 MORE Tools, tools, tools (Thursday) Page 4 Ric Furrier, Bladesmithing & Metallurgy Page 5 Anvils, anvils, anvils . . . Page 7Anvils Rare and Collectable Posting in progress! Event Coverage Insert Web Page Adoption Insert 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. PAL format now available.
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September 30, 2003 Edition Comments to: Jock Dempsey Editor at anvilfire.com	Copyright © 2003 by Jock Dempsey   -