Celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary, April 4-6, 2008

 

Batson Bladesmithing Symposium, Home Coming, Rendezvous & Knife Show

 

At

 

TANNEHILL IRONWORKS at Exit 100 off I-20, 11 miles West of Bessemer, Alabama

 

The Alabama Forge Council is celebrating the 20th Anniversary by letting everyone in free.

Please pre-register.  Send your name, address, and phone number by post card to Judd Clem,

111 Yorkshire Dr, Athens, AL 35613, or by phone 256/232-2645, or by e-mail  ajc665@peoplepc.com

 

 The primary Demonstrators will be Wade Colter and Rick Dunkerley from Montana, Richard Williams from Dollywood in Tennessee and Alan Longmire from Tennessee.

 

All the past demonstrators are invited back for a Home Coming.

The past demonstrators may demonstrate or just meet you, the participants, at a Special Demo Site.

See reverse side for names of past demonstrators.

 

Old Timey Rendezvous Area with period dress, tents, trade blankets, demos, etc will be provided for participants and past Demonstrators. Contact Billy Watson, 334/365-1482, or Jim Batson, 256/971-6860, for details.

 

Youth Hands On Forging Site for Boy Scouts and other youths. We should have the best Knife Show ever.  Bring your best knife for the Cutting Contest and a knife for the Railroad Spike Knife Contest.

There will be more Knife Suppliers, Tail Gate Sales and Tool Venders than ever before

 

The AFC will depend on Donations of the participants and the Auction to defray the expenses.

 

COME AND BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION

 

PAST DEMONSTRATORS

1989-2007

1.  BOYD ASHWORTH

2.  MARY BAILEY. 

3.  BILLY BATES

4.  JAMES BATSON
5.  HUGH BARTRUG
6.  MICHAEL BELL
7.  JOHN BLACKLEDGE
8.  WES BYRD
9.  JAN DUBOIS
10. HARRY BROCK
11. KEVIN CASHEN
12. HOWARD CLARK
13. JAMES COOK
14. JOSEPH CORDOVA
15. DAVID CORNETT
16. JAMES CORRY
17. JAMES CROWELL
18. ALEX DANIELS
19. HARVEY DEAN
20. JOHN DEMESA
21. CHRIS DERINGER
22. AL DIPPOLD
25. STEVE DUNN
26. RICK DUNKERLEY
27. KEN DURHAM
28. FRED DURIO
29. ALLAN ELDRIDGE
30. VINCE EVANS
31. NEIL FAULKENBERRY
31. BILL FIORINI
32. JERRY FISK
33. JOHN FITCH
34. JOE FLOURNOY
35. DON FOGG
36. TIM FOSTER
37. RICK FURRER
38. BERT GASTON
39. JAMES GIBSON
40. ANTHONY GOODRUM
41. WAYNE GODDARD
42. JOHN GRECO
43. ROGER GREEN
44. ED HALLIGAN
45. LARRY 'HOG' HARLEY
46. RICHARD HARLEY
47. GAVIN HARRIS
48. RADE HAWKINS
49. DON HEATHCOAT
50. JAY HENDRICKSON
51. BILLY HICKS
52. BILL HERNDON
53. GLYNN HOLMES
54. WALLEY HOSTETTER
55. JESSE HOUSER
56. DALE HUCHABEE
57. ROB HUDSON
58. B. R. HUGHES
59. CAROLYN HUGHES
60. DAN JOHNSON
61. JOSEPH KEESLAR
62. *KEITH KILBY
63. TODD KINIKAN
64. RAY KIRK
65. HANK KNICKMEYER
66. ALAN KRESS
67. SCOT LANKTON
68. LEN LANDRUM
69. CHARLES LAWLESS
70. MARK LINN
71. GARY LONG
72. DR. JAMES LUCIE
73. TOMMY MCNABB
74. CHRIS MARKS
75. STEVE MARSHALL
76. DARYL MEIER
77. MIKE MERCER
78. MARDI  MESHEJIAN
79. BOB MILLER

80. BILL MORAN++

81. DOC PRICE MORRIS
82. GREG NEELY
83. RON NEWTON
84. MELVIN PARDUE
85. *CHUCK PATRICK
86. PEGGY PATRICK
87. AL PENDAY
88. CLIFF  POLK
89. TRENA POLK
90. TIMOTHY POTIER
91. DARREL RALPH
92. LEE REEVES
93. TIM RIDGE
94. KENNY ROWE
95. TIM RYAN
96. FRANCIOS  X SALLE
97. RED ST CYR
98. STEVE SCHACKLEFORD
99. JAMES SCHMIDT
100. STEVE SCHWARZER
101. BUTCH SHEELY
102. JOSEPH SILASKI
103. *CLESTON SINYARD
104. KIRSTEN SKILES
105. ED SMALL
106. CLAY SPENCER
107. TOM STERNS
108. JOHN SUGG
109. JOHN WAYNE TAYLOR
110. DEVIN THOMAS
111. WAYNE VALACHOVIC
112. JERRY VAN EIZENGA

113. STEVE VAN VOORHEES

114. J BRUCE VOYLES
115. KEN WARNER**
116. BILLY WATSON
117. DELLANA WARREN
118. WAYNE WHITLEY
119. WILLIAM WHITE
120. MIKE WILLIAMS
121. DANIEL WINKLER
122. MARK ZALESKY
123. TIM ZOWADA


RENDEZVOUS KNIVES, AXES & TOMAHAWKS

JAMES BATSON              

 NEIL FAULKENBERRY
GAVIN HARRIS
JOSEPH KEESLAR
STEVE MARSHALL
CHUCK PATRICK
PEGGY PATRICK
TIM POTIER                         

LEE REEVES                        

TIM RIDGE
BUTCH SHEELY
ED SMALL
BILLY WATSON
WILLIAM WHITE
DANIEL WINKLER
DON WITZLER

*    First Demonstrators, 1989

**  Invited but could not attend