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  ASHOKAN KNIFE SEMINAR
Ashokan Sword 2021

Friday, September 17
3:00              Gates and registration opens, Dinging hall  lobby
4:00-5:00    Set-up forges at pavilion. Please volunteer!
5:00- 6:00   Happy Hour-Dining Hall Lobby
6:00-7:00    Dinner

7:00-7:30    Kevin Cashen -Intro-Lecture
7:30-8:30    Phillip Baldwin- “The Sword in Myth and Legend in Medieval Europe”- Lecture
8:30-12:00    Open Forge with Nick Rossi
Saturday, September 18
8:00-9:00    Breakfast
9:00-9:50    Ric Furrer- “Bronze to Iron in Ancient Weaponry”- Lecture
10:00-10:55     Zeb Demming – “Making historical steel in the backyard”-
11:00-11:55    Mike Edelson and Tristan Zukowski European Sword Techniques 
12:00-1:00    Lunch and Merch sales
1:00-2:00    Phillip Baldwin- “Blade Shaping with Hammer and Anvil” - 
2:10-3:10    Tom Walter  “Kendo and Tamshigiri” - Demo
3:20- 4:20    Mike Edelson – “European Sword Techniques and cutting” - 
 4:30- 5:30    Lee Jones- "The Serpent in the Sword: Pattern-Welding in Early European Iron Swords and Thoughts on its Origins" - Lecture 
5:30-6:30    Dinner
​6:30-7:20    Ric Furrer and David Barnhill “Bronze Blade Casting” - Demo 

7:30-8:25    Tim Zowada “Modern Heat Treatment of Longer Blades”
8:30-9:25    Phillip Baldwin- Heat Treating Long-Blades with Minimal Equipment
9:25-9:45    A Memorial Tribute to Those We Have Lost 
9:45-12:00    Open Forge with Nick Rossi
Sunday, September 19
8:30-9:30    Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Remove personal gear from bunkhouse

9:30-10:30    Dr. William R. Short “Men of Terror: A Comprehensive Analysis Of Viking Combat” - Lecture
10:30-11:30    Kevin Cashen- “Bringing It All Together- Accurately Replicating Historic Swords” - Lecture
11:30-12:30    Sword/Knife Display and Show
12:30-1:30    Lunch
1:30-2:00       Pack-up forges and clean-up demo area
2:00                 Departure



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