The 43rd Annual Ashokan Blade Seminar 2024
Friday, October 4
3:00 Gates and registration opens, Dinging hall lobby
4:00-5:00 Set-up forges at pavilion/tent. Please volunteer!
5:00- 6:00 Happy Hour- Dining Hall Lobby
6:00-7:00 Dinner Dining Hall
7:00-7:10 Introduction- Tim Zowada: Performance Hall
7:10-8:20 Home made steel-Zeb Demming: Performance Hall
8:30-12:00 Open Forge with Herb Kettell: Pavilion
Saturday, October 5
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:50 From start to finish, A complicated non-ferrous project-David Barnhill: Performance Hall
10:00-11:20 Crucible steel melt- Zeb Deming: Tent
11:30-12:30 Handle Materials - Why I Use What I Use – Matt Gregory: Performance Hall
12:30-1:30 Lunch and Merch sales
1:30-2:20 Silver Soldering Demonstration – David Barnhill: Performance Hall
2:30-3:20 Forge Welding – Burt Foster: Tent
3:30- 4:20 How I Grind – Matt Gregory: Tent
4:30-5:20 The Roman Pugio – Dan Maragni: Performance Hall
5:30-6:30 Dinner Dining Hall
6:30-7:50 Blade Forging – Herb Kettell: Pavilion
Also: Metallurgy Mayhem – Tim Zowada: Performance Hall
8:00-8:50 Heat Treatment- Kevin Cashen: Pavilion
9:00-12:00 Open Forge/ Blade Forging lessons with Herb Kettell: Pavilion
Sunday, October 6
8:00-9:00 Breakfast and Remove personal gear from bunkhouse
9:30-10:30 Business Stuff – Burt Foster: Performance Hall
10:30-12:00 Sword/Knife Display and Show: Dining Hall
12:00-1:00 Lunch Dining Hall
1:00-2:00 Pack-up forges and clean-up demo area
2:00 Departure
