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SUMMARY:Noah/Abe:Dutch hinges + garden trowel
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DESCRIPTION:Terrific Event and Demo : Noah and Abe are two young and tale
 nted craftsmen.\n\nIf you missed this meeting\, you missed a very very g
 ood one and shame on you! Noah clearly demonstrated step by step and mea
 sure by measure how he has been making Dutch strap hinges and pintels fo
 r a very exacting client who is restoring an early 17th century Dutch fa
 rm house. Noah is a clear speaker and a very good teacher so all of the 
 steps and the reasons why he does something a certain way were no myster
 y. Noah's forge welding of the pintel alone was reason enough for attend
 ing as was his simple tip regarding getting the body(strap) and the shaf
 t (pintel) to the same forging heat/color and keeping the shaft facing u
 p so not to burn it away. Paul Crosbey\, once again\, taped this meeting
  and might have DVDs again available next meeting as he did of Gil's dem
 o on heat treating from last month. Noah also brought as a special treat
 \, his long time buddy\, Abe Pardee. Abe lives in Connecticut and has be
 en blacksmithing for a number of years. He\, like Noah\, is an enthusias
 tic and high energy creative individual. both like trying new things and
  Abe demonstrated for us how to make a forged and sturdy garden trowel w
 hich will last a lifetime from 5/8" stock . The end result was a beautif
 ul spade shaped trowel which\, at its' widest\, must have been drawn out
  to around 4". It was a beauty and it was only the 3rd one Abe ever made
 ! Both of these smiths were a treat to watch and learn from and their co
 llective and individual energy and personalities were like blood transfu
 sions for us older types! Well done guys! Now\, those of you who left ri
 ght after Noah's demo\, missed Abe. Too bad! But those of you who left r
 ight after Abe's demo\, missed a special and unexpected treat. James Arl
 en Gillaspie\, our July demonstrator at Breitenbach Castle\, wandered in
  carrying with him two 500 year old artifacts he has been repairing for 
 two of his client collectors. He also had with him one of his own creati
 ons\, a gorgeous fully articulated armor plated gauntlet glove. If you m
 issed James\, that was really too bad! What a day\, what a meeting!
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