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SUMMARY:Today's meeting w/Travis Edgington
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DESCRIPTION:Forging an axe head\n\nToday's demo with Travis was no disapp
 ointment. He is one of the few highly skilled artisan blacksmiths in our
  area\, having studied under Bob Cerney and Mike McCarthy\, among a few 
 other highly skilled Cooperstown area smiths. Using a bar of wrought iro
 n (recycled from an old bridge or farm implement) Travis skillfully brou
 ght us through each carefully explained step of the process of shaping a
 nd finishing a colonial style head with a forged welded steel insert/cut
 ting edge. Travis demonstrated a number of techniques which he routinely
  uses in his work which produce a better and more efficiently created en
 d product\, one such technique which was new to many of us\, was coverin
 g the hot steel totally with flux as a near final step before the final 
 wire brushing. This produces a cleaner piece by essentially melting off 
 any scale which then is cleanly brushed off. A very professional looking
  piece is the end result. Travis is an excellent teacher and it was a pl
 easure to watch and learn from him. We hope he will demonstrate again fo
 r CDBA in the future.
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