With profound sadness, we say goodbye to David Hutchison. A long time friend and someone who contributed immeasurably to the blacksmithing community. David left this world on January 23, 2026 at the age of 72. His funeral will be held Tuesday February 3 with viewing from 9:30 am – 11:00 am and the funeral starting at 11. This will be held at the Cordova Firehall – 11864 Kittys Corner Rd, Cordova, MD. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, April 25th 2026 at 1:00 PM at the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas – 11472 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601. Card and flowers can be send to: 31834 Geib Rd, Cordova, MD.

Come join us for the 2026 Gichner Hammer-in. This even will be held on January 2 – 4, 2026 at Eric’s shop. This year’s demonstrator is Drew Alexander.

Drew Alexander discovered his passion for blacksmithing in 2001, later apprenticing at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. Over the past 24 years, he has honed his craft through self-education, guild involvement, and mentorship from the late Nol Putnam and others. In 2021, he transitioned from a career in construction and sales to pursue blacksmithing full-time, specializing in custom, client-led projects.

Drew and his brothers collaboratively run a family business that includes a lumber yard, mill shop, custom furniture shop, leather studio, and blacksmith shop. Drew manages the blacksmith shop and contributes to the sales of custom furniture pieces.

He also writes narrative memoirs that explore beauty, art, his blacksmithing journey, and lessons from past mentors. On his YouTube channel, Drew shares long-form interviews with fellow blacksmiths. He serves as Chairman of the Board for the Shenandoah Valley Blacksmith Guild of Virginia. Drew lives in Rockingham County, Virginia, with his wife and four children.

You can check out Drew’s work here. And down load the event registration here.

March 22nd & 23rd

Demonstrator: Drew Alexander
Both Saturday and Sunday will be half day demonstration of the project and then a half day hands on workshop supervised by Drew.
We will have an Iron-in-the-Hat on Saturday, so please bring an item or two.
The registration will be $90 per person until March 14th, after which the cost per person is $100. The cost includes coffee and donuts each morning and a catered lunch each day.

For more info click here.

The demonstrator this year is Brendan Stevens.  He will be demonstrating a miniature post-vice.  You can check out his Facebook, youtube and Instagram accounts.

The conference will be held on January 3 – 5, 2025. Click here for the registration.

Come join us for our annual Hammer-in on the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Show grounds, located at 11472 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601.  The event date is: September 7th only. This year we will be having a one-day teaching conference.  There will be several forges running simultaneously with different teaching stations.  The stations will vary between beginners blacksmithing, beginners knife making, intermediate forging, etc.  People will take turns going to whichever stations they want to, try as many as you want to.  So invite your friend who always wanted to try forging iron but never had the chance.  This event is open to anyone who wants to come, however actually forging will be limited to 12 years old and above.  Of course you’re not required to forge, you are welcome to simply come and watch and share your knowledge. click here to down load the registration.

Good morning everyone. We have our demonstrator for the 2019 Bill Gichner Hammer-in. Terry Sheridan from Ontario, Canada. The event will be held on January 11 – 13. Click here for the registration form.  Check out some of Terry’s work at the following link: http://thebarnstudio.ca/gallery/album/blacksmithing-hand-forged/terry-sheridan-at-the-forge

We are sad to announce the cancellation of the Mid-Atlantic Smiths Association’s  Metalsmith Conference, scheduled for September 8-9, 2018, at the Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association in Easton.  The reason for the cancellation is simply because we were not able to line up a demonstrator. Instead of trying to cobble together a halfhearted show with very little notice, we have decided to regroup stronger for next year.  We will have the Bill Gichner Memorial Hammer-in event in January, as always and also the joint Furnace Town event March 30 – 31. The good news is that we have a demonstrator lined up for the 2019 Tuckahoe Metalsmith Conference.  Next year Jennifer Horn from Daisy Hill Forge will be demonstrating.  For anyone who was able to attend the ABANA Conference in June, she demonstrated in the farrier tent.  We deeply apologize for the turn of events. We look forward to seeing everyone in January and next year at Tuckahoe.

This year’s demonstrator will be Kirk Sullens of Artistry With Unity.  Check out his website: www.kirksullensmetalart.com.  He used to work for Bass Pro in their blacksmith shop and made the fireplace screen at Arundel Mills Bass Pro.  He will be demonstrating one of his sculptures.  The conference runs from January 5 – 7, 2018.  For the registration form click here.

Good news to report on this January’s Bill Gichner Memorial Hammer-in. Our guest demonstrator will be Don Asbee of Hartsburg, Missouri.

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