Indiana Blacksmithing
Association
Readers' Corner
On this page, we place contributions by readers of this site. This may
be the best way to see what blacksmithing and the IBA is all about. If
you have a link to a page of interest, pictures of a meeting, pictures
of items related to blacksmithing, pictures of your own work or that
of others, please send me an email: 
- The 2019 IBA Conference
- Websites maintained by IBA members.
- The holdings of our library including
books, magazines and videos. See the newsletter for librarian contact
information.
- Blacksmithing videos.
- A segment of CBS
News on anvils, including an anvil shoot.
- List of touchmarks of Indiana smiths.
- A couple of newspaper articles about Fred
Oden and his fellow blacksmiths, explaining the creative nature of
blacksmithing and the work they do with 4-H kids.
- The 30th IBA birthday bash was a real hit. Below are some
links to photos and videos.
- The 2010 IBA Conference
- The 2009 IBA Conference
- The 2008 IBA Conference
- The 2007 IBA Conference: Some
pictures, Some more
pictures, Blacksmithing
Work, Knives, Socializing and Instruction, Strongman Competition
- The 2007 State Fair
- Here are some photos from the 2010 QuadState
conference, courtesy of JJ.
- Here are some photos
from
the 2009 SOFA Quadstate conference. Most photos were taken by JJ, two
were taken by Jim Watts.
- Watch this awesome video of the
Friday night presentation at SOFA, where they forge-welded a face
plate to an anvil.
- 3rd Schoenberger Smithing Meeting
(Germany)
- The Mad Dwarf
Workshop by two young gentlemen in Indiana, making mythology
inspired swords.
- Inaugurating Ken Dettmer's new forge: Part I, Part II, Part III
- Blacksmiths at work today: Boston
Subway System
- Wikipedia entry for Blacksmithing
- Learn how to blacksmith, take a Beginner's course at the Folk School in Brasstown, NC.
- Check out the webpage of our parent organization, ABANA for current work in
blacksmithing as well as their forums.
- A wonderful monthly publication which unfortunatelly ceased
operations, the
Blacksmithsjournal.
You can still purchase old issues though, so check them out.
- Some blacksmiths shoe horses, some blacksmiths
own horses.
- Dennis Liffick welding at a workshop on
making power hammers
Disclaimer on the use of the
information
contained in this website.
For questions, concerns or additions to our web-site, please
contact our webmaster:
|
About Us