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2006-2009

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December 2009
(9.4 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, President's Notes, BOD Minutes, Conference Evaluation Comments, Saltfork Repousse' Workshop, Regional Meetings, Mark Asprey Joinery Workshop, Christmas Tree Bell, Holiday Napkin Holder, and Membership Application.

November 2009
(7.6 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SCABA Conference wrap-up, Lost and Found at the Conference, President's Notes, SCABA Workshops, SCABA Toolbox, Scottish Festival, Members of Saltfork, SCABA Conference Highlights, Regional Meetings, SCABA Tool Box and Tools, Map Page, Guillotine Tool Revisited, Leaf Napkin Ring, and Membership Application.

October 2009
(6.8 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, State Fair of Oklahoma, Northeast Regional Meeting, Scenes from Sulphur Tractor Show, SCABA Tool Box, SCABA Workshops, Western Spirit Celebration,  Regional Meeting Dates, 13th Annual Saltfork Craftsmen Conference, NW Regional Meeting/SC Regional Meeting, Doug Merkel on Collars, Bill Fugate's Collar Jig, Maurice Hamburger Drawing, and Membership Application.

September, 2009
(13.4 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Father-son team, Blacksmith Editors page, SC Regional Meeting, Scenes from Richard Simpson, First Annual Granite Art Show, President's Notes, Board of Director's Meeting Minutes, Northeast Meeting, Southeast Meeting at Fort Towson,  SCABA Tool Box, SCABA Workshops, SCABA Conference 2009 Women's Class, Regional Meeting Dates, 13th Annual Saltfork Craftsmen Conference, Oklahoma State Fair Demo Schedule, and Membership Application.

August, 2009
(10.2 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Lake Texoma Demon, President's Notes, Medieval Fair Thank You Letter,  Southeast Meeting At Calvin, SCABA Board of Directors Meeting,  SCABA Tool Box and Tools for 2009, Oklahoma State Fair Demo Schedule, SCABA Workshops, SCABA Membership as of June 30, 2009, Regional Meeting Dates, Meeting at Mike Sweany's, In Memory - Leroy Haight, SC Regional Meeting, Directions to Fort Towson, Ft. Gibson, Richard Simpsons, Campfire Toaster, and Membership Application.

July, 2009
(12.0 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Muskogee Renn Faire, President's Notes, S/C Regional Meeting, Animal Head Workshop, SCABA Tool Box and Tools for 2009, Oklahoma State Fair Demo Schedule, SCABA Workshops, Tractor Show Demonstration, SCABA Membership-June 30, 2009, Regional Meeting Dates, Making Nails, Dating Antique Items Made by Blacksmiths,  & Membership Application.

June, 2009
(5.1 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meting Schedule, President's Notes, Elementary School Demo at Fort Sill, Demo at the "Taste of the West" Chuck Wagon Cook-off, Fourth Graders in Duncan, Equipment for Sale, Cowboy Sunday, 2009 Picnic, Teaching Trailer Update, Upcoming SCABA Workshops, Tool Box & Tools, Opportunity to Demo at OKC State Fair, Regional Meeting Dates, Forging a Shoulder, SCABA 2009 Conference & Membership Application.
May, 2009
(7.7 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Election of Officers, 33rd Annual Norman Medieval Fair, SE Regional Meeting, The Choctaw Land Run Festival, ABANA Affiliate Liaison Letter March 2009, Anvil Repairs Workshop, El Reno Heritage and Art Show, Annual Southwestern Ironworks Tailgate Swap Meet, Upcoming SCABA Workshops, SCABA Tool Box for 2009, S/C Meeting at Elk City, President's Notes, William Scout Camp Mountain man Rendezvous,  Saltfork Craftsmen Support the Marshal County Antique Tractor Show, Opportunity to Demo at OKC State Fair,  Museum of the Great Plains School Demo, Trail Ride Demo, Regional Meeting Dates, Charter Member Jim Dickey, Drawings by Gerald Franklin, and Membership Application.
April, 2009
(9.7 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, 89's Parade in Norman, Minutes, Upcoming Events, Welding Workshop Monumental Success, Saltfork Craftsmen Ballot, Upcoming SCABA Workshops, Repousse/Chasing Workshop?, SCABA Tool Box for 2009, Gas Forge Workshop Update, May Picnic, NW Regional Meeting (March), Dorothy Stiegler and Jacob Hill at Pieh Tool, S/C Regional Meeting, NE Regional Meeting, New Mailing Requirement, New to Blacksmithing, Bob Alexander's Blanket Chest Hardware, Wooden Chest Project, Shawn's Fusing Glass to Metal, and Membership Application.

March, 2009
(6.1 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Christmas Tong Exchange, Judy Hamm, LAMA Annual Conference, Saltfork Welding Workshop/Meeting, 89's Parade in Norman, El Reno Heritage Arts Festival, Cooking with John Timmerkamp, Sale at Tom Clarks Ozark School of Blacksmithing, SC Regional Meeting, SE Regional Meeting, NE Meeting at Kendall's Shop, SCABA Scholarships, Gas Forge Workshop, Coat & Hat Hook, Broom Making Comes Back to Terlton, NE Regional Meeting Dates, NW Regional Meeting Dates, SC Regional Meeting Dates, SE Regional Meeting Dates, Christmas Tong Exchange,  S/C Regional Meeting, SE Regional Meeting, Adjustable Tong Clip, and Membership Application.
 

 

February, 2009
(2.3 Mb)

 

 

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Art of the Blacksmith and Smokey Bear Days, Saltfork Welding Workshop/Meeting, Power Hammer Workshop, 89's Parade, Silver Dollar City Broom Maker, NW Regional Meeting, Merit Badge University (Boy scouts) & Saltfork, Arts Festival in El Reno, Little Giant Rebuilding Seminar, Metal Museum, Board of Trustees Election, NE Regional Meeting Dates, NW Regional Meeting Dates, SC Regional Meeting Dates, SE Regional Meeting Dates, Christmas Tong Exchange,  S/C Regional Meeting, SE Regional Meeting, Flower Designs, Blacksmith Helper, Notes from Jim Carothers. Ten Commandments, and Membership Application.
January, 2009
(3.4 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, NE Regional Meeting, NW Regional Meeting, Don Bellah Memorial Scholarship, Southeast  Saltfork group forges leaves and barstools in Paris,  Meeting Dates, SC Regional Meeting, Steel's Useful for Tools, Heart Hook Demonstration, Horse Shoe Hat and Coat hook, Horse Head Steak Turners, News from all around, Not just blacksmithing, Bending, and Membership Application.
December, 2008
(10.7 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, In Memory "Tom Clark", Wewoka Sorghum Festival, NW Regional Meeting,  Letter from Jim Carothers, S/C Regional Meeting, Meeting Dates, Director's Meeting Minutes, Trail Ride Demo, Cotton Pickin' Chili Cookoff, Member Contact Information, Cliff-Bob, Christmas Tongs Exchange, Workshop Requests, 13th Annual SCABA Conference October 17-18, Affiliate Letter-Bruce Woodward, Animal Heads, NE Regional Meeting and Membership Application.
November 2008
(9.8 Mb)

Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Letter from Jerry Cathy, Conference Thoughts by Jim Carothers, Ringling Western Day Celebration by Gerald Franklin, Meeting Dates, Conference Gallery & Auction, Family Classes, Conference Demonstration Scenes, Tool Box Raffle, 2009 Conference Scheduled, Tulip Drawings by Bob Alexander, Maps to Tom Nelsons in Douglas & Bill & Diana Davis home west of Rush Springs and Membership Application.

 

September 2008
(9.4 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, Southeast Regional Meeting, James Allcorn Letter, Living History Day-Fletcher, OK, 12th Annual Saltfork Craftsmen ABA Conference, Regional Meeting Dates, SCABA Tool Box List, South Central Regional Meeting, Decorative Punch Workshop, Wrought Iron, Blacksmithing in Alaska, Controlled Hand Forging, and Membership Application.
August 2008
(11.3 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, South/Central Regional meeting, Decorative Punch Workshop, North/East Regional Meeting, Demo-ing around the State, Francis Whitaker Scholarship, Sept. Meeting for the North East Region, Home Sweet Home, 12th Annual Saltfork Craftsmen ABA Conference, Bray Church Group Demo, Northwest Regional meeting Steer Head Horseshoe, Meeting Dates,  SCABA Tool Box list, Pay Pal, Direction to Richard Simpson, Forge Welding and Membership Application.
July, 2008
(5.1 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, Forging Request, Knife Show, Texas Annual Chuck Wagon Cook Off, Mangum Oklahoma Frontier Days Art Show, Remembering Patrick Sain, What is your Favorite Time in History?South/Central Meeting, Meeting Dates, Splitting, Mortise and Tenon Joinery, Employment Opportunity, Memorial Cross by Joe Babb and Membership Application.
June, 2008
(12.2 Mb)

Trading Post, First Annual Frontier Family Day, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Bam Conference, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, Controlled Hand Forging, Member Spotlight, Punches for Making Faces, True Story "Forge Welding" by David Seigrist, Sketch Book, Meeting Dates, Tal Harris - Works Produced by his Pupils, Demo at the "Taste of the West" Chuck Wagon Cook-off, Fourth Graders in Duncan, Workshop Reports, New Forge by Tommy Dean, Tom Clark Update, Thank you Tony Cable, Historic Metalsmithing at MGP, Touchmark Workshop, Architectural Blacksmithing, South East Saltfork Craftsmen, Too Late to Classify, Upcoming Picnic, Employment Opportunity, Directions to Charlie McGee's & Making a Small Grille.

May, 2008
(7.2 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Club Picnic Public Demo's & Request, Norman Medieval Fair, Knife Group Association, Sad News, Support of Local VRD, Saltfork Craftsman Support the Marshall County Antique Tractor Show, Minutes - Board of Directors Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, Meeting Dates, Touch Mark Workshop, Decorative Workshop, Election Results,  SCABA Workshop Survey, Picnic/Hammer-In Schedule, Controlled Hand Forging Workshop Report, Sketchbook, and Membership Application.
April, 2008
(4.7 Mb)
Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Club Picnic Public Demo's & Request, Membership Dues, Minutes - Board of Directors Meeting, I have an Idea, SE Regional Meeting, SCABA Tool Box for 2008, Board of Trustees Election, NE Regional Meeting, NW Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, SCABA Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, SCABA Workshop Survey, Oklahoma Farrier's Association Annual Clinic & Contest, NW Regional Meeting, and Membership Applications.
March, 2008
(3.6 Mb)
Membership Application, Trading Post , Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, NE Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, NW Regional Meeting, Membership Notice, Drawing Out Contest, Treadle Hammer and Hand Held Tooling Workshop, February 16th South Central Meeting Highlights, NW Meeting Highlights, Reminder From the Librarian, Blacksmithing Class, and Demo season..
February, 2008
(5.5 Mb)
Membership Application, Trading Post , Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, NE Regional Meeting, Why Do I Go TO Monthly Meetings, Prayer Request, Public DEMO Dates, S/Central Meeting, and 100 Year Old Little Giant.
January, 2008
(1.2 Mb)

Membership Application, Trading Post, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bois D'Arc Forge Participates in Art Walk 2007, NE Regional Meeting, S/Central Meeting, 

December, 2007
(3.7 Mb)

Trading Post, Ty Rankin, Covington-Douglas, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bray-Doyle Elementary Centennial Day, Marlow Middle School Demo, NE Regional Meeting, Centennial Demo's, January 2008 S/C Meeting, S/Central Meeting, Northwest Regional Meeting, Saltfork Craftsman Board of Director's Meeting and The Dove Tail Square Corner.

November, 2007
(2.5 Mb)

Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bois D'Arc Forge Garden Club, November SE Saltfork Meeting, Museum of the Great Plains School Encampment, S/Central Regional Meeting , Saltfork Conference, A Do-Better Talk from the Librarian, and Comments from the Conference 2007.

October, 2007
(2.5 Mb)

Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Saltfork Demos at RRV Fair for 5 Days, Big Pasture Centennial Days, BOD Minutes August 26, 2007, Request for Demonstrators, Notes from the President, Tulsa Scottish games, Tools for Raffle, Email notice, Northwest Meeting, and Ntba hammerfest in Bridgeport, Texas.

September, 2007
(2.4 Mb)

Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Southeast Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, Conference Toolbox, Book Review, Northwest Meeting, Cover Story Ray Clontz Tire Hammer Plans and Raffle Tickets.

August, 2007
(3.8 Mb)
Trading Post, Membership Application, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Southeast Regional Meeting, South/Central regional Meeting, SCABA Board Meeting, Conference Family Classes, Herb Chopper, Dutch Oven Lid Lifter, Crescent Historical Museum Fall Fest, Oil Patch Jamboree and Enid camp .
July, 2007
(3.3 Mb)
Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Duncan Founder's Day Celebration, Marietta Frontier Days, Pioneer Exposition, South/Central Meeting, Tire Hammer Plans, Oklahoma Celtic Heritage and Music Festival, Northwest Meeting, Tire Hammer Class, Centennial Gate Project, JC Campbell, Kansas Demo, and Blacksmithing in Blossom TX.
June, 2007
(4.0 Mb)
Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Heat Treating Steel - Quick Guide, School Demo at Fort Sill, Sad News, Horse Show Nail Cross, Western Spirit Celebration, Tractor Show and School Kids, Rural Heritage Festival, South/East Meeting, Northwest Meeting, South/Central Meeting, BOD Minutes, Conference Toolbox Update and Tools for Box.
May, 2007
(7.6 Mb)
Marshall Antique Tractor Show, Meeting Schedule, Learning From A Master, South/Central Meeting, Southwestern Ironworks Tailgate Swap Meet, Medieval Fair, Book Review, Oklahoma Pioneer Exposition, and Horseshoe Rasp Snake.
April, 2007
(4.4 Mb)
Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Center Finder/Bisecting Gage, Bill Epp's Workshop, Southwestern Ironworks Tailgate Swap Meet, 16th Annual Ozark Conference, Bennett's Trivet, and South/Central  Meeting.
March 2007
(1.1 Mb)
Trading Post, Membership Application, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Northwest Regional Meeting, Northeast regional Meeting,  A Word of the President, Updated President's Message - 2008 Conference, David Seigrist attends John C. Campbell Folk School, Spark Testing for Mystery Metals, Special Blacksmithing Meeting Notice and North Texas Meeting .
February 2007
(1.1 Mb)
Conference 2007, Saltfork Craftsmen Artists-Blacksmiths Association History, Smithing 101 class for Boy Scout Troop 850, Map and directions to Gary and Dianne Gloden's shop, Heart Hook Demonstration, Tool Making, Balcones Forge Bluebonnet Workshop, Centennial Living History of the Chisholm Trail and Northwest Regional Meeting.
January 2007
(1.0 Mb)
2007 Demo Request, South/Cental Regional Meeting, BOD Minutes Dec. 10, 2006 , Workshop Accents Pieces with Bill Epps, Welding Flux, Broomcorn, Directions to J.C. Banks Meeting and Making Wooden Wheels.
December 2006
(1.0 Mb)
Demonstrations for the Veterans by Gerald Franklin, Wagon Camp, S/C Regional Meeting, Northwest Regional Meeting, Charcoal Making for the Blacksmith and Ring Project 2008 and Beyond.
November 2006
(0.72 Mb)
Library List, Trading Post, Calendar of Events, 2007 Demo requests, Board of Directors Meeting, Bill Pieh Resource for metalwork at Pieh Tool co., Inc.
October 2006
(0.32 Mb)
Conference Time Details, Oklahoma Scottish Games, Demonstrations for the Veterans by Gerald Franklin, "What is it"? NTBA Hammerfest. S/C, NE regional meeting reports

September 2006
(0.83 Mb)

National Ornamental Metal Museum Tour by Gerald Franklin, Rocky Mountain Smiths Conference. Multi-Position Bending Fork Tool Tips by Jim C. NW, S/C meeting reports. Members Handiwork. Demo Opportunities, Articulated Connections, Making Ladles & Spatulas
August 2006
(1.1 Mb)
2006 Demo requests. Members handywork (Teresa Gabrish). Tool Box Pics and info. Conference Details & Menu, NE, S/C, NW meeting reports, August Notes from Jim C. Stratford Peach Festival Report, Pawnee Bill Ranch Recognition of SCABA. Books For Sale, Scroll types, Controlled Hand Forging (Making a ring)
July 2006
(0.90 Mb)
Drawknife + Bandana Slid by Jim C. Demonstration reports from Gerald Franklin. Old Time Medicine at the Pawnee Bill Wild West Show, Meeting reports from NE, S/C, NW regions. Conference Reminders & Notes
June 2006
(0.53 Mb)

Meeting Schedules/Highlights, 2006 Demo Requests, Tool Box Highlights & Pictures, Western Sprit Celebration, A Piece of the Editors Mind, Robb Gunter 2006 Class Schedule, Classes at Pawnee Bill Ranch

May 2006
(1.1 Mb)
Election Results, Meeting Highlights, Notes from Jim Carothers, Norman Medieval Fair, "Courtin' Candle" How To, Anvil Tools by Gerald Franklin, ABANA Affiliate Liaison Letter, SCABA Tool Box Pictures and Info
April 2006
(1.2 Mb)

2006 Public Demo Request List, Kansas News, Really Good meeting highlights, South-Central Meeting at Franklins, Northwest Meeting at Lenenbauers, Northwest Region Meeting

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