American Bladesmith Society Schedule - 2016 Blade Show in Atlanta, GA

Friday, June 3, 2016

8AM - Master Smith Candidate Judging in Galleria Room# 104

8AM - Journeyman Smith Candidate Judging in Galleria Room# 103

10AM - William F. Moran, Jr Award Judging in Galleria Room# 104

10AM - Antique Bowie Award (JS & MS) Judging in Galleria Room #104

7PM - American Bladesmith Society Annual Awards Ceremony in Galleria Room# 103

Saturday, June 4, 2016

10AM to 12 noon - Annual ABS Knife Auction in Galleria Room# 103

10AM - Antique Bowie Award (JS & MS) Judging in Galleria Room #104

These awards (for JS and MS) are presented to the finest knives representative of the original 19th century bowie knives, and are judged by members of the Antique Bowie Knife Association.

We welcome and congratulate the newest Master Smiths and Journeyman Smiths in the American Bladesmith Society who had their work juried by the ABS Judging Panels at the Blade Show in Atlanta on June 3, 2016.

Our new Master Smiths:

Steve Randall - North Carolina, USA

Scott Mc Ghee - North Carolina, USA

Our new Journeyman Smiths:

Eduardo Berardo - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Neels Van den Berg - Pretoria,South Africa

Paul Brach - Georgia, USA

Jim Coffee - Ohio, USA

Larry Cox - Arkansas, USA

Joshua Adam Dabney - Florida, USA

Luiz Gustavo Goncalves - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Andre Klen - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mark Steele Knapp - Alaska, USA

David Knowlton - Massachusetts, USA

Erik Markman - Nieuwkoop, Netherlands

Matthew Parkinson - Connecticut, USA

William J Vanheteren - New Jersey, USA

Wilson Fallaw - Georgia, USA

William Greulich - New Jersey, USA

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all. I know I would be a nervous wreck waiting.

Anthony Griggs

Congratulations to the newly rated smiths. The only way to realize the amount of effort these guys put into it is to make the journey yourself.

Good work Gentlemen!