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Barry Armstead

Posts: 12

Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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G'day all, from sunny Canberra.

I go by the handle Baz and I get around on the net as Blades By Baz and Builds By Baz.

I'm a former soldier and veteran of the Royal Australian Army, 16 years service.

I make movie props like Iron Man suits in steel, full sized spacecraft and am into astronomy, the great outdoors and gold prospecting.

I have been making knives for over ten years and for the last five years, I have been instructing bladesmithing at Tharwa Valley Forge here in Canberra.

I decided to pull the trigger on ABS membership a few months ago, as I thought it about time I get my journeyman. We recently had a visit from Neels Van Den Berg from Africa, so I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to make and test a Journeyman performance knife in front of him. It was just a practice run, as I haven't been a member long enough to make it official, but it passed with flying colours.

Onward and upward, I have three years to sort out the rest.

Cheers,

Baz.

This topic was modified 12 months ago by Barry Armstead

Posted : 03/05/2023 9:54 am

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Barry Armstead

Posts: 12

Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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And as bit of fossicking and prospecting to get me away from it all.

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Posted : 03/05/2023 10:37 am

BRION TOMBERLIN

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G'day and welcome Baz. Glad to have you aboard. You probably know Jackson. I look forward to seeing your work and meeting you in person in the future.

Brion

Posted : 03/05/2023 9:10 pm

Barry Armstead

Posts: 12

Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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G'day Brion. Yes Jacko and I worked together here at Tharwa Valley Forge for about 3 years before he moved on.

Posted : 03/05/2023 11:37 pm

Barry Armstead

Posts: 12

Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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Notifications just spinning Brion. Forum is a bit glitchy too. Kerps dropping to the bottom of each ABS page every time I move from page to page.

Posted : 03/05/2023 11:48 pm

Barry Armstead

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Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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I had three or four other posts on this thread, with pictures, but it seems they have all disappeared. The only ones I can see are the gold prospecting ones.

Posted : 04/05/2023 8:10 am

Barry Armstead

Posts: 12

Active Member Apprentice Bladesmith (5yr)

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The images were just imgur links mate. All resized to 920px on the long side.

Posted : 15/05/2023 9:13 pm

Michael Samdahl reacted