BAM meeting July 2011

The July meeting was held in Hams Prairie, Mo. For a hot day, it was one of the largest crowds we've seen in a while.

Good company, good food, and good music.

Life is good.


Thanks Ned and Ester!

Lunch line - Taco salad was on the menu

The blacksmiths eat lunch

Dinner music - Disciples of the Cross - Bluegrass gospel!

Trade items - wind chimes

LePage Steam Engine show 2011

Bernie and Terry double strike.

Threshing the wheat.

Taking the steam engine for a ride.

Jefferson City's Downtown 4th celebration

95 degrees working on asphalt . . .need I say more?

Salute to America invite

Salute to America

The blacksmith has been invited to demonstrate at this event
 July 4th, 2011.

Hope you can stop by and visit.

He has been busy in the production area. There will be plenty for you to shop from.

See ya then.

Production line

Jacob's Cave swap meet

Lots of things to survey.

Military issued forge.

Several anvils.

Luckily for the blacksmith's wife, none of the above came home with the blacksmith!

BAM meeting Doniphan Mo May 2011

We went to Doniphan for the BAM meeting. The highlight for  Osage Bluff Blacksmith was getting to visit again with Ray Joe Hastings. He is the author of the book titled "Bow and River Gigs, Used in the Clear Streams of the Ozarks. It only got better, as we were invited to their home for a Sunday afternoon visit.

Host Chris Miller did a demo making this letter opener.

 Chris also demoed this donkey hammer head.


Prior to the meetings, the host selects an item to make for a trade item. During the meeting, the items are numbered and each participating member draws a number to see which one they trade for. For this meeting the trade item was a door handle.

This is the one Osage Bluff Blacksmith made.

 Host Chris Miller made this nice textured handle.

Don Ander's handle.

John Huff's handle.

Lynn Owens' handle.

Scott Woods' handle.

A fine BBQ pulled pork lunch was provided by Chris and Becky.

Karen and Don work with the iron in the hat project. They are masters at this game.

As at most meetings there is lot of tailgating going on. Here Osage Bluff Blacksmith makes a deal on jack hammer bits.

This is an old deep water river gig that Ray Joe brought for show and tell. Yes, show and tell isn't just for the school kids!