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 Please do not send in an application unless you want to become an "active member"


Updated March, 2008

                  Members
       (All membership is for lifetime unless you request your name to be removed.)
                        (Only "active members" are listed on this page)
 
          
The results of the ODBSA application survey of the
 125 members are:16% women, 86% men, 3% associates, 21% novices, 55% apprentices, 12% journeymen,12% masters and 90% accept communication by the Web and 20% want hard copy of Newsletter to be sent by regular mail (do not have computers, don't like the computer, cannot download, etc). For those who responded to " my blacksmithing interests are": Carriage repair, artistic, historic reproduction, tool making, {hinges, hooks, knives}, home and garden, animal heads,Damascus knives, diverse, improving techniques, the old way, traditional, general, ornamental, art, 18 Century,early American hand forged iron, rifle making, architectural, sculptural, ornamental work, jigs, axes, unlimited and all.

ODBSA has
"54" active members  (the ones who have attended at least one of our events in the last six months and/or is helping ODBSA is some way).

Active members are the members who "keep this Association going" by coming to our events, participating in the Iron-in-the-Hat and/or helping ODBSA in some way.


                               
                                   
 "Active Members"
             of the ODBSA
               
                            
    Who have completed & signed the ODBSA application 
                                                         and
                          
                   
Associate Members (under 18) 

1.ABANA ------Artist Blacksmith Association of North America
2.ABA--------- Appalachian Blacksmith Association  

                                                               
                ODBSA MembersClassifications: 
                      1. Observer (the ones who really enjoy this craft but  are not planning on hands-on)                                  
                      2. Novice (less than 10 hours blacksmithing)   
                      3. Apprentice (some blacksmithing skills) 
                      4. Journeyman (a lot of  blacksmithing skills) 
                      5. Master (most blacksmithing skills and/or profession is Blacksmithing) 

**Educational Directors (E.D.)*** are the more experiece blacksmith within our association who have helped other ODBSA members learn this craft in one way or another.

Active Members
( have attended at least one ODBSA event in the last six months or have helped ODBSA in some way)

1.                     President
    
       Bobby L Floyd.................................................................................................Apprentice 
       816 Honeybee Rd.   
       Long Island, Va. 24569         
       va18@hotmail.com
       434-335-5621 
       (Plantation Forge)
       Member of ABANA, ABA

2.   1st Vice President (Operations)

    Missy Coates                                    ............................................................... Apprentice
      3421 Mill Run Lane                                 
      Pfafftown, N. C.  27040
      336-519-3167
      missy_coates@hotmail.com

3.    Vice President (Education)

       David Tucciarone   ...... ----------------------------------------------------------------  Master
       9332 Wards Rd.                        Click "Here" for Blacksmithing Bio
       Rustburg, Va. 24588
       434-821-8424
       (SunRise Forge)

4. Vice President (Library)

      Wendell D. Wyland                        ................................................................ Apprentice      
      147 Apple Way       
      Madison Heights, Va. 24569       
      434-384-3784 
      dcw@ lynchburg.net

5. Treasurer and Educational Director
 
 Charlie.Boothe                                ............................................................................Journeyman                          
      3030 Mulberry Rd.                                Click "HERE" for Bio
      Nathalie, Va. 24577
      434-349-1919
      (Mulberry Forge)
      Member of ABANA, ABA

6.  Assistant Recorder/Producer & Education Director

      Glen Bryant                                    .............................................................................Journeyman
   
  1210 Alleghany Ave.
      Clifton Forge, Va. 24422
      
540-862-1558
     
ironwoodcrafts@aol.com
     Member of ABANA, ABA

 7.  Recorder/Producer

      Reo Garrett                                        .............................................................................Apprentice
      77 Peaceful Lane
      Clifton Forge, Va. 24422
      540-862-5267

8. Administrator

               Andy Hasty                                ............................................... ........................................Apprentice

2359 Hwy 58
Buffalo Junction,  Va. 24529
Home 434-374-5830
andyhasty@kerrlake.com 

9.  Safety Officer

Robert B Saxon  .....................................................................................Apprentice
4135 Morgans Mill Rd.
Goodview, Va. 24095

540-890-7611
tugboat72@wmconnect.com 
 

    10.         Safety Officer

Mark.Kinsley                                   ...............................................................Apprentice
105 Afton Lane
Goodview, Va 2409
540-309-5549  
       
    
                                     
Other Educational Directors
11.   L.T.Skinnell                                                 *****          JOURNEYMAN            
       2732 Otter Hill Road
       Bedford, Virginia 24523
       540- 297-5817 
      (Otter Hill Forge)
12.  
Gerald Boggs                                                *****              JOURNEYMAN       *****
      (Wayfarer Forge)
13.  Dick Nietfeld           www.blksmth.com             *****               MASTER             *****
       229 East Ashton Ave.
       Grand Island, Nebraska USA 68801
       308-384-1088 
       (SHADY GROVE BLACKSMITH SHOP)
      
blksmth@charter.net

14.  Elmer Roush                                                *****              MASTER              ****
      18 Waldroup Road
      Brasstown, NC 28902
      828-835-7313
      (Cat Tail Forge)
15.  Charlie E. Hanks                                           ****               JOURNEYMAN       ****      
      2400 Mt. Airy Rd.       
      Lynch Station, Virginia 24571      
      434-369-4519       
     (Irons from the Fire Forge)                                              
16.  Dale Morse                                                  ****               MASTER             ****
      7356 Gordonsville Rd.
      Gordonsville, Virginia 22942
      434-244-7833
      (Clay Hill Forge)
17.  Jerry Darnell                                                ****               MASTER             ****      
      4512 Busbee RD    
      Seagrove, N.C. 27341     
      910-464-3888
18. Richard Bartelt                    Appomattox                            A   
19. Jerry Jones                         Chatham                                 A
20. Eric Bourhill                         Callaway                                 A
21. Layton Bourhill (AM)             Callaway                                 N            
22. Bobby Moose                      Catawba, NC                            A    (Jackson Forge)   
23. Michael Wyland                    Madison Heights                      A 
24  Jeff Shelton                        Danville                                 A 
25. Randy Cox                         China Grove, NC                      A 
26. Mary Bartelt                        Appomattox                            O
27. Charles Hudson                   Rocky Mount                            N
28. John Riddle                                                                      A
29. Tony Gowen                         Lynchburg                               N
30. Wendell Brooks                    Rocky Mount                           O 
31. Wally Coates                     Pfafftown, N.C.                         N
32. Scotty Lovell                      Martinsville                              A

33. Tom Harrell                      Timberville                               A (Supin Lick Forge)
34. Buford Hodges                 Burnt Chimney                            N
35. Danny Ward                    Martinsville                                 J    (Eastern School of Farrier Science)
36. William Beaver                Concord, NC                                A
37. Peter Ring                      Roanoke                                    J
38. Rick Martin                     Salem                                        A
39. Harmony Leonard          Bluefield, West Virginia                 O
40. Michael Lehrer               Bluefield, West Virginia                 N 
41. Francis Howard               Scottsburg                                  O
42. Gary Godfrey                 Dry Fork                                      N
43. Bettina Wehner             Roanoke                                    A
44. William Barts                Dry Fork                                     N
45. Eldridge Turner             Rocky Mount                               N
46. John Reed                   Salem                                        A
47. Blaine Dillon                 Hillsville                                     N
48. T.W. Hudson                Rustburg                                    N
49. Pete Robertson   (ED)   Fredericksburg                             M
50. Edward Robertson         Moneta                                       O
51. Albert Absher               Gladstone                                   N
52. Tom Wenrich               Troutville                                     A
53. Kevin Riddle                                                                  A
54. Bruce Dembling            Charlottesville                              J