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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
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