BGCM Member Profiles
Bill Allen
The Blacksmith Shop
24500 Stringtown Rd.
Clarksburg, MD 20871
(301) 253-0187
Email: billyallen2003@AOL.com
Member's Statement: I make Ironware for your every need, decorative and functional For the kitchen, yard, garden, or fireplace. Deck and yard hangers, including the exclusive "Iron Flamingo". Custom work to your specs or mine. Contemporary or antique. Welding repairs to antiques, etc. Make hoops for buckets, butter churns, etc. Build gates, but no railings.
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Tim Beachley
Beachley Forge
8551 Indian Spring Rd.
Fredrick, MD 21702
(301) 606-6668
Email: tbmetalart@yahoo.com
Member's Statement: I began blacksmithing in 2001 while taking a beginner blacksmith class through BGCM. My work includes (but is not limited to) furniture, hardware, railings, small gates, and housewares. I utilize traditional and modern tools and techniques depending on the piece.Traditional joinery and forge welding to mig and tig welding. Hand forging at the anvil to power hammer and flypress work. I can't say if I have a particular style, I just believe in challenging myself, taking pride in the pieces I produce, and doing good clean work.
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Bill Clemens
Hound and Hare Forge
Website:
www.houndandhareforge.com
mailing address:
160 2nd Street
New Columbia, Pa 17856
phone: 570-568-2158
cell: 570-239-6439
Member's Statement: I began my career in blacksmithing by taking a class at the John C. Campbell Folk are School in Brasstown, NC in 1999 while I was still in the Air Force. I fell in love with the craft and it has become my retirement career. I like forging items using traditional techniques and prefer one of a kind commission work but will make most anything involving forging iron or other metals. I have made everything from large gates and hinges to jewelry items.
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John C. Larson
Iron Kiss Forge
Manufacturer of Iron Kiss Hammers
Iron Kiss Hammers, LLC
Website:
www.ironkisshammers
mailing address: 12418 Jerusalem Road
Kingsville, MD 21087
shop address: 10531 Jones Road
Joppa, MD 21085
cell: 410-925-2255
Email: jolarson@comcast.net
Member's Statement: I am a traditional metal smith who welds, machines, fabricates, and forges in a rather large well equipped job shop. Visitors are welcome. I have been manufacturing utility air hammers since 1996 and am focusing upon building the best power hammer on the planet. I have been demonstrating traditional blacksmithing at Jerusalem Mill since 1996. Current research is focused upon hydraulic forging presses.
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Joesph "Reb" Staup
Civil War Blacksmith
410-756-1979
Email: civilwarblacksmith@msn.com
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