2024 Hammer-In is happening June 7 & 8 at Nowthen Blacksmith Shop

Map to Nowthen MN

Days and times:
Friday, June 7: 4:30pm-0dark:thirty.
Saturday, June 8: 0light: thirty to 0dark: thirty (all day.)

Hot stuff will be happening at the annual Spring Hammer-in taking place at the Nowthen Threshing Show grounds Blacksmith Shop. This year there will be a regular business meeting scheduled at the same time! Details forthcoming and what a way to jam pack a full day with friends and family!
The blind forging competition will return on Saturday afternoon. The goal will be a friendly forge off.

The rules:

• An object is placed inside a box and you must create (forge) the unknown object by what you can feel. No peeking!
• We usually do a time limit with this as well.
• Prizes to be announced!

We will focus our efforts on the Fall Conference contest: Check page 2 in this Forum for what that is. If you want to work on skills or another project, that’s ok!

Come and hang out with a bunch of your friends, make new friends, and share/learn some new skills. Beginners/Newbies are highly welcome to come and try your hand at smithing.

Camping on-site is available Friday and Saturday night on primitive sites. Port-a-potties on site. Five forges are open for use. Coal will be provided. I will also bring another forge and anvil for use. If you want to bring your own equipment—please do! Bring any examples you have to share with others. Bring your own tools if you have them. Some limited steel stock is available, but if you need specific sizes, feel free to bring your own steel. Scrap pieces ok. This event will hopefully give you some inspiration to help you to come up with your own design for the Fall Conference theme contest and help you learn how to make it. If you don’t know how to make something, ask ahead of time, and we will try very hard to accommodate.

If you have some skills in the creation of items and/or tools and would like to demo or have any questions about the event, please contact me: Wayne Olson, 320 280-0100. There is no charge to participate in this event.

The Nowthen Power Show grounds are located at 7415 Old Viking Blvd, Nowthen, MN.

I plan to arrive around 3:30 pm on Friday for anyone that wants to help set up, and I will need some help to clean up very late on Saturday night. Your help is very much welcome.

If you want to go all night on Saturday night, I will stay thru Sunday to help you out. Sounds like a challenge! See ya there!