Northeast Blacksmiths

Forging contest

The item for the Spring 2010 Meet was a decorative picture frame. The Winners were Ralph Lapidus and Alan Horowitz

The item for the Fall Meet was a decorative twist using a length of ½" square mild steel. The twist must be a minimum of 2" long. A description of how the twist was made or showing the steps and any specialized tooling was also needed. The Winner was Carl Davison

The forging contest for the Spring 09 meet
was a nut cracker
The winner was Jonathan Nedbor

There was no forging contest for the ACBC held in the Fall of 2008

The forging contest for the Spring 08 meet
was a Business card holder.
The winner was Dave Caccamo

The forging contest for the Fall 07 meet was,
an item of your choice made from a
5" long piece of 1/2" square mild steel bar. There were dual contest winners with a candle holder by Frank Shaw and dinner ware by James Garvey

The forging contest for the Spring 07 meet
was a napkin holder.
The contest was won by Frank Shaw

The forging contest for the Fall 06 meet
was a set of 4 napkin rings.
The contest was won by Rich Wansor

The forging contest for the Spring 06 meet
was a forged cooking spatula.
This was won by Tom Ryan

The Forging contest item for the Fall 05 meet was a forged set of bookends and the winner was Jim Moran

The forging contest for the Spring Meet 2005 was a fruit or vegetable. The winner of the contest was Bob Dederick with a bunch of bananas.

The forging contest for the Fall Meet 2004 was a forged caliper.
The winner was Johnathan Nedbor, No picture available

The forging contest for the Spring Meet 2004 was a hinge suitable for a cabinet or light door.

The winner of the Spring 2004 Forging Contest was Bob Dederick with a pair of butterfly hinges.

The item to be forged for the Fall Meet was a forged container. The container must have a lid of some kind. The size was to be no larger than a shoebox but be able to accomodate at least a one cup bag of sand.

The Winner of the Fall 2003 Forging Contest was Larry Brown

The item forged for the Spring 2003 meet was a hammer. Congratulations to Eric Pateo for his winning entry