Map of the Smiths

Hey Chris, I will post this here and send ya an email as well.

Keith Bruner
Port Alberni, British Columbia
Canada

Forging for about a year and a half.



ghostdog

Little anvils in your clothing little anvils in your hair.......little anvils everywhere.

Whoops

Mike Sweany
Sand Springs OK
irnsweany@juno.com

Roger Gregory (surprise surprise!)

Gloucester
England

Gentleman amateur :

rogergregory@blueyonder.co.uk

Roger,

Does that mean you are a gentleman and an amature or that you are an amature at being a gentleman?

Sorry, could not resist.

Great idea!

Guy Thomas
Tallahassee, Florida
blackbearforge@comcast.net
(Extremely part time knifemaker since 1999 or so.)

Great idea Chris.

Max Burnett/Ogg Custom Knives
Paris, Arkansas
Knifemaker since March of '95
Full-time since January of 2000
2+ years forging
mburnett@cswnet.com

Bob

I am an amateur at most things...including being a gentleman

Roger

This has been a most excellent response. I didn't expect it to be so warmly welcomed. I'll give it another week or so before I compile all the names, then you'll see something. At first, I'll just post the image of the map on my own website (see my signature line), but I can also configure a .pdf file for download and printing. Tai mentioned something about making it available on the Crucible site as well. I'm gonna let the board admins come up with a fancy, easy way of seeing it across multiple platforms. I think a simple image (or collection of them, if I accomplish what I want) is probably the right ticket. I'll keep everyone informed as it matures... and thanks again for climbing onto my bandwagon.

Great idea!
Ken Beatty
Fulltime maker/ part-time smith
Waco,TX
kansbeatty@prodigy.net

Love the idea Prizzim. Gonna look neat with amateurs like me on it, hehe. Lot's of us out there, hope they respond.

Anthony Menghini
Bonita Springs, Fl. (if not on any map you see, look for A good spot between Naples and Fort Myers.)

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Michael Wise
Jacksonville, NC.

wckmwise@yahoo.com
www.angelfire.com/my/wisecustomknives

If your name isn't on here, and you want to be listed on the Map of the Smiths, reply here or send email to prizzim@hotmail.com with "SMITHMAP" in the subject line. End of the week I publish.

Christopher Price
Kirk
MacGregor
Bud Smith
Chris Arrington
Mike Myatovic
Kevin Isler
Thomas Powers
Randy Skidmore
Jeff Hudson
Ed Carey
Don Rice
Tattooed Apostle
Bruce Godlesky
Stephen Peters
Calvin Bowman
Tim Lively
Scott Hurst
Eric Wright
Will from Bama
Matt Mason
Dana Acker
Mongo
Bob Warner
Glen Donly
Mike Garner
Achim Wirtz
Tim Wagendorp
Raymond Richard
Gib Guignard
Keith Bruner
Mike Sweany
Roger Gregory
Guy Thomas
Max Burnett
Ken Beatty
Anthony Menghini
Michael Wise


By the way, these names are from a couple forums, so if you don't immediately recognize some, that's why.

Tai Goo
Tucson, Arizona
taigoo@msn.com

Boo may not have seen this, but he should be included:

Bobby "Boo" Keller
North Wilkesboro, N.C.
bkeller@abts.net

Great turn out eh? Not too many people on the internet trust enough to send people even the city they live in. And here we are giving all but our street addresses to Mr. Prizzim here. It really was a great idea, and I'll be checking your site most every day for it prizzim.