Please check the following Driving Directions for specific directions to our meeting sites.

Driving Directions to Meeting Sites

Mel Hoch - Take Hire Rd. from SR-281 at the GM Foundry south about 3 miles to Bowman Rd. Right on Bowman about 1/2 mile.

Roger & Penny King - Look for the small anvil sign above the mail box next to the driveway.

Kathy Davidson - Kathy is just east of McCord RD.  1st house past the apartments.

Butch & Cindy Sheely - Butch is on Custar Rd. - north of SR-6 just south of Poe Rd.

Wood County Museum - From I-75 take SR-6 exit east about 1/2 mile to

County Home Rd. Right on County Home Rd. to the museum site. Look for the oil well drilling derrick.

Auglaize Village - See the Hammer-In page for driving directions.

 

Meetings are open to all persons with an interest in blacksmithing. We hope that if you like what we are all about, that you consider joining our organization.

June 01, 2019 - Open Forge - Roger King 8840 Hill Ave. Holland, OH.  43528

July 20, 2019 - Meeting - Kathy Davidson 6647 Hill Ave. 43512

Aug. 03, 2019 - Location to be determined

Sept. 21, 2019 - Meeting - Butch Sheely 15784 Custar Rd. Grand Rapids, OH.  43522

OCT. 05, 2019 - Open Forge - Wood County Historical Society 13660 County Home Rd

                           Bowling Green, Ohio   43402

Nov. 15, 2019 - Meeting - Mel Hoch 26193 Bowman Rd. Defiance, OH. 43512

Dec. 07, 2019 - Open Forge - Mel Hoch 26193 Bowman Rd. Defiance, OH. 43512

Forging activities at meetings start about 9:00 AM.

Meeting end times vary but usually wind down mid afternoon.

At the bi-monthly business meetings, formal club business is conducted at 11:00 followed by a potluck lunch.

The Open Forge meetings are more informal. Forging activities continue throughout with individual's lunch taken at will.