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Listed in Contemporary Blacksmiths by Dona Z. Meilach
Jim Wilson, PawPaw
  • Jim "PawPaw" Wilson 1940 - 2005
  • PawPaw's Forge
  • Winston-Salem, and Booneville NC
  • USA
    • ABANA, NCABANA, CSI
    • #1999-04-0001
    • Text, "PPW"
  • Andrew 'Kiwi" Hooper
  • The Kiwi Blacksmith
  • 17 Cheam Place
  • Pakuranga, Auckland
  • New Zealand
    • ABANZ, CSI
    • #1999-06-0002
    • Kiwi bird on anvil
    • in logenge (positive, negative)
    Dawg
  • Glenn Connor
  • Blackstone Forge
  • 607 Crestview Drive
  • Charleston, WV 25302
  • USA
  • www.blackstoneforge.com
    • #1999-005-0003
    • Cocker Spaniel ©

    • Made by Jerry Carrol
    DVZ
  • Daniel Vogel
  • Feuerdesigner
  • Lettenbergstrasse 9
  • 8487 Zell ZH
  • Switzerland (CH)
  • www.dvz.ch
    • CSI
    • #2000-07-0004
    • Anvil outline, under
    • "DVZ"
    DEMPSEY - Anvil
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY'S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
    • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
    • #1999-000-000
    • Small Anvil
    • Text, "DEMPSEY"
    Dempsey's Forge Mark
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY'S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
    • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
    • #1999-000-000
    • Small Anvil and
    • "DEMPSEY'S FORGE"
    JD
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY'S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
    • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
    • #1999-000-000
    • Text, "JD"
    • See iForge Matrix Punches
    SAMUEL YELLIN
  • Samuel Yellin
  • click for detail
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • USA
    • #1999-13-0001
    • Text, "SAMUEL YELLIN"
    Diamond F
  • Francis Whitaker
  • 1907 - 1999
  • USA
    • ABANA
    • #2000-13-0002
    • Diamond, "F"
    HBP Historic Bethbara Park
  • Historic Bethabara Park
  • 2147 Bethabra Rd.
  • Winston-Salem, NC 27106
  • USA - 336-924-8191
    • #2000-08-0001
    • Text, "HBP"

    • Used in addition to
      actual makers mark.
    Fair Moriah Forge
  • Larry P. Sundstrom
  • Fair Moriah Forge
  • 2933 Barter Brook Rd.
  • Staunton, VA 24401
  • USA
    • CSI
    • #2000-09-0001
    • Flower Icon, 3/4"
    • Stylized F (rev) MF 1/2"
    • Used seperately
    Sample Touchmark Image
  • Amos Zubrow
  • Iron Rose Forge & Welding
  • Boulder CO 80304
  • 303-449-0259
  • www.ironroseforge.com
    • ABANA, Rocky Mountain Smiths
    • #2000-10-0001
    • Text, "AMOS"
    Ted Coffey
  • Theodore "Ted" Coffey
  • P.O. Box 124
  • Green Spring, WV 26722
  • USA
    • ABANA ('84), ABA ('88)
    • #2000-11-0001
    • T enclosed by C
      Height 3/8"
    Shady Rest Forge Touchmark
  • Buster Grubbs
  • Shady Rest Forge
  • Rt 19
  • Macon, GA 31217
  • USA
    • OBG, SERBC
    • #2000-12-0001
    • Large Tree, small tree graphic
      sometimes with 'G"
    • Text, "SRF"
      Each used seperately OR together
    Barney the Blacksmith
  • Richard Barnard
  • 385 Park Ave.
  • North Bay, ON
  • CANADA
    • ABANA, CSI
    • #2001-02-0001
    • Text, "B.T.B." on Willow Leaf
    Frank Turley Touchmark
  • Frank Turley
  • Turley Forge Blacksmithing School
  • 919-A Chicoma Vista
  • Santa Fe, NM 87507
  • USA
    • ABANA, SBA,
      NM Prof. Horseshoers Ass'n. (Honorary)
    • #2001-06-0001
    • Text, "TURLEY"
    Sample Touchmark Image
  • Butch Lee
  • Northwinds Forge LTD
  • 8230 Wilderness Dr.
  • Colorado Springs, CO 90908
  • USA
    • Rocky Mountain Smiths
    • #2001-10-0001
    • Text, "NF" in Oval with anvil and Pikes Peak
    Rich Waugh, VI-Copper
  • Richard Waugh
  • P.O. Box 2559
  • Frederiksted, VI
  • 00841
  • (340) 719-5896
    • ABANA, CSI
    • #2002-04-0001
    • Seahorse in modified octagon, either relief facing left or intaglio facing right.
    Randal Guess Touch Mark
  • Randal Guess
  • 1743 Philips Manor Rd.
  • Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
  • USA
    • CSI, FABA
    • #2002-07-0001
    • Text, "R Guess" on anvil with scorpion
    Leah Fuller's touchmark
  • Leah G. Fuller
  • Pink Hammer Forge
  • 508 Fairview Dr.
  • Bastrop, LA 71220
  • USA
    • CSI
    • #2002-08-0001
    • Text, "LEAH"
    Sample Touchmark Image
  • Martin Gabbert
  • Fern Bottom Forge
  • 725 Walnut Ave.
  • Eugene, OR 97404
  • USA
    • ABANA, NWBA
    • #2002-09-0001
    • Mark, "PMG"
    Stylized Thors Hammer, Th0r
  • Weland Smithy
  • Torvald C Sorenson
  • 58907 N 423 PR NE
  • Benton City, WA 99320-8717
  • USA
    • ABANA, NWBA, ASME
    • #2003-06-0001
    • Symbol, Thors Hammer, Th0r
    Brogans B over fire
  • Lawrence Herzman, AKA Brogan
  • 74 East Carmans Rd.
  • Farmingdale, NY 11735
  • USA
    • CSI
    • #2003-09-0002
    • B over ?
    John Walton
  • John Walton, JWalton Limited
  • 18 Cutcliffe Grove
  • Bedford
  • Bedfordshire
  • United Kingdom
    • BABA, CSI
    • #2003-09-0003
    • Initials JCW in Motorcycle
    • Forge situated at Digswell Art Trust, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
    Thayer House
  • Douglas Thayer, Artist - Blacksmith
  • ThayerHouse Forge & Studio
  • Webberville, Michigan
  • www.thayerhouse.com
    • ABANA, MABA, IBA
    • #2006-10-0001
    • Inverted "V" represents a roof over the "T" for ThayerHouse Forge & Studio
    David Morgan Moonglow man-in-the-moon
  • David Morgan - Blacksmith
  • Lunar GLow Forge
  • 123 Sweetwater Branch Road
  • Ft. Mitchell, AL 36856
    • ABANA, AFC Wiregrass Forge
    • #2008-09-0001
    • Man in the Moon
    Dean Curfman Oakhill Ironworks Oak leaf logo
  • Dean Curfman - Artist Blacksmith
  • Oakhill Ironworks
  • 3308 Frank Whisnant Rd.
  • Morganton, NC 28655
  • USA
  • www.oakhilliron.com
    • ABANA, NC-ABANA, NOMMA
    • #2009-03-0001
    • Stylized Oak Leaf
    Philip
  • Philip Greening-Jackson
  • Guangya IB School
  • Dujiangyan, Sichuan
  • PRC
  • 31°0'17"N 103°39'49"E
    • #2009-03-0002
    • Star of David in Anvil
    Jim RadnaR Brown, Iron Mule Blacksmithing
  • Jim "RadaR" Brown
  • Iron Mule Blacksmithing
  • 3198 Windsor Pl.
  • Grove City, OH 43123
  • www.ironmuleblacksmithing.com
    • CSI
    • #2010-01-0001
    • lazy B over J, sometimes with anvil
    Mike Poythress, North Carolina
  • Mike Poythress
  • 1204 Park Drive
  • Trent Woods, NC 28562
    • ABANA
    • #2015-01-0001
    • Thames Scramasax Runes (initials)
    Walt Graves, Grizzly Forge, MO
  • Walt Graves
  • Grizzly Forge
  • 7750 C.R. 2660
  • Mountain View, MO 65548
  • USA
    • Past FABA,, ABANA . . .
    • BAM, BOA, ABS
    • #2017-06-0001
    • G with fancy moustache W
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