Great little fair. Attendance was under 40 and we had about 8 or so instructors/demonstrators. A lot of people whose skills I hope someday to emulate brought out their guns and they can compete with some of the "masters" back on the East Coast. A few are capable of forging their own barrels and locks too. I'm happy to be able to card a barrel yet alone trying to wield a blacksmith's hammer.
Ron Scott did a great job putting this fair together and he had some great support. Bob Evans demostrated how to refresh or sharpen casted engravings. Mike Keller showed us how to inlet a jaeger buttplate (much harder than a longrifle or mountain rifle buttplate). David Blaisdell explained placement of a trigger for a crisp pull and then demonstrated it on a jaeger. He then inletted the trigger guard using chisels and a special inletting plane (gotta have one). Dave also had a special tool made by Mark (?) for scraping the configuration of the stock's forearm. It's much more clever than the one Wallace made and best of all, by changing the blade and the guide, you can use it for different styles of rifles.
In short, learned a lot, spent a lot ($160 on books alone) but the fair was inexpensive and I met a lot of great people. Ron charged only $30 and a lot of it went to coffee & muffins in the morning, payment for lunch and a dinner (hamburgers, sausage, chips, potato salad, beverage) and of course, a porta-potty. The other expenses I incured was for motel rental (you could have brought a sleeping bag and a folding cot if you wanted) and gasoline.
