Welcome from Albany, NY. Rhode Island is my home away from home. I have a summer cottage in Buttonwoods on Greenwich Bay just east of Apponaug. As a blacksmith, you might want to check out Settler's Day at the Manville, RI Sportsman Club this coming September 22 & 23. A couple of friends of mine who collect historic swords have had a display there for the past several years featuring most of their sword collection. Here is a link to the site: http://www.manvillesportsmensrodandgunclub.org/ and here is a lingk to a thread on MyArmoury.com about the event: http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=111316