NATIONAL BEAUTY TOOL SHARPENERS GUILD
N.B.T.S.G.
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Welcome to the N.B.T.S.G website. Here you will find that we are the website for sharpeners all over the world who wish to maintain a high excellence in their sharpening abilities. This will be accomplished through continuing education and hands on training with earned recognition from the leaders in their respected fields of sharpening. _____________________________________________________________________________________ The 2010 N.B.T.S.G. has been scheduled for September 26th - 28th. Check out our Events page for more information.
Thank you to Wolff Industries for putting on a GREAT show. It was really good to see all the old faces and meet several new ones. We enjoyed talking to everyone and we had a great time discussing the NBTSG. A great big thank you to David, Jim, Bill and Glenn for having us there. Hope to see everyone at the NBTSG in September!
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The National Beauty Tool Sharpeners Guild Annual Conference 2009 was held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 30, 31st and September 1, 2009. We had a GREAT time and appreciate everyone's help and support.
The 2009 NBTSG Certification/Seminar was a success! There were 16 individuals that certified in Shears/Thinners and 9 that certified in Clipper Blades. The judges were Craig Cazier, Dennis Brooks and Larry Brooks. Several leaders in our industry stopped by to observing the judging from a distant, Jim O’Donnell, Bonnie Megowan, and Jason Pintel were all at some point observing the judging process. A Shear Cut Tester was developed by Larry Brooks for judging purposes. This device takes out all human error by allowing the device to be the judge. The shear is placed on the device with a piece of tissue placed on the cutting blade and when the handle of the device is pushed the judges can see how the cutting edge will cut using the zero side pressure on every test, allowing for all human error to be taken out of the equation. There were a total of 17 Vendors that were in attendance offering an exceptional variety of products. The vendor room was open for two days to allow for plenty of shopping time. Now lets get to the results of the certification…we are pleased to announce the following individuals as Grand Master Sharpeners: (Meaning that a person who is a Certified Master Sharpener in Shears/Thinners and Clipper Blades.) (in no particular order)
Ian Parsons
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Melbourne,
Australia
1st
Ian Parsons –
Melbourne,
Australia Guild Member: (in no particular order)
Byron
Shemroske -
Louisiana 4 Individuals earned Guild Apprentice Master Sharpener in Clipper Blades:
1st
Craig Swanson -
Kansas Guild Member: (in no particular order)
Robert
Balfour - Pennsylvania 1 Individual earned Guild Apprentice
The NBTSG is very proud of everyone for coming out and certifying. We appreciate everyone’s support and participation. The feedback so far has been excellent and we look forward to more feedback in the coming weeks. The open panel forum was well received and everyone appreciated all the different views on various subjects. A special Thank You goes out to Craig Cazier for all of his help and support as well as Jim O’Donnell for all of the behind the scene help and support. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us at nbtsg@yahoo.com or call us at 217-853-6256. Looking forward to the 2010 NBTSG Certification/Seminar, we are open for suggestions on the location for the 2010 event such as on the East Coast, West Coast or back in St. Louis.
Thank you for visiting our website. We are currently working on the additional pages, so please check back frequently! Again, thank you for visiting.
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