2018 GEC Rendezvous and Picnic!

I made my first trek out to one of these rendezvous things in 2016. I was bidding on few things and would be away from when the end of the auction would be by the end of the drive. But @waynorth heard my plight, and let me walk away with my fondest souvenir of the trip! Better than a red soup bone


here is the rendezvous of 2017,

Charlie holding up his newborn like a proud father!


my loot from the factory store


and my loot from the now defunct queen show that is or was part of the weekend.


What a great bunch of folks to hang out with!

 

I'm glad you got a good helping of the wonderful soup they served at the 2015 Rendezvous! You should post a picture of the tube for the soup bone caplifter TC with Charlie's note. I thought that was the best part!

Thank you for starting a specific thread for this year also.

This will be my 5th year at the Rendezvous and as always I'm really looking forward to it. Last year I got to meet more people and take the time to talk and look over collections more (it was great talking with you also @Half/Stop ).

Yet again, it falls at a busy time for me and I almost for sure won't be able to make the picnic. I will be there for sure on Thursday, and probably in the morning on Friday also. I'm considering making Thursday and Friday a real knife getaway; I might take a trip to Bradford (~1.5 hours) and tour the Case factory on Friday. I haven't been up there since I was young, and even then only saw the museum I think.

Here are my 1 Minute Overview videos on the last 4 Rendezvous Knives:

 

This will be my first GEC Rendezvous. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. Also, the factory tour is going to be a real treat.

 

Wish it wasn't 3000 miles away! Maybe some day....

 

CMONNNNN 15s!!!!!!

 

Vacation time and hotels booked. Plan to stop in Bradford again this time too. Last year was my first time down with a friend and we had a great time. This year I have asked my brother to join me.

Hope the weather is as good as last year for the drive and the stay.

,,,Mike in Canada

 

I would have never thought about attending these until I heard about them from watching Apostle P. Then I just thought it was a cool idea. But now that I’ve become acquainted with the Portch folks there is even more reason to want to go and meet folks behind the screen in person. However, it isn’t going to happen for me this year. As @gunstockjack said, maybe someday! Y’all have a great time that are going!

 

This is something I've never heard of before! Plus it's close enough to me that I can make it there and back home in just a few hours if I wanted to. I may have to make some plans to head down this year. I've been wanting to tour GEC's factory anyway, so this could be a great opportunity. Thank you for the information!

 

In the same boat Barry. Way out here in California

 

How was Case? Can you actually tour the factory and see the process, like at GEC, or is it just a tour of the museum (that's all I can recall).

 

Wish I could be there, I BLAME DUNCAN

Enjoy everyone, we will expect lotsa pictures

 

Last year I joined the Case Collectors Club. It allowed myself and a guest to tour the factory. They had the tours once a week at a set start time but it worked out with getting to Titusville later that day. We overnighted in Bradford the night before. The tour was about an hour and they take you right through the factory from start to finish. They provide headsets so you can hear the guide clearly. I had to book our tour in advance of arrival and sign some waiver. No cameras etc.

Then we went ourselves over to the Zippo/Case museum just down the road and spent about an hour there. Had a blast. Bought a knife of course. More expensive then purchasing online but at least they let me pick the one I wanted from what they had in stock.

,,,Mike in Canada

 

sounds about right, its almost an 8 hour drive for me, hope it goes off with out a hitch this time

 

It is a chance to meet a few of the members on these Forums . Some of them are really nice guys . My wife and I went last year and had an even better time than we thought we would . Got to trade a few knives with a friend .


And buy a few GEC's after seeing them first , which was a real first for me .
These pictures are some of them that we were able to buy while there .




Getting to talk with like minded people who may very well be as just as big or bigger Knife Knuts than yourself is a real plus . Just imagine talking to somebody for more than 2 minutes about knives without boring them . Radical idea I know . But you can actually do it there .
I am looking forward to it again this year for the second time and I hope to meet a lot of you people there also .
Please have a safe trip getting there .

Harry

 

still hanging on to that one for her eh? what a gent you are Harry

 

I'll be there again, likely Thursday. Not sure if I'll be able to attend the picnic or not.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again, and to meeting some new folks too.

We're taking our vacation the week prior (which, if I get my way, might include Case and Utica). However I'm not sure how my knife budget will look by the time I get to Titusville.

 

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It's only 989.1 miles from my place in Canada. I do hope to make it some day myself Berry.