Fall 2012 Becker Gathering

DerekH

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Here is my measly contribution to the pics. I didn't get that many cause I was running around all over the place, but I got a few. At least I remembered the camera this time. Anyway, enjoy.


This is the campfire at the end of Wednesday night.

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Thursday afternoon, after returning from picking up the Capn, and some goodies at Sloans. By this point Erik, The Colonel, and Psyop had arrived as well, although Psyop was asleep in his hammock at this point. A frequent theme throughout the festivities.

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Erik relaxing like a bauss.

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Thursday night around the campfire.

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The ghostly apparition you see is Psyop moving quick like bunny.

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The campfire, end of Thursday night.

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Capn with Ark on her lap.

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I have no pics of Friday for some reason, but here is Saturday when Kyle was giving his lecture on first aid.

TL : DR, Vasoline. Piles of it.

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Ethan extolling the virtues of naps in hammocks with Psyop. Or at least that is what I assume they are talking about.

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AverageIowaGuy, Capn Airyca, and Saturated Shadow, getting some more info from Kyle. (Hint, more vasoline. Buckets of it.)

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More shenanigans at the shop.

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Ethan talking EDC with everyone.

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Guyon isn't always serious, but when he is, he isn't very memorable.

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Ark eyeballing that dog, more than likely for nefarious culinary purposes.

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Ark at bat for the chopping contest.

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Moose taking a swing during the chopping contest.

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Guyon pointing the way to Barlow.

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And that is all I got. Not a lot. Had a ton of doubles, but at least I got a few pics this time. My camera is a crappy point and shoot, and I need to get something a little more beefy before I run around taking pics all the time. It was a great time, a lot of fun was had, but really if you haven't been to one, pics won't come even close to doing it justice.
 
Guyon pointing the way to Barlow.

That's how I navigate these days.
I don't even fool with "True North" and declination adjustments.
I operate solely off of Barlow North.

It's become so ingrained that, at almost any given moment, I can point to Barlow as the crow flies.
tradewater can do this even after drinking a quart of hillbilly vodka and being spun in a Tilt-a-Whirl.
I've still got a ways to go before I master my inner Barlow compass to his degree of sophistication.
 
Oh, yeah - and a Non-Becker knife that came home with me made by Tackett13:
ferric chloride etch and stabilized dyed redwood burl scales. (yes, they have some really cool color, no it doesn't translate well through the lens of my ultra-cheap point & shoot)
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compared to a BK16
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also of note: extremely comfy Oversized Osage Orange Oregon Faller scales....
 
Ok I got the pix sorted out on photobucket finally. In no particular order, here we go.

Todd giving Pointy some advice on Ethan's grinder.

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Vic blows.

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They Thought it was funny.

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Todd getting some forging tips from Vic.

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Derek playing house while Todd and Mistwalker chit chat.

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The Boss manning the big skillet.

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Ark, The Colonel and Rolled Edge helping with food prep.

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Sorry, but from the phone it's hard to keep my place while pasting pic links.

No pix from the chopping competition, I was holding the tree so my hands were full. Instead here's the prep work pix.

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Ethan cutting the notch in the stump.

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Notice who's on union break while the Boss is working?

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The rest are just us all BS'ing.

I think Vik is threatening Ethan with a pizza delivery if the chili wasn't up to par.

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Doc letting Bladite know exactly how far out of the box most of his posts are.

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Whatever Biscuit's selling...

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These boys ain't buying.

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Ethan wondering where his hip waders are, shit's getting deep.

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AIG describing a new Russian surgical technique to Todd.

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Of course, they're scalpels are smaller.

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Doc's class, Gutsy was working on being a volunteer.

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Some shooting instruction.

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Psyop, awake!

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The next casting for Magic Mike II.

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We begin the sad trek back to IN.

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My view most of the way back, with shameless advertising.

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For Barlow!

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Looks like it was another awesome gathering. Going to one of these is on my bucket list.
 
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