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So by some grace of god I have returned home despite some car problems that developed during my return trip. This year was certainly an interesting rendezvous. It all starts here for me
apparently if i drove directly into town and put my chair down, id have been number 1!
But instead I was number 11 due to my attempt to sleep in. It was off to an inauspicious start as it was rainy and windy and I rushed back to the Creek to get my gear and more clothing after setting down my chair.
Was wondering how folks were gonna pass the night this time as it was colder and damper than last year. Luckily
Jack Wolf Knives
brought out his ipad and had some movies downloaded.
Heres the folks at dinner that Friday evening where we usually do it big!
Those are facebook groups and some classic bladeforums members, along with Apostle P
Part of the effort
Travman
was describing to get us all oiled up for Karaoke 
From the second day, the man himself
So there was actually a reporter on site Friday and GEC made front page news!!!!
and blown up for easier perusal
We got to spend a lot of time with Bill on Thursday and were able to have many conversations with him, ironically he didnt want to be in the papers when I mentioned it casually that Randy was hamming it up!
And what we've all been waiting for, the loot!
This year the knives were strange. I didn't expect this but I did get to kid with Bill about the cocobolo. The rendezvous knife doesnt generally hit for me so I skipped it. But I did walk away with some sfas, the Good as Gold soup bone and and the Micarta 83. Ironically, I was able to actually score some pieces that finishes the older run offerings and some back ups. O yeah, shame about that 14 being ebony an S as it wouldve been a perfect replacement for the one i let go, however it was asking about that that got a few of us 77 barlows in the shop.
Unfortunately, this year's rendezvous was marred by several things. Several bladeforum members were unable to attend due to some health issues. Also there may be some who just dont plan on attending any longer. As each of these pass, some of the original slipjoint fans I've gotten to know also have moved on from the hobby, one unfortunately due to health reasons (arthritis), some, life itself. A wise man once said you attend for the people, not the knives. They are just things after all but things that bring us together. It was certainly good to see the original faces that remain and meet some of the new ones. Until our next meeting...

apparently if i drove directly into town and put my chair down, id have been number 1!
But instead I was number 11 due to my attempt to sleep in. It was off to an inauspicious start as it was rainy and windy and I rushed back to the Creek to get my gear and more clothing after setting down my chair.

Was wondering how folks were gonna pass the night this time as it was colder and damper than last year. Luckily


Heres the folks at dinner that Friday evening where we usually do it big!



Those are facebook groups and some classic bladeforums members, along with Apostle P

Part of the effort



From the second day, the man himself

So there was actually a reporter on site Friday and GEC made front page news!!!!

and blown up for easier perusal


We got to spend a lot of time with Bill on Thursday and were able to have many conversations with him, ironically he didnt want to be in the papers when I mentioned it casually that Randy was hamming it up!
And what we've all been waiting for, the loot!

This year the knives were strange. I didn't expect this but I did get to kid with Bill about the cocobolo. The rendezvous knife doesnt generally hit for me so I skipped it. But I did walk away with some sfas, the Good as Gold soup bone and and the Micarta 83. Ironically, I was able to actually score some pieces that finishes the older run offerings and some back ups. O yeah, shame about that 14 being ebony an S as it wouldve been a perfect replacement for the one i let go, however it was asking about that that got a few of us 77 barlows in the shop.
Unfortunately, this year's rendezvous was marred by several things. Several bladeforum members were unable to attend due to some health issues. Also there may be some who just dont plan on attending any longer. As each of these pass, some of the original slipjoint fans I've gotten to know also have moved on from the hobby, one unfortunately due to health reasons (arthritis), some, life itself. A wise man once said you attend for the people, not the knives. They are just things after all but things that bring us together. It was certainly good to see the original faces that remain and meet some of the new ones. Until our next meeting...
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