January 12th Gathering At The JK Shop

Made it home safe and sound. It was just starting to sleet when I arrived at my house.

Good time, Excellent Chili from the Boss, and lot of great knives!

Thanks John and Connie for another fun gathering!

Pictures follow later.

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mqqn
 
Thanks again John for having me over:thumbup: it was great to meet you guys and I was able to finally have a JK in my hand :D and I can honestly say everyone of John's knives I picked up felt good there:eek: If I had the money now I would already have an order in. Hopefully I can get a JK of my own very soon:)
 
mqqn explaining how to tell the differences in early Leatherman Tools to outdoorsfan and jwolf90.

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Andy, I looked through some of your photos.
Was that a chisel ground JK, with a scandi grind on the the other side?

That is wicked!

Looks like you guys had a great time.
 
cbwoods67 said:
Andy, I looked through some of your photos.
Was that a chisel ground JK, with a scandi grind on the the other side?

That is wicked!

Looks like you guys had a great time.
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now waaaait a minute! what pics are we talking about here??? ;)
 
Man I wish I could have been there. Last year about this time John and I were sitting right there having a chat. I owe John big time for that.
 
Hi Cooper - Yes - that is a knife that John made a while back and has shown off occastionally.

1/4" chisel ground 01 JK Steel , with a two-color micarta handle scale treatment that gives a bolstered effect.

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I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures - phone pictures are all I could muster for this gathering.....

I caught the new higher-speed Amtrak heading south parallel to I-55 on the way up to Mokena.
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Uncle Bill, Outdoorsfan and JK.
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outdoorsfan, Uncle Bill, JK and jwolf90
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The collection of knives and flashlights on the table grew steadily -
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I checked out the JKBOG and found this nice camo tactical oven mit / beer cozy. Nice!
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The Boss and John provided delicous chili with cheddar cheese and oyster crackers. It hit the spot on a cold day.
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The pile of knives in the box of miscellaneous knives for Hanna has grown to be quite a load.
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outdoorsfan (Sean) and jwolf90 (Jason) enjoying the shop ambiance.
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Old school BF hat hanging in honor on the shop wall.
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Some Busse products, a very heavy duty JK, and the original viKtim zero abuse passaround knife. I'll do some good pictures of it in a follow-up post.
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I had another great time - very simple, just good friends, good food and time to spend with both.

It was cool ,and got colder as the day went on - but we had chili, some good natural cased hot dogs from outdoorsfan, and plenty of beer and spicy apple juice to keep everyone toasty.

I look forward to the next Gathering!

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mqqn
 
nice. thanks for the pics andy. looks like a nice chip in that Viktim in that last pic. :eek: also...in that first "table" pic...what is the large knife at about 9 o-clock?

also, also...love that first knife with the bolster. looks great.

glad y'all had a good time. looking forward to my first gathering.
 
Sounds like you guys had a great day! Wish I lived closer, would love to meet a few of you in person...
 
mykel m said:
Another gathering I missed,sigh......

Thanks for the pics Andy.
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One day we will need to do a west coast get together. Hopefully soon I will not need to run as much as I have and will be able to play a little.


Yeah John. You were a life saver holding onto that for me. And returning it to me the way you did. I won't ever forget.
 
jds1 said:
Quite the cutlery table as usual.

Jeff
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Yea - we could have used some of your stuff there too.....Let me know next time you are headed to Peoria.

TPVT said:
nice. thanks for the pics andy. looks like a nice chip in that Viktim in that last pic. :eek: also...in that first "table" pic...what is the large knife at about 9 o-clock?

also, also...love that first knife with the bolster. looks great.
glad y'all had a good time. looking forward to my first gathering.
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It was relaxing. The big knife is my Gambler's Bowie -

http://www.iammoon.com/albums/knives/JK Knife/Bowie/index.html


sitflyer said:
Sounds like you guys had a great day! Wish I lived closer, would love to meet a few of you in person...
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Love to have you come to town!

mykel m said:
Another gathering I missed,sigh......

Thanks for the pics Andy.
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You are welcome - hope you can make one.

protourist said:
One day we will need to do a west coast get together. Hopefully soon I will not need to run as much as I have and will be able to play a little.


Yeah John. You were a life saver holding onto that for me. And returning it to me the way you did. I won't ever forget.
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I would do it - I was out there last year on my bike - I want to get Maggie out there to see your part of the country in the next couple of years.

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mqqn
 
Planning on trying to make it to the next gathering in the future as I dont live too far away. John you and I have done some trading and some business in the past and now unfortunatly I feel like we may have a lot more in common. Would love to be able to talk to some of you sometime. - Joel
 
Looks like everyone had a good time. Thanks for sharing pics with those of us who were only there in spirit.
 
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