June Rendezvous?

mrknife said:
It was so dark there, the gps couldnt even help, i missed the turn twice, so just drove around for 15-20 minutes. I had buddies in line tho. Also i was referring to that one specifically, that was gone by the time i got to the case.
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That's ok, Randy left the hotel after me and beat me to the factory.
 
It was my very first Rendezvous and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone was great and it was so much fun being able to finally put faces together with names for all the folks I interact and do trades, etc. with in the groups. I was fortunate enough to get a rendezvous knife on day one and couple SFA’s in there as well between day one and two, ones that I personally really am happy about getting, as they’re the ones I was shooting for when I saw them. All the SFA’s were really nice and most were very unique. Not sure how to post pics of the ones I got though, but they were a 1 of 8 single blade 85 using the older 2016 blade with the matchstrike long pull on the newer Dead Skunk Acrylic Caplifter bottle shield frame, a 1 of 5 Smooth White Bone TC Barlow 15 and a marked 1 of 6 (but believe from what they said is a 1 of 1) 23 single blade beavertail in jigged bone and northfield trim without a liner lock.
 
A fairly large group of us were hanging out on the bar deck at Cross Creek Friday night and we were treated to a real nice rainbow, we all pretty much said that it sure looked like it was coming from Great Eastern's factory.

Some more of the knives I picked up including 3 vintage knives from the tables out front. I feel that when Bill made the decision to provide tables for people to display, trade and sell it really added to the overall Rendezvous experience.

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Jbl03d said:
It was my very first Rendezvous and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone was great and it was so much fun being able to finally put faces together with names for all the folks I interact and do trades, etc. with in the groups. I was fortunate enough to get a rendezvous knife on day one and couple SFA’s in there as well between day one and two, ones that I personally really am happy about getting, as they’re the ones I was shooting for when I saw them. All the SFA’s were really nice and most were very unique. Not sure how to post pics of the ones I got though, but they were a 1 of 8 single blade 85 using the older 2016 blade with the matchstrike long pull on the newer Dead Skunk Acrylic Caplifter bottle shield frame, a 1 of 5 Smooth White Bone TC Barlow 15 and a marked 1 of 6 (but believe from what they said is a 1 of 1) 23 single blade beavertail in jigged bone and northfield trim without a liner lock.
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Here are Jeff's knives. The 23 really stands out.
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Quiet said:
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A fellow picked up a Dead Skunk Acrylic #85 SFA, where the caplifter was deleted. Pretty neat.
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Here is a pic of it. I was really quite happy with this one as all the negativity around the Dead Skunk from the caplifter original release, it’s absolutely gorgeous with tons of depth that just don’t show in the pics to be perfectly honest. Love that they used the 2016 NF blade to set it apart too!
 
mrknife said:
Unfortunately I missed it having left the factory for an attempt for some precious sleep. Those beds at the resort have not improved Im afraid. I woke up in time but hesitated on attempting the drive to Mystic by myself and didnt check with Steve or Travis if they were still at the resort.
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I almost missed it. I too went back to my hotel to catch a nap but ended up waking up well after the start time for the picnic. Showed up to the spot at about 6:30 and still was able to enjoy sitting around talking with everyone for a couple hours.
 
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This 23 is quite literally everything I could have ever wanted in one. The pull is amazing and not at all a nail breaker but still stout enough. The jigging, color and shield are perfect and the fact that they did not put the liner lock just make it everything I could have wanted and more!
 
Jbl03d said:
It was my very first Rendezvous and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone was great and it was so much fun being able to finally put faces together with names for all the folks I interact and do trades, etc. with in the groups. I was fortunate enough to get a rendezvous knife on day one and couple SFA’s in there as well between day one and two, ones that I personally really am happy about getting, as they’re the ones I was shooting for when I saw them. All the SFA’s were really nice and most were very unique. Not sure how to post pics of the ones I got though, but they were a 1 of 8 single blade 85 using the older 2016 blade with the matchstrike long pull on the newer Dead Skunk Acrylic Caplifter bottle shield frame, a 1 of 5 Smooth White Bone TC Barlow 15 and a marked 1 of 6 (but believe from what they said is a 1 of 1) 23 single blade beavertail in jigged bone and northfield trim without a liner lock.
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Is that you Jeff?
 
Jbl03d said:
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This 23 is quite literally everything I could have ever wanted in one. The pull is amazing and not at all a nail breaker but still stout enough. The jigging, color and shield are perfect and the fact that they did not put the liner lock just make it everything I could have wanted and more!
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Wow! That one is special. Nice score! I would love to have a single blade 23 with no liner lock. I love my two blade 23's, but the weight of a single blade would be great.
 
mcc850 said:
Wow! That one is special. Nice score! I would love to have a single blade 23 with no liner lock. I love my two blade 23's, but the weight of a single blade would be great.
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Agreed. Had several of the single bladed liner locks from the 2020 run as many of my first GEC’s but all were too much of a bear to open generally speaking. This one though is just right. Felt like Goldilocks finding it! 😂
 
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