The January Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild meeting... Pictures!

[Fletcher Knives]

Here are some pictures from the Guild meeting this past weekend at the Twin Blades shop.

This is a very talented guy right here. He does some really tight scrimshaw.

These are some miniatures he did.

Here's our own Stephan Fowler getting the fire started in the forge.

This is a guy named Donnie McNeely. He and his wife do Pure Country Handcrafted Creations. His work is very impressive. I love all kinds of flint knapping and Indian style crafts. This guys stuff is incredible.

Here he is teaching us a little knapping technique.

This is a big piece of material for knapping. It's a man made material called marble slag. It's the big chunks of glass leftover from making marbles.

Quick little video...

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Continued......

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Here's part of the table for "the iron in the hat". I always clean up on these things so I buy a lot of tickets. You can pick up some pretty nifty stuff for the cost of a ticket, a buck a piece.

Here's another show & tell table. Some great knives on this table.

Here's my little section of table.

Here's Andy's.

Here's some amazing stuff from Carl Rechsteiner. Hell of a nice guy too.

Some more goodies....

This is Stephan Fowler showing us how to make damascus steel.

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Then I wandered back over to the craft table...

This is an arrowhead in the works.

People checking out the "iron in the hat" table...

Here's Donnie finishing out an arrowhead. I sat there and watched this go from a piece of obsidian to an arrowhead in about an hour.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Here are some pictures of the inside of the Twin Blades lodge. These guys have a NICE place.

This is the haul I got from the iron in the hat.

Here's a 360 degree panaramic of the area around the shop. From what I understand, their shop sits on a HUGE piece of land.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Here's a handy dandy little knife that one of the guys there got to take home from Carl Rechsteiner.

That's it. The weekend was a lot of fun. Knifemakers Guild meetings are always a good time.

 

[revengencer22]

wow that looks like a good time. When I was in college I did illustrations for the anthropology/archeology department of found flint knapped tools. I got a book from the library for reference and the very first line of the book was that no modern man will ever make a stone tool as well as our primitive ancestors. Take that into consideration of how hard it is to actually do it.

 

[GoNadz]

Wait, no snow? Lucky bastages! We're set to get another half of a foot of snow and ice tonight :grumpy:.

Great pics, brother. Thanks for sharing.

-Nadz

 

[gerberbmf]

Sweet. Looks like you had a great meet.

 

[revengencer22]

sweet

 

[killstew]

Looks like a good time.

 

[Fiddleback]

Man, those pics look great. That weekend is such a good time. I was the lucky guy that got to take home the Carl Rechsteiner knife. Whoa. What a craftsman.

 

[RedbeAR15]

Damn - Never thought I'd see you there

Cool pics and looks like a good time

Any Mexican Food?

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Damn - Never thought I'd see you there

Cool pics and looks like a good time

Any Mexican Food?

No Mexican unfortunately. I probably would have traded a knife for some damn cheese dip with jalapenos.

 

[killstew]

I know what I am bring to blade this year then.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

I know what I am bring to blade this year then.

BEER?!!

lol.

 

[y0ukn0wwh0]

Looks Like a heck of a Time... Maybe Next Time I'm out in Savannah maybe I can extend the trip a little bit
Great Looking handle material, Congrats on the awesome haul! Both you and Andy Scored!

 

[Fiddleback]

Hey, why you gotta black out my knives bitch?

 

[chainring]

LOL!! I just went back and noticed that! Sure enough. That's cold, Dylan!

Looks like a good time. Can't believe nobody had any Queso and chips at a party, though! I bet they do in Texas!

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Hey, why you gotta black out my knives bitch?

I didn't black out your knives. I just highlighted mine.

EDIT: There. I fixed it.

 

[Fiddleback]

Much better...