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Visalia Hammer-In
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Wow, I'm envious! A chance to meet you guys, play with the toys and get to see Koyote Girl's pink shoelaces in person, all in one shot - Priceless! 
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Remember that most of us have never met in person, so we don't know who's who in a group picture. It would help to label them or at least do a left to right description.
Here's my best guess-
Yes, no? And maybe fill in the blanks?
Doc
Here's my best guess-
Yes, no? And maybe fill in the blanks?
Doc
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Remember that most of us have never met in person, so we don't know who's who in a group picture. It would help to label them or at least do a left to right description.
Here's my best guess-
Yes, no? And maybe fill in the blanks?
Doc
haha.. very cool Doc...
the gentlemen to my left, your right, is my father in law Al... a.k.a. Gearman79 on another forum...
not named from L to R.. ABS mastersmith Mike Vagnino and Lambertaina's oldest son Pat...
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It was pretty cool, Christof let me hammer on steal! 
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Okay, Doc- guess who the guy on the far left with the ABS cap on is
Christof, do you know how old my eyes are? I can't make out what's on his hat.
Also, at one time I had a Bear's Den hat - didn't make me a bear. (The Bear's Den was a archery-only bear hunting camp in Northern Ontario - Caramat)
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Turned out to be an AWESOME hammer-in!
A BIG thanks again to Mark for opening his shop to us, to his wife for making some AWESOME Chili, to all the makers who were willing to share there knowledge, and to Lambertiana for some good backpacking conversation.
I learned a ton about the heat treating process, Mark was probably sick of me following him around like a puppy asking him questions about "what about this, what about that", etc.
Anyways, here are a couple of in progress pics of the collaboration knife we got started. It still needs to be cleaned up, a final edge put on, handles, and a sheath.
A BIG thanks again to Mark for opening his shop to us, to his wife for making some AWESOME Chili, to all the makers who were willing to share there knowledge, and to Lambertiana for some good backpacking conversation.
I learned a ton about the heat treating process, Mark was probably sick of me following him around like a puppy asking him questions about "what about this, what about that", etc.
Anyways, here are a couple of in progress pics of the collaboration knife we got started. It still needs to be cleaned up, a final edge put on, handles, and a sheath.
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There - fixed it.
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awesome
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It was pretty cool, Christof let me hammer on steal!
yah! its a short waki- I will finish up the draw and then grind, do the heat treat and let KG do a handle wrap, then... well, who knows? a KG collaboration knife?
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Christof, do you know how old my eyes are? I can't make out what's on his hat.
Also, at one time I had a Bear's Den hat - didn't make me a bear. (The Bear's Den was a archery-only bear hunting camp in Northern Ontario - Caramat)
Doc
I can't see it either, I was just giving a hint
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WTF?! You been drinking a little bit today???
okay, fixed that. I sent it from my phone and hadn't realized quite how bad the typos were
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just starting to sort through my pics.. it's been a long day...
here is a pic of the small scandi that followed me hom, from Mark's shop... it's really cool.. i love it..:thumbup:
here is a pic of the small scandi that followed me hom, from Mark's shop...
it's really cool.. i love it..:thumbup:
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Man, you scored big time on that one Mike! That was one of my favorite knives on that whole table.
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Turned out to be an AWESOME hammer-in!
A BIG thanks again to Mark for opening his shop to us, to his wife for making some AWESOME Chili, to all the makers who were willing to share there knowledge, and to Lambertiana for some good backpacking conversation.
I learned a ton about the heat treating process, Mark was probably sick of me following him around like a puppy asking him questions about "what about this, what about that", etc.
Anyways, here are a couple of in progress pics of the collaboration knife we got started. It still needs to be cleaned up, a final edge put on, handles, and a sheath.
I really enjoyed having all of you and I don't mind trying to answer questions to the best of my knowledge. Besides MS Mike Vagnino was there so if the questions were out of my league I could always say "see that guy in the ABS cap? he knows more than me! "
...and speaking of Mike, I saw him tonight and he said that if we do this again, he would "do something" which I take to mean a demonstration! So we will have to do this again, maybe this fall...
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I know I still am! and Mike Vagnino was too when I saw him tonight! I think the WS&S crowd was very well represented and I would be happy to do it again...might be a good excuse to "collect" another grinder, so we would have two grinders to go with the two forges and anvils! Lord knows I need another reason to buy more tools!