Week-end Post, What Are You Doing

I crashed the night at my mom's house and used her place to change before hand. She insisted on taking a picture.
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I met up with Tim Little and his wife Carrie there.
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After the welcome, an address from Chief George Macmillan of Macmillan and Knap given by Mike Drotar, and a reciting of much of Burns' poetry, they were ready for the parade of the haggis. Seen here is the duty piper, scotch bearer and the toastmaker getting ready.
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The parade of the haggis, the piper leading the way and the chef carrying the haggis. This was a large plump fellow, and must have taken several hardy Scotsmen to down. Those large haggis can be quite fearsome, especially if cornered.
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Dick Boyd doing the traditional adress to a haggis.
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Later after food and drinks there was dancing to live music provided by the band Faire Prospect
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This was finally rounded out by everyone gathering hands and closing out the night with Auld Lang Syne.
 
Justin.Mercier said:
I crashed the night at my mom's house and used her place to change before hand. She insisted on taking a picture.
burns00.jpg


I met up with Tim Little and his wife Carrie there.
burns01.jpg


After the welcome, an address from Chief George Macmillan of Macmillan and Knap given by Mike Drotar, and a reciting of much of Burns' poetry, they were ready for the parade of the haggis. Seen here is the duty piper, scotch bearer and the toastmaker getting ready.
burns02.jpg


The parade of the haggis, the piper leading the way and the chef carrying the haggis. This was a large plump fellow, and must have taken several hardy Scotsmen to down. Those large haggis can be quite fearsome, especially if cornered.
burns03.jpg


Dick Boyd doing the traditional adress to a haggis.
burns04.jpg


Later after food and drinks there was dancing to live music provided by the band Faire Prospect
burns05.jpg


This was finally rounded out by everyone gathering hands and closing out the night with Auld Lang Syne.
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With all those kilts there, I'm sure the women were awfully curious as to know who was actually regimented:jerkit:
 
Where's the picture of the HAGGIS ?? Isn't that the most important part of Robert Burn's birthday ?
 
January 30, 2009

Work on the snow in the driveway and around the house. Cleaning up the shop. I have two knives on the workbench to do. Its the 3 knives I been wanting to do. Sunday will be a setting around day with the family. So, how's your week-end looking up. :)

Terry
 
Sewing a sheath, heat treating and finishing a knife for a customer, hopefully forging a test knife for a blade a customer wants and getting some other forge time in (it's really windy) working on a knife to put up on BF. The usual stuff, avoiding house work, kicking the dog out of my chair, oh yeah gonna watch that football game this weekend. Probably wasting a lot of shop time by being on BF :p
 
Getting ready to leave to attend another Burns Supper.

Spent the day tearing down the old store's equipment room and removing the last of the showcases and wall cabinets. When we rented this store ,24 years ago, it was bare concrete floor, no ceiling, and plain, unpainted drywall. I built all the rooms, added all the electrical and lighting circuits,carpeted (several times),etc. The agent for the shopping center told us last October that there was no hurry getting our stuff out (we were paid thru Jan 31.). Last month he told us that a prospective tenant was interested in purchasing the safes and showcases, and would want the work room left as it was . Last week we called him and asked what was the status? He said the tenant decided to wait until the economy was better, and that we needed to have the place cleared and cleaned by Sunday. He said we could move the safes next week, but the place needed to be completely vacated by Feb. 1. He even had the nerve to say that we should make sure and Spackle any holes in the walls, and replace any bad ceiling panels.
I got it all done, but what a jerk.That store will remain empty for six months, I'll bet.
Got to go, ride is here.
Stacy
 
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Went over to IG's today and ground in the false edge on a couple of blades.

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(real bad pic :eek:) Top blade 1084, bowie 1095 7 15/16" from tip to tang

Wa..Wa..Wally made some excellent chicken cacciatore (yum yum). BS'ed for a while.

On the way home I realized I forgot my coat over there, oh well I'll pick it up next time.
 
Got a bunch of work done on a knife that I'm making as a gift, all heat treated and tempered, now i need to figure out what I'm doing for a handle. I'm way behind where I wanted to be with this, i was hoping to have it done and shipped out this weekend. The recipient doesn't know it's coming though, so all's not lost with the time it's taking me. Going to my brother's to watch the big game tomorrow.
 
Started work on my finishing work bench for the enclosed porch. I would've finished it tonight but made a few wrong cuts and the 18v batteries of the cordless saw died. Good thing because I was getting frustrated.
 
went to an SCA event in Manchester NH, delivered the laurel wreath, sold some stuff, traded a fencing sword for a 19 string harp (like I really need another instrument to play!) and on the way home stopped at the Higgins Armory Museum.
Got home just in time for half time. Higgins pics to follow soon.
-Page
 
hey next time you're at an SCA event in the East, keep your eye open for this weird dude who sells turned wands, and little vials with chicken bones in them, (saint finger bones or somesuch nonsense). His name is Charles, but I'm sure he goes by another name. That's my dad.

Are SCA events a good place to sell knives? I just remember, as a kid, seeing all those swords, and a lot of cleavage, thinking- 'this shit is pretty cool!':D
SCA is a little esoteric, but wow, what a scene.
 
I'm sure SCA events are like the Rendevous.... everyone wants something for nothing except for 1 or two guys that seem to be able to charge a gazillion dollars for something that could chop a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich in half. Or they half a## finish it because it's "rustic" NO, the smiths then were craftsman and wouldn't let crap like that get out of their shop. :mad: this is something I argue about with those cheap !@#$!@#$ all the time. My father in law's best friend wanted to trade me some stuff for a knife, I'm like no, I need money, not much but some. He said it was too much then proceeded to cut some dried meat with a freaking Larry Feugen knife. :mad:
 
Will Leavitt said:
I'm sure SCA events are like the Rendevous.... everyone wants something for nothing except for 1 or two guys that seem to be able to charge a gazillion dollars for something that could chop a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich in half. Or they half a## finish it because it's "rustic" NO, the smiths then were craftsman and wouldn't let crap like that get out of their shop. :mad: this is something I argue about with those cheap !@#$!@#$ all the time. My father in law's best friend wanted to trade me some stuff for a knife, I'm like no, I need money, not much but some. He said it was too much then proceeded to cut some dried meat with a freaking Larry Feugen knife. :mad:
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I sell 2-3 knives per year at SCA events, usually the guy across the aisle selling ChiCom crap with die cast aluminum quillions rattling audibly for $5.00 sells tons. Mostly what I sell is historical replica jewelry. Last weekend I was next to a guy who made knives out of lawnmower blades, did something using scratched up bluing for a resist and bleach as an etchant to get a surface that loosely resembled bad damascus.

just when you think you've seen everything!

-Page
 
Now there's a guy down the road named Billy Watson, he's one of the guys that gets a lot of money for his period knives. He's a very good knifemaker and the on again off again forgemaster around here. They kind of rotate based on who feels like putting up with everyone for a year. One of the MS that was recently featured in Blade credits Billy with showing him forging and getting him into knifemaking. Can't remember which MS it was.
 
This Saturday evening I'm going to the 46th Annual Burns Supper and Dance in Rhode Island. Sunday I'll be driving up to New Hampshire to visit my brother.
 
Have Alex coming over today and I am cooking up a boiled dinner today, for the guys tomorrow.
Tomorrow, I have Gary (Wolf) coming over to assist me in the twisting of Helen's billet. If I have time, I will be following Bruce Bump's tutorial on my Indian's primary chain he welded up. I am doing it with a old HD chain, I have the first part done, the chain and the 4600e. Just have to draw it out, clean it up and put it into a canister with 1095 powder.:D
PS: It's going to be in the Mid-40's on Saturday.:thumbup::cool::D
 
I've got a handle to finish shaping, sheathwork and it's shipped. Got a couple of blades that I forged yesterday that need rough grinding and heat treat (priority since they're orders), hopefully forging the GAWD for a great customer :p I have some heat treated knives on the bench for when I get around to them. :confused: Paying customers are the priority though :D Need to work on my build along for the Great Lakes Water Jet contest, got some lines scratched on the blank for the grinds I plan.

We really need a thread "What did you ACTUALLY do this weekend" and post what we plan and post what we actually did :p
 
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