NECKA HI Head Count

indian george · Oct 23, 2005

Good Ole Time!!! One of the girls got her hands in and was forging a blade. They also want to learn how to make damascus. :thumbup:
BBBB Beaver (Larry) no worst for the wear he slept over last nite.

T Blade · Oct 23, 2005

Made it home OK this morning. Had a great time (what I can remember of it

) yesterday.

Larry T

Bill Vining · Oct 23, 2005

Good time as always. You guys know how to cook. Made it through the day without torching myself. Larry, it looks like your cutting knife was a hit. Too bad nobody would let you swing it. Nice meeting some of the other members as well.

Bill

J. Neilson · Oct 23, 2005

Always a good time. Thanks again to George, Mike and everyone else.

Whit · Oct 23, 2005

What? No injuries or arrests? Did IG show up? Wish I could have been there. Someday I'll be back to New England.

Dan Gray · Oct 23, 2005

Larry took a fall? it must have been after I left??

I'm surprised he could get up too fall,,,,

Larry dang
you almost got my job as VP

,, if only you could have stood up by yourself a little longer

I'm thinking you had just a tad more funny than you needed :thumbup:

I had a great time. got to use big Bertha just a little, had some great food

NO Nasty-gansit though

but that beer from Canada was OK I guess hehe being OP (other peoples) beer haha :thumbup:

thanks to all for the set up and clean up too. that stuff takes time..

BTW

IG won't let me bring my wife's new Net stockings home, stockings that were so thoughtfully given to me in front of everyone BY .. dang the name slips my mind right now

sorry.. (;>)), he said he wanted to try out some new clean ones for a change

Rene E. Roy · Oct 23, 2005

Thanks IG for Hosting!...What a great time...Mike Spangler was at his best..wheeling and dealing...

Got to meet alot of new people..especially Higgy..got one of his tapers... :thumbup: The girls were very brave..they both tried IG's heat treat relish and even had some venison chops. Good times were had by all....some maybe a little to much..(LARRY)....

Even ping pong ball chopping....

jhiggins · Oct 23, 2005

Yeah it was a great time. Although I've never been to any other hammer-ins, I'd like to think its not like other hammer-ins in that the demos and all that are very casual and its mostly a good time for all of us to get together and feel the cameraderie and more-importantly, the brotherhood. Knifekaing is a great hobbie/craft/profession and the people are great!

I especially enjoyed meeting a few folks I have never met, like Rene, Bill Vining, Joe, and a whole bunch of others! Great times! :thumbup:

Oh and for those of you who wished you were there, be thankful you didnt have to drink any of that tequila and gasoline IG was pouring down everyone's throats!

:barf: :barf:

Polock · Oct 23, 2005

One of the better Hammer Ins for sure.

Just a reminder, get your contact info to me, we will be posting and sending out ballots for the elections and changes to the bylaws soon. Get my email addy from my profile or the NECKA website

Polock (Paul D)

Dan Gray · Oct 23, 2005

jhiggins said:
Yeah it was a great time. Although I've never been to any other hammer-ins, I'd like to think its not like other hammer-ins in that the demos and all that are very casual and its mostly a good time for all of us to get together and feel the cameraderie and more-importantly, the brotherhood. Knifekaing is a great hobbie/craft/profession and the people are great!

I especially enjoyed meeting a few folks I have never met, like Rene, Bill Vining, Joe, and a whole bunch of others! Great times! :thumbup:

Oh and for those of you who wished you were there, be thankful you didnt have to drink any of that tequila and gasoline IG was pouring down everyone's throats! :barf: :barf:

oh yeah
and it was nice to meet you too Jeff,,, fiiiinaaaaly

Spyke · Oct 23, 2005

Thanks for having me, it was good times all around. Only injury I know of, was J Neilson gettin' a little too friendly with a hot piece of steel and burning his hand.
Anyways...here are a few pics

Thanks for the good time.
-Zach

Michael J. Spangler · Oct 23, 2005

hey hey that looks like my hand forging that cable billet. though i could be wrong. its been known to happen (right george?)

man that was one fun time. what do you all say we have another one saturday??

Dan Pierson · Oct 23, 2005

It was a great time despite the weather

Watching J Neilson profile grind a blade that was just barely out of the forge was especially impressive -- I don't plan to copy this one :foot:

Thanks a lot to IG, Mike and others for all the work setting it up, cooking the great food and taking care of Larry

Oh, and IG's firewater wasn't quite as bad as people say

Dan Pierson

indian george · Oct 24, 2005

Well I glad that it turned out well. The weather could have been better.
The problem that I have I can't find my wallet. Saturday I didn't even put into my boot. I always wear boots so wallet has a boot clip on it. Even one of the dogs could of found it. This is going to be fun today.
Pic from HI. The girls

jhiggins · Oct 24, 2005

Dan Gray said:
oh yeah
and it was nice to meet you too Jeff,,, fiiiinaaaaly

Yeah no kidding! We've been BSing here for what... 3 years and never hooked up? LOL! Anyway, it sure was a pleasure to meet you. It was really great to hear someone with a good Maine accent for a change. Ayuh!

:thumbup:

J. Neilson · Oct 24, 2005

Yep, it was fun. I just put a small hole in the palm of my hand. The nice thing about those, while forging, is they cauterize imediately and you never have to stop working. I think those were my ratty jeans right after your picture Mike. I'm looking forward to seeing yours, Joe's and the club (Claw) blades finished up (sooner than the bowie I hope).

Dan Gray · Oct 24, 2005

indian george said:
Well I glad that it turned out well. The weather could have been better.
The problem that I have I can't find my wallet. Saturday I didn't even put into my boot. I always wear boots so wallet has a boot clip on it. Even one of the dogs could of found it. This is going to be fun today.
Pic from HI. The girls

dang I think I even understood that

David Schott · Oct 24, 2005

At the HI i found a wallet. When I opened it up to find out whose it was, all there was inside were a whole bunch of pictures of burly men riding horses naked. That must have been yours. I felt it was so dirty that I threw it in the forge. I am sorry if those pictures had sentimental value...did you keep the negatives?

Michael J. Spangler · Oct 24, 2005

HAHAHAHAHAAAA

:barf:

Dan Gray · Oct 24, 2005

TikTock said:
At the HI i found a wallet. When I opened it up to find out whose it was, all there was inside were a whole bunch of pictures of burly men riding horses naked. That must have been yours. I felt it was so dirty that I threw it in the forge. I am sorry if those pictures had sentimental value...did you keep the negatives?

hahahahahahahwhooo whooo hahahahaha .. oops sorry

just thinking out loud :foot:

IG.. tickie talk catchs on quick ..