After a good bit of date juggling and such, we have arrived with a place and date for the summer Guild meeting.

It will be hosted by Scott Davidson at his Solid Rock Knife Shop in Alto, GA on August 16th.
Most of you know the way, those that don't may contact Scott via PM for directions.

There will be several items of important business that you won't want to miss out on. We are setting up some interesting demos that can be done inside Scott's airconditioned shop.

Please be curteous and let Scott know you are coming so he can plan lunch (always good). Hosting a meeting is quite a bit of unseen work (not to mention the dreaded shop cleaning).
Our website is having ongoing difficulties so don't look for a posting there unless things change.

If you have any other questions about the meeting, you may contact either Scott or me via PM here and we will get back to you.

For you Lurkers and Non-guild members - :welcome: We are an open group and would love to have you visit one of our meetings and see what we are about and how we can benefit you and you can benefit others.

aww man, that's the same day that i am having the Alex Bealer Blacksmith's to my shop.....

phooey

Stephan, tough break. I know you ABB guys will have a good time anyway. Just not enough days in the year for the good stuff. Way too many for the bad!
I have always enjoyed your ABB gatherings I've been fortunate to attend. Great group of folks (even if they don't all make knives).

Just bringing things current.
Have heard from a few of you on attending the meeting at Scott's shop. I hope the rest of you guys are letting him know you are coming so he can plan. Lot of work to host these meetings so please be considerate. The "Alto Shank Gang" will be meeting on Friday afternoon to talk forges and play with fire for you die-hard runamuck Hammerheads.

I believe brother Wayne Hensley is going to give us some instruction on "Folder Technology" and we will have some interactive discussion on "Forges - Safety, Do's, Don'ts, Fine-tuning, and Trouble shooting" as well as the usual program.
Please bring some of your latest work to show and any projects you might be working on.
Remember to bring something for the ITH.
See everyone there.

see you there george

I'll be there...

I made a " baby forge " , and fired it off tonite , and we still have a place to meet in Aug . I did'nt blow it up . Now i just need to follow Carl around and see where he gets his goodies from .
Thanks Carl for all the info . on the forge . SCOTT

Charlie and I are planning on being there. Might have to go to the Bank and take out a loan for the gas but we will be there.

If The doc gives me driving privileges, I'll be there with Avery. Shoulder surgery could not be put off any longer. Dr. Phillips said he'd let me know when I can drive AFTER 3 weeks of PT. Seems I let this go a little to long.:yield::(

Mrs. Joan, don't take any risk. We all want you to heal up well. Sure be nice when Avery gets old enough to drive Miss Daisy! Besides, if you let the shoulder heal up right I got a nice forging hammer you can use for therapy at Trackrock!
You're always welcome Scott. Now we just got to fire that puppy up for some real testing.

Several of our Columbus gang are coming up. Get the jury ready (no ropes, please); I'm bring some work to try to actually join the GCKG.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, again. Dave Roberts

I hope that everybody is letting Scott know if they are going to be at the meeting. We will be auctioning off a knife by Cary Quinn for the John Poythress Scholar Ship at this meeting. I will try to post a picture in the next day or so. It is a great little cutter and someone is going to be very happy at the end of the day. Don't forget to bring something for the "iron in the hat". It is how we pay for the lunch. There are a couple of good demonstrations being put on by Carl and Wayne that you don't want to miss. Hope to see everyone there.

I'll be there
jc

I got your name down John , looks like we will have a good air condition place to eat this time instead of eating on the front porch , and plenty of sit down room , cold drinks , good food , and good fellowship with other knifemakers . So far there will be about 15 of us at the meeting . Let me know if you have not already done so . Thank you , SCOTT

The directions are now available. Just send a blank email to meetings {at} georgiaknifemakersguild {dot} com and the autoresponder will send you back the directions. Just format that address like a normal email address. Just trying to keep the spambots from picking that address up.

BTW Scott, I'll be there too.

Scott
If I remember right ......
Can't I take a left at the court house in Homer and follow that road to your house.
Any turns ? you'll be on the right. How far? I was thinking 8-10 miles..
jc

Ok here is the picture of Carey's Knife that he donated to the Georgia Guild for the John Poythress Scholarship fund. It will be raffled off at Scott's next week. I know the picture stinks, (I think I could have done better with a trail cam), but the knife is really a slick, pointy, little forged cutter that feels great in the hand and makes me wish I had a stringer of bream to clean. You will have to check with Carey about the steel he forged if from. I can tell that it has black linen micarta scales matching micarta pins and a fine leather fitted sheath.

http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL782/4063224/8540767/329336802.jpg

Unless we hear different from Scott the drill on Saturday will be the same as always. The board will meet at 8:00. The Guild general meeting will start at about 9:30 and last until it gets through. The demonstrations put on by Carl and Wayne will follow with lunch, Iron in the Hat, and the John Poythress Scholarship knife drawing following the demonstrations. If you know a Guild member give him a call and encourage him to attend.

Be sure to let Scott know in time to plan ahead. These meetings aren't hard to do, but it helps to have an idea of the number. If you can't let Scott know come anyway if you get the chance. He will plan for a few extra. Don't forget the Iron in the Hat stuff. The more tickets we sell, the better we eat. The food is always worth the trip up to Scott's by itself.

As always if you have a demonstration you would like to see, give me an e-mail and we will see if we can find someone that will do it. If you would like to donate a knife for the John Poythress Scholarship fund let a board member know and we will reserve a meeting for you. The next knife has been donated by Will Dutton. If you would like to host a meeting snag a director and let him know.

Hope to see everyone there.

John , yes , turn left at the court house and go about 8-10 miles , turn right at the new white water tower and follow signs to the house . There is one 4 way stop between the court house and water tower , go straight thru . SCOTT

Nice looking knife Carey !!

Hey Scott, I should be there. See ya..........Don

Looks like I'm going to have to miss this one. Family coming in from out of town so I probably need to be here if I want to keep living here.

Sure hate to miss a chance on that raffle. :smokin

You guys have a good time and I hope to see you at the next one.

Carey

Carey I ended up having to miss it too. I hope that they had a good time and that they will post some pictures so that we poor soles that couldn't be there can see what was going on.

Carey and Harry, sorry you guys missed a great meeting. Great weather, great people and great food as usual.

Changing of the guard: Scott Davidson - President, Randy Scott - Secretary, and Craig Schneeberger - Board Memeber at Large

One new Voting Member - Congratulations David Roberts, Columbus, GA.
Two new visitors - Michael Steele and Melzar Nye (see you guys at Trackrock I hope).

All you bladesmiths that didn't show up missed a treasure load of plunder to pick through. My good friend Boone brought in a truck load.

Thank you Scott and family for hosting the meeting. Most excellent weekend!

Pictures guys, PICTURES! Who won Cary's knife?

First, my apology for I did not get her name. Second, I believe she is the wife of one of the Columbus group that attended the meeting. Third, she was very excited to win the knife.

Thanks Randy. I knew someone was going to be happy. That knife has been in our safe since the February meeting and it has been hard not to give it a try. Charlie was bragging about how good the meeting, the food, and demos all were. I'm sorry that I had to miss it.

Randy,

If you can get the winner's contact info, I will see that she gets a certificate of authenticity.

I'm glad to hear that the knife found a happy home and that everyone had a good time.

Carey

I think she is the wife of Kevin (?), one of our newer members that is on the board with the Knifemakers Guild. They were both at the Twins' for the winter meeting in Feb.
(I think Randy and Craig were so busy going through the plunder on the back of Boone's Dodge they got distracted. You missed out on a good "Dig" Carey)

I was the next ticket number, but being the gentleman I am, I let her go first!
And yes, she was very excited about winning your knife, (I don't think I would have squealed quite so loud).

I looked up Kevin at the Guild web site and sent him a message last night. Imagine my surprise when I got a 'Thank You' card in the mail from his wife today. Ain't life funny.

Carl, seems like I heard someone say something about your squeal not being real pretty.:D (Just kidding)

Take care,
Carey