Thread: SE Wisconsin/Chicago Meet

I just got home. I'm going to bed. Further updates later!

John
Thank you very much for a great meet. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone.
Your patio is a great place.

I will get pics up later today or tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who came over. It was a fun time meeting with all of you. We'll have to start planning the next one!

The guys:

Obie, Jim, Adam, Ron, John



Adam look on-high for help or relief








Adam puts the metal to the rock

more pics

The coolest Norton station I've seen. Utopian's three hone rotatation with a well for water and storage below.

Gentlemen,

I don't know about these characters, but I am heading for Hollywood.
Good show with the photos, Dave. Thanks.

Well, I guess I'm awake enough to write something now.

First of course thank you to John, Dinnermint, for hosting. The coffee, beer, and snacks were appreciated. Your patio area certainly was an accommodating venue, but next year I would appreciate it if you could make it cooler and less humid next year! Oh, and definitely more tables too! Anyway, I do appreciate that you took the initiative to organize and host this.

Dave, the guy behind the camera, thanks for taking the photos and of course for the Kringles. You're not helping my weight! Will you please post the green scales when they are finished?

Jim, I envy the way you shave your hones. I was glad to connect a face with a known username, and your face may very well be in competition with Obie for Hollywood! Thank you for the balsa hones. I'm looking forward to trying them.

Obie it was good to see you again and I will try to find that Livi razor and mail it out to you soon.

Adam, with whom I put my foot in my mouth once again, I wish my honing help had been a little less disjointed. That seemed like the right word! Ideally we both would have been sitting down at the same table. We can try that again next year with your hones.

Great to meet all you guys and I feel like I learned more in a day than I could have in a year on my own. You are all very generous and I very much appreciate it.