Thread: Mid Mo 2010 Meetup

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Hey Mike! I hope you can make it. Bring some Tamahagane bloom, the Katana you forged and that Klingon razor! I would offer you a ride but I will be starting out on the 3rd or 4th of June.

I would like to see the Tamahagane bloom. That would be cool. I have read about what it takes to make Tamahagane but have never seen it in it's raw form. Looking forward to the meeting.
Mike

Only 3 days to go. Getting things together here. Remember to bring your Cameras and an extra lawn chair or two. For the campers you can come on Friday if you wish. I have a grill you can use and if it doesn't rain we will have a campfire and can do a weinie roast.

bj

Shaved this morning, last one till the 5th. Looking forward to meeting everyone and putting faces and voices to names. See ya in a few.

The car is almost loaded with the hones, all of them!
Plus I will be bringing King Kongs Razor and a few of his siblings.
Plus the Sheffields....
Loading the Razors and clothes in the morning then I am off!

King Kongs Razor - a set on Flickr

I can't wait! Started organizing my stuff into a trunk to bring... some razors, some tools....

...a shop was mentioned. Anyone want me to bring some materials for making scales? I'd be happy to teach (when I'm not trying to soak up honing knowledge from the masters!) and I have a lot of extra walnut and cherry blanks sitting around, already thicknessed. I'd be happy to donate some to the cause, if I know about how many to bring.

Ben,

I bought a cheap old razor at a local antique store for honing "lessons". It has a frown that may make it unusable. However, just in case the blade is salvageable I'd want to replace the black celluloid scales. They literally stink. Id love to learn how to make scales. Prefer walnut, but beggers can't be choosers - either would be nice.

Greg

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

I can't wait! Started organizing my stuff into a trunk to bring... some razors, some tools....

...a shop was mentioned. Anyone want me to bring some materials for making scales? I'd be happy to teach (when I'm not trying to soak up honing knowledge from the masters!) and I have a lot of extra walnut and cherry blanks sitting around, already thicknessed. I'd be happy to donate some to the cause, if I know about how many to bring.

I'm not sure how yet, but I'm still planning on coming. I can't find my directions from last year so BJ, could you please send them to me?

I will bring some hones if I can unearth some. (Everything in my house is buried right now.) Since Randy and Sham are coming, mine will be superfluous anyway!

I planned on bringing a Shopsmith that I converted into a 3-wheeled lathe buffer but I'm not sure I'm going to have time to take it apart and pack it. BJ, I remember in an older post you mentioned needing a drill press. Is that still the case? If so, please let me know as that will give me added incentive to bring the Shopsmith since it has that capacity.

I might take you up on the Friday night camping offer, since it's the best guarantee that I'll make it on time, but I'd likely get there pretty late.

Oh, also, does anyone have a hideous wide hollowed blade with chips that they want to convert into a narrower wedge? If so, I could bring a 90 rpm wet grinder that works great for that. It's much faster than bread-knifing. I thought it would be fun to show that done but I won't bother to bring it unless someone has a candidate blade.

I'm looking forward to this!

Sorry I can't join all of you at the meet this time around. Maybe some time in the future. I wish everyone safe travels to and from the meet. Having a good time is a given! Hope some of you take lots of pictures.

I just remembered, and thought I should mention, that I will be bring a stereomicroscope again.

Originally Posted by Utopian

ake you up on the Friday night camping offer, since it's the best guarantee that I'll make it on time, but I'd likely get there pretty late.

Same here

How late is too late to be pulling in?