pilkguns
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Attention All Ye Engraving Fans, Be ye Beginners, Masters, Patrons, Journeymen, Authors or Wives, Spouses and SOs of the Preceeding
The 2010 Engrave-In is June 6-8. Sunday afternoon after the Blade Show finishes up, everyone will gather up here. Here is our personal Eden on the mountain near Monteagle, Tennessee.
Spouses and or significant others are also welcome. Kids, dogs and horses are also welcome. If you don’t have a dog or a horse we will loan you one. I expect we will have engraving systems from GRS, Ngraver, and Lindsay set up for people to try. I will have some of my engraved items that I have collected from around the world on display for discussion as well as scroll samples from various art forms. We will have smoked dinner on the grounds for lunch on Monday and that’s worth coming for believe me. If you want to bring something to eat that’s fine, or just bring yourself that’s fine too.
Sunday evening we will have a bonfire complete with pickin’ and grinnin’. Supper will also be served in between gabbing and singing. Kids and the young at heart can cook hotdogs and s’mores over the fire, while we will enjoy shrimp, salads and other assorted fixin’s for the those not wanting to get quite so smoky.
Monday the 7th we will get started with Seminars. I’m still need to firm up some things but looks like lettering and monograms, sculpture, and getting started info will be the topics
An interactive seminar at Ray Cover’s suggestion will be, “My Favorite Tool” We all have a favorite tool, mostly something we have made or modified that just “does it” for us. I have one that I use for sketching, dotting, gold cleanup and other general things. When it decides to go hide somewhere in the far recesses of my bench or shop floor, I’m casting about everywhere till its back where it belongs. So I am asking all the working engravers to bring their favorite tool and plan on giving a 3 or 4 minute talk about what you do with it and be prepared to answer questions about it.
Somewhere along in here, we will enjoy Jim Hall’s great smoked meat and fixins. Jim is a heck of a craftsman, a fine cook and an aspiring engraver. Many of you met him last year. The final fabulous seminar of the day is still hidden behind door Number Three. I have several possible things in the works. We just have to see what falls together as we get a little closer.
Of course, there will lots of unstructured time to mingle, ask questions and try techniques. BRING YOUR STUFF, bring your tools, bring your work, bring your questions… BRING YOUR BENCH if you want . I would love to have 3 or 4 benches set up besides mine and Ray’s . This is an Engrave-In…. so bring your stuff to engrave if you can.
pics from last year are here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=106802&id=620703410&l=a5a59ce66b
Some beautiful views here as well, a 10 minute walk will bring you the bluffs on our property, where you can see some 70 mile vistas. We have a newly dug pond that we can offer some fishing or swimming in for those inclined. Another bonus, if you want to try a world class airgun or two, we can let you give that a whirl as well.
For the wives in attendance, maybe Rhonda will consider new applicants for WOSEM, Wives Of Self-Employed Men, a club she formed some years ago when three of us guys, a wood carver, a knifemaker and myself, all went into the backyard to work everyday while the wives all drove an hour to work each day. Of course, Rhonda has long since joined the self-employed category, but believe me she still has much to say in this regard, especially on the male side….
Now I do need folks to start RSVPing to my e-mail, my first name at pilkguns dot com or you can PM off the Engraver’s Café.
Campers, both tents and motorhomes are welcome to stay at our place.
Here’s a start of list of people I know are coming this year
Kurt Horvath who is bringing his belt-fed machine gun for those so inclined
Amayak Stepanyan
Paul & Gloria Hamler
Jerry and Joan Seymour
Jim and Sandra Hall
Catherine “Cloudy” Kennedy
Katherine Plummer
Vilts and his father from Estonia
Simon Lytton
Mike Dubber
CJ Allen
Roger and Kathi Bleile
Carl Bleile
Ian Morrison
KCSteve and his ever-indulgent wife Winnie
Fred Marinnan
Carl Wallace
Joe Mason
Tex Skow
Don Cowles
JOSIAH HANLEY
JAMEY WILCOX
Mark Simpson
Nathan Dickenson
Kim Cover
Dave London
Gordon Mayhew
Mike Voores
Les Holmes
Tim Herman
Peter Elovich
Doug Sutherland ( The famous Gourd Engraver)
Mark Malvin
Jim Brandvik
Chris Malouf
Kevin Riley
Jerry Spaulding
David Broadwell
Tim Adlam
me2cyclops
Tom Little
Van knife and wife
Tim Welles
Donald Tusher
Eric and Terry
Mary Whittle
Bill Moody
Michael
CJ Tate
Loyd Mcconnell
John and Ginger Hise
DONATIONS/AUCTION ITEMS
Ray Cover class (either a normal week or one day of personal tutoring)
Fred Marrinan centering fixture
Lindsay Palm Control (see other thread)
Knife made by Chris B from South Africa
Vilts engraved item... or is it a free week in Estonia?
Nickel coin blanks about the size of silver dollar from Murray Buckner
Don Cowles knife
VOLUNTEERS,
Yes we will accept slave labor for those that want come on Saturday or Sunday early. We may need weedeating, brush moving, sign posting, sign painting, tent erection, or ????? I need to know you are coming, and what your work limitations are and we will try to make sure you are put to good use and fed something nutritious.
Cloudy-Saturday
Fred Marrinan-Sunday
HOTELS all are roughly the same distance away
American Eagle, many people stay here 931) 924-8880 . If you come spend Saturday night there is a huge flea market across the stree from here on Sunday morning
Days Inn 931) 924-2900
Regency Inn, the lowest rates (931) 924-2221
Smokehouse Best Western (931) 924-2268
Do you have GPS coordinates
To the center of his roof:
35"15'47.16N
85"47'53.36W
Campgrounds
Smokehouse (931) 924-2268
Laurel Trails(931) 588-2584
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