Who on the Bench is going to Tennessee Classic?

[mississippidave]

Hey Scrub....how many cane shafts would you need for a nice fat ringed osage stave?  Let me know and I'll go cut you some today and have em for you at the Classic....

[NYArrow]

Wish I could go. Are there any type of events similar to this in the N. East? (NY specifically)

[raghorns]

I'm so excited about attending for the first time this year.
I feel like a kid before Christmas.

I have signed up for David Knight's bamboo backed ipe bow class. The pics I've seen coming out of that class are amazing.

Hope to meet a lot of you guys there. My wife is going to Nashville to see her sister and I am going to jump out of the car at Clarksville. I will be the guy with all the stratches and bruises.

[seabass]

i am planning on going.i want to go on the 28th or 29th.if anyone that lives by me in ohio and wants to share the gas,let me know.i live between cincy and dayton.see you guys there,steve

[Knawbone]

I'm thanking about going if I could find someone close to upstate southern NY or Northern PA that would care to share ex ect. Any one interested shoot me a PM  

[StoneAK]

I am getting some cash together so I really look forward to seeing you guys out there.

[mustang]

Pat B, Kerryb, looking forward to seeing yall again at the Classic- and all others posted here that are going for the first time... I remember first pulling up last year, walking around the compound meeting people, smelling the woodsmoke and hearing wood rasps from small huddles of men in all directions filing staves. For some reason, I got the sense of some kind of civil war encampment down in a wooded Tennessee hollow- men passing time working on their weapons before tomorrows battle. I thought... these guys are just like me!

I'll have a small booth showing the StavePress- drop by and see me.

Jon Warwick

[Pat B]

Jon, I remember seeing your Stave Press, and you I guess, at the Classic last year. I'll come introduce myself this year.
  I get such a good feeling seeing all the wood bow building going on and try to help all that I can. I spend most of my time there under the bow building shed.
 Going to the Classic makes me feel like the long lost brother that is coming home. The Twin Oaks guys are like family to me and this will only be my 5th year attending(out of 15).

[mustang]

Yeah Kerryb,
I'll have a special price for the Classic- and of course if you buy it in person you save a big percentage because shipping for a 27 pound StavePress averages about $21.00

See you there- I might be interested in getting a stave from you.

Jon

[rover brewer]

I'll be there my 2nd year can't wait,,I can't decide on building a Knight bow which are super nice or osage bow of Gray Davis which I haven't done a stave yet and Gary Davis is a great teacher,in fact there will be alot of great teachers there.My wife wants to learn knapping,I have a lot of johnstone for anyone wanting to give it a try,and I have some stainless steel sinks that i'll be glad to bring for anyone wanting to make a forge.

[Pat B]

Rover, the knapping pit is open to all and all are welcome. They enlarged it for this year too so more room. There will be some excellent knappers there and most will help your wife get started. Knappers are almost as nice as bowyers are! d;^)  They will probably have the johnstone championships again this year.

[scottm]

It would be cool if we could all meet at say the range at a certin time over the week end.It would be great to meet each other in person and put a face to the name off of the bench.Any suggestions?

[rover brewer]

Pat B I'll have 4 or 5 lids of the johnstone, scottm that would be cool or if we could t-shirts made with are tag name and a group picture to post here would be cool.

[D]

No joke on the t-shirts thing.  Nobody would recgonize my tag name I don't post enough but i would recgonize a lot from on here.  It will be nice to get a face to put with some of the names on here.  I'll be there early friday morn.  I also am signed up for David Knights boo backed ipe class.  This is going to be my third year.  I just hope we don't have to build an ark to get home this year.  Last year was nuts but shot the range anyway and still had a blast.  Hope to meet everybody up there I can.  If anybody hasen't been up there yet I strongly suggest you go if any way possible you won't regret it.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Looks like I'll be working that saturday but I'm heading in as soon as I get out of the mine. Probably make it there saturday evening and spend the day sunday.

 I'll have a TGMM shirt on.

[Pat B]

I may be helping David Knight with his bow class but I will definately spend most of my time around the bow building area help out there. I'm pretty easy to spot, too!  5'8" tall bald headed, full beard(with PA cap on), blue jeans and T shirt...now that is during daylight hours. After dark I turn into a werewolf!