Meet-up in Coventry - 5th August

[Stephen63]

I have managed to secure the use of a good venue in Coventry for a combined Warwickshire/West-Midlands and EMCCU meet-up to be held on Saturday 5th August, probably from 12 till 5 or 6 o'clock.

However, as the venue is a room in a private social club I have been asked not to publish the address where it is visible to the general public.

So if you are interested in coming then please drop me a PM and I'll send you the address.

Cheers,

[lemoneyewash]

You have a PM dear :)

[Christy]

You have a PM pet :)

[shing]

PM sent

[Danzo]

PM sent

Danzo

[Cones]

PM Sent. :)

Mark

[imagedude]

There's a good venue in Coventry?

[Stephen63]

Several PM's sent.....

[Stephen63]

Well, it looks like we're already up to a dozen, including one from overseas.

Anyone else interested?

[Edd-UK]

Well, it looks like we're already up to a dozen, including one from overseas.

Anyone else interested?

i would love to:( :C
but i will be in the south of france. how come the meets up are always when im on holiday:rolleyes:

[pennillion]

Whats EMCCU and can i come:rolleyes:

[Stephen63]

i would love to:( :C
but i will be in the south of france. how come the meets up are always when im on holiday:rolleyes:

Edd,

Tough choice, in the South of France with that lovely lady of yours, or in Coventry with us lot........

Why don't you organise a meet-up then you can be sure it wont be when you're away.

[Stephen63]

Whats EMCCU and can i come:rolleyes:

Mik,

You would be more than welcome.

The East Midlands Cutlers and Collectors Union is a name that's used by various East Midlands based BB members when booking meet-up venues. To date there have been 4 meet-ups (strangely all in pubs) in Nottingham (Danzo), Sheffield (Andy), Chesterfield (RoganJ) and Wirksworth (Dtalbot).

Despite the East Midlands part of the name attendees have come from as far afield as Northumbria, Manchester, and South Wales and have represented the broad range of BB from makers to collectors.

[Ratel10mm]

Well, it looks like we're already up to a dozen, including one from overseas.

Anyone else interested?

Yes, but unfortunately we'll be in the process of moving. :C

As long as I don't tell the )*(^£*)%&%£&"*&£&*^*$^£$))(£$*_$!!!!!!!!!! Estate agents where to stick themselves! :mad:

[Stephen63]

Good news - I have managed to secure not one, but two handmade knives as raffle prizes.

More details to follow later.

[Edd-UK]

Edd,

Tough choice, in the South of France with that lovely lady of yours, or in Coventry with us lot........

Why don't you organise a meet-up then you can be sure it wont be when you're away.


:D :D :D ;)

ummm hot weather, sun, pool, good food, less clothes:D :D :D

[pennillion]

I'll come please ...though i dont know what i can contribute

can you PM me address please

[Stephen63]

Mik,

PM on it's way to you.

Bring yourself and any knives that you would want to show others, whether you have made them, or someone else did, or they are production models. They're a lot of people who haven't seen William Henry's for example....

Cheers,

[lemoneyewash]

They're a lot of people who haven't seen William Henry's for example....

Like me...... :)

[Stephen63]

Good news - the raffle prizes arrived today

Bad news - the camera battery is flat

So, you'll just have to wait till tomorrow for the pictures

[AndyP]

Mik,

You would be more than welcome.

The East Midlands Cutlers and Collectors Union is a name that's used by various East Midlands based BB members when booking meet-up venues. To date there have been 4 meet-ups (strangely all in pubs) in Nottingham (Danzo), Sheffield (Andy), Chesterfield (RoganJ) and Wirksworth (Dtalbot).

Despite the East Midlands part of the name attendees have come from as far afield as Northumbria, Manchester, and South Wales and have represented the broad range of BB from makers to collectors.

And Stoke..

Hi Guys..:D

[lemoneyewash]

And Stoke..

Hi Guys..:D

Where you bin then? :rolleyes:

:D

[steve C]

pm sent i'll see if i'm off work that weekend

[Stephen63]

pm sent i'll see if i'm off work that weekend

Details sent, hope to see you there.

[Stephen63]

And Stoke..

Hi Guys..:D

Hi Andy,

Are you free to come to this one?

Cheers

[steve C]

BUGGER !!! looks as though I'm the only one at work on the 5th so it's unlikely I can come :mad:

[nick p]

Pm sent.
In the hands of the weather Gods.;)
Nick :)

[ronan]

I would love this, being a Coventry boy, but I'm away on me hols.

PM me the venue though, I might see if my Dad would like to pop along.

Ronan.

[Stephen63]

Nick P, Ronan,

PM's inbound...

[Rogue]

Right. My wife is offering a deal... is there anything interesting in the area for her and the kids (infant + toddler) to keep them occupied? If so, I'm allowed to go. :D

[Raoul Duke]

Cool, I'm going to be onshore when this happens.8)

I'll have a quick cheque If I can make the 5th, but I'd love to come.:)

[Danzo]

A change in holiday plans because of family visits mean I'm not going to be able to make it.

:(

Danzo

[Guycep]

I should be able to make this one Stephen :)

[Stephen63]

Good news.

I'll post a list of intended atendees and their BB location later in the week in case anyone wants to share transport arrangements.

[Rogue]

SWMBO has decided to stay at home with the kids so there's a few seats spare. If anyone in the Derby/Notts area would like a lift there and back, they are more than welcome.

Only thing to be aware of is that SWMBO has a total ban on smoking in the car.

[one_rod]

I am hoping (really hoping!) to keep up my 100% attendance record for EMCCU meets. However, due to various factors, my life is total chaos at the moment so it's not certain.

That said, if anyone from the Chesterfield / Matlock / South Sheffield areas wants to talk about car sharing I would be interested in hearing from you. I will probably be driving down and will have 3 spare seats.


one_rod.

[Andy]

oooo

I can't really get to coventry but I could get to chesterfield/sheffield and give you some petrol money

[Tiffers]

So who exactly is going to this meet-up then?

I've been persuaded to try to make it :D

Tiffers

[Danzo]

So who exactly is going to this meet-up then?

I've been persuaded to try to make it :D

Tiffers

Well, not me. I'll be buying you fish and chips on the beach in Swanage a couple of days later I hope!

;)

Danzo

[Tiffers]

Well, not me. I'll be buying you fish and chips on the beach in Swanage a couple of days later I hope!

;)

Danzo


Fingers crossed!!!

How does the Tuesday sound?

I'll co-ordinate with MBM if you want as undoubtably I'll be providing him with his transport ;)

Tiffers

[Stephen63]

I was going to do this over the weekend, but it turned out to be somewhat busier than I planned, so finally here is the list of attendees as near as I can figure:

Anarcus
Cones
ging
grahamW
Guycep
Lemoneyewash
narsil
one_rod
pennillion
razors
Roal Duke
Rogan-J
Rogue
Shing
one_rod
Tiffers

Plus possibly:
Andy (depends on transport)
nick p (depends on weather)
Ronan's dad
steve C (depends on work)

There's a bar, a buffet which will cater for vegetarians - if anyone has any other special requirements then drop me a PM. Also, if you're bringing anyone else then let me know so that we can cater for them.

If I've missed anyone off, or there's anyone else who'd like to come, then please drop me a PM.

See you there,

[pennillion]

Steve....can you pm me the address again mate....i just know i have lost my bit of paper with it on :rolleyes:

[Stephen63]

Mik,

PM sent.

[lemoneyewash]

I was going to do this over the weekend, but it turned out to be somewhat busier than I planned, so finally here is the list of attendees as near as I can figure:

Anarcus
Cones
ging
grahamW
Guycep
Lemoneyewash + Lemoneyelad :]
narsil
one_rod
pennillion
razors
Roal Duke
Rogan-J
Rogue
Shing
one_rod
Tiffers

Plus possibly:
Andy (depends on transport)
nick p (depends on weather)
Ronan's dad
steve C (depends on work)

There's a bar, a buffet which will cater for vegetarians - if anyone has any other special requirements then drop me a PM. Also, if you're bringing anyone else then let me know so that we can cater for them.

If I've missed anyone off, or there's anyone else who'd like to come, then please drop me a PM.

See you there,

Pitbull is coming......if that's ok?

[Stephen63]

No problem, I don't have anything to sell LOL

[Magnus]

Arrgh...., really whish I could come to this meet-up!

The one in Chesterfield was great!
Had a very nice time then, thanks guys!

Another time...

Cheers
/Magnus

[Stephen63]

Okay, here's a revised list of attendees:

Anarcus
BanjoBill
Cones
ging
grahamW
Guycep
Lemoneyewash & Lemoneyelad
narsil
one_rod
pennillion
razors
Rogan-J
Rogue
Shing
one_rod
Tiffers

Plus possibly:
Andy (depends on transport)
nick p (depends on weather)
Ronan's dad
steve C (depends on work)

and finallly a photo of the raffle prizes
http://www.whitewall.plus.com/Raffle_prizes.jpg

These are both by Aly, details of the skinner with brass and rosewood handle can be found here (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23214) and details of the rather 'colourful' knife can be found here (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23487)

See you there,

[Tiffers]

Ooooh! I knew about the coloured knife but not the other one :D I'd be happy to win either of those!!

I'm looking forward to the weekend :)

Tiffers

[pennillion]

Ooooh! I knew about the coloured knife but not the other one :D I'd be happy to win either of those!!

I'm looking forward to the weekend :)

Tiffersand with your luck ....you will win them both :rolleyes:


if you do....i'm gonna mug you outside and nick 'em :lol: :lol:

[one_rod]

Well, really sorry but I'm not going to be able to make this one.

I am dissapointed both at missing the do, and also because Andy was relying on me for a lift. So if anyone from the area is going then I'm sure he would like to hear from you.



one_rod.

[Tiffers]

Ahhh One_rod, thats such a shame :( I was looking forward to meeting you!

Tiffers

[Danzo]

Ahhh One_rod, thats such a shame :( I was looking forward to meeting you!

Tiffers

Tiffers, you do realise that as my appointed representative you will have to drink about fifteen pints of real ale, complain about the buffet, sell a perfectly good knife worth £40 to that Demonic Youth, Lemoneylad, for a fiver, buy something for about £150 that you hadn't anticipated, and all in all have a bl**dy good time?

:D

Danzo

[Tiffers]

Ummm, ok Danzo, as long as I can delegate the 15 pints of real ale to someone else, I can sell a knife worth £40 to lemoneyelad for a fiver if you can send one to me to sell and if you want me to buy something for £150 you better rmsd the cash to me :D

Having a good time I can manage :D

Tiffers

[Stephen63]

So here's the revised list:

Anarcus
BanjoBill
Cod12ie
Cones
ging
grahamW
Guycep
Lemoneyewash & Lemoneyelad
narsil
pennillion
razors
Rogan-J
Rogue
Shing
Stuart M
Tiffers

Plus possibly:
Andy (depends on transport)
nick p (depends on weather)
Ronan's dad
steve C (depends on work)

[Andy]

I'm coming. It's a bit of fun involving busses trains and a lift but I'll be there

[dtalbot]

Wish I could make it to see all you guys who havn't made EMCCU meets but life just a bit chaotic at the moment!!!
Have fun all
Cheers
David

[Stuart Mitchell]

I am on the list but I am only a maybe so far... I am in Milton Keynes over the weekend but I am unsure as to what time I will get away on Sunday!

[Stephen63]

Urm, Stuart the meet-up is on Saturday not Sunday

[nick p]

Afraid i'm not going to be able to make this. The weather is set fair so my long standing fishing trip to wales is on, and i shall be mostly offshore this weekend.;)
Have a great day.
Nick

[Stephen63]

Another revised list:

Anarcus
Andy
BanjoBill
Cod12ie
Cones
grahamW
Guycep + 1
Lemoneyewash & Lemoneyelad
narsil
pennillion
razors
Rogan-J
Rogue
Shing
Stuart M
Tiffers

Plus possibly:
Ronan's dad
steve C (depends on work)

[Stuart Mitchell]

Urm, Stuart the meet-up is on Saturday not Sunday
:O No chance I can make it then :(

[Rogan-J]

Sorry I cant make it either bl**dy work:mad: :mad: :mad:

Things are afoot and now would not be the best time to come down with a mystery one day only debilitating illness:rolleyes: .

I hope everyone has a great time and a big thanks to Stephen for organising this.

[Cones]

Sorry to all those that cannot make it. :(

It is a shame when work rules your life. But some peoples jobs are important to them and other people.

I'll try and take a few pictures again and fill you in on the good bits. :)

Mark

[lemoneyewash]

I'll be a'doin' 3.5 hours a'drivin and I gotta be gone for 2 :D

S'gotta be done...... :P

[Tiffers]

I havent figured out how many hours driving I've got to do yet......:D

But I'm still going!


Tiffers

[Stephen63]

Thanks to everyone who came this afternonn.

It was particulary nice to see those who hadn't been to a Midlands meet-up before, local lads GrahamW and Penillion, with Rogue, Cod12ie, BanjoBill and Tiffers coming from somewhat further.

Congratulations to Lemoneyewash, Tiffers and GrahamW for winning raffle prizes.

[pennillion]

Yep...you heard right....Tiffers won ANOTHER knife

:ralmao:

[Roger Gregory]

Yep...you heard right....Tiffers won ANOTHER knife

:ralmao:

Typical! :P

Hope everyone had a good time. I'll make it to another....

Roger

[Cones]

Thanks to Stephen and his wife (for the great food). For another great day.

Nice to meet a few friends and a lot of new faces. :)

I've just got in.

I had to laugh as I was packing everything away as the local police bowls team started taking over the room. :D

Thanks

Mark

[Tiffers]

What a hoot!! To those of you I hadnt met before, it was brilliant to put some more faces to the names! There were some fabulous knives on show from everyone plus some rather dazzling torches from Cones :D

I guess it had to happen, after winning 2 knives recently I had to top it off with winning a rather superb Aly Napier knife :D This does of course mean those in the Kevin Wilkins folder passaround are safe as things happen in 3's and it appears I've had my 3 :D

Dave Budd wasnt there unfortunately but some of his knives were and I managed to pick up an interesting kiridashi/skiver style knife which will be spot on for my toolbox (though its almost too pretty!). I also added a rather superb Shing knife to the collection :D Pictures to follow later!

It was a fantastic relaxed atmosphere with plenty of room to spread out. Lots of chatter followed the buffet (I didnt realise Guy could move as fast as he did when the food arrived!) and there was lots of laughter and good times :)

The thought did cross my mind, next time we do one of these, perhaps we should all head out for a meal in the early evening? It would top it off nicely!

Many thanks to Stephen and his wife, they did a superb job :)

Tiffers

[grahamw]

Thanks to Mr. & Mrs 63 from me too- very enjoyable afternoon.

Nice to meet those present too- what a lovely bunch you are!

Thanks particularly to Mik for lightening my wallet, very pleased with the WH:D

Looking forward to the next meet.

G.

[dtalbot]

Might be up for organising another one in Wirksworth sometime later in the year. There is a good european eatery just across the road, a rather nice Chinese resteraunt about 5miles east of here and a good balti about the same distance north so Tiffers suggestion could be a plan.
Glad you had a good day, had to be better than the one I've had with the kids at war with each other, thankfully anything sharp and pointy was well out of Emily's way!

[BanjoBill]

Just want to add my thanks to Stephen and his wife.
My first meet up, and interesting to put faces to the names. What a friendly bunch you all were!

Thanks:biggthump

[pennillion]

Many thanks Steve, to you and your wife for a great day.;)

I usually hate gatherings and avoid them like the plague.(i'm not usually sociable )........but 5 hours went in a flash and i enjoyed every minute.

Thanks to Banjobill and graham for the blades to play with:)
thanks to chris for not driving to fast.:)
Thanks to Tiffers for letting me see my old knives again:lol:
Graham again for my chinese take away tonight ( thats £10 of the cash gone so far:rolleyes: )

And thanks to everyone else for putting up with an overgrown ogre like me for hours on end.

Hope i can make another meet.

oh........and its true....Guycep can really run when food turns up:lol:

Cones!!............you have WAY to many torches...i think you need to send some to me to look after;)

:P :P :P

[Andy]

I think everyone had a good time, it was nice to see everyone and the room was great the transport police commented that my bag looked heavy on the way home, just glad they didn't ask why.

it's not often a woman tells me to get it wet, stick it in and wiggle it about a bit even less often when leather and cling film is involved but I will follow the advice and hopefully my leather pouch will fit the knife a better after

[pennillion]

I think everyone had a good time, it was nice to see everyone and the room was great the transport police commented that my bag looked heavy on the way home, just glad they didn't ask why.

it's not often a woman tells me to get it wet, stick it in and wiggle it about a bit even less often when leather and cling film is involved but I will follow the advice and hopefully my leather pouch will fit the knife a better after:ralmao:

[pennillion]

and can someone tell me the difference between a knife and a micra............isnt one a car ??

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Stephen63]

One quick picture (as naff as mine usually are).

No knives (well only if you look closely), just BB'ers chatting and enjoying themselves:
http://www.whitewall.plus.com/Meet-up1.jpg

[Stephen63]

BTW As usual Lemoneyelad managed to leave a meet-up with a new knife, and he didn't even have to pay for it, and no I don't mean the raffle prize.

[cod12ie]

It was nice to put faces to names. Got talked into making a knife so all I need is to make the time so I can make the knife.

thanks everyone for making me welcome.

[Rogue]

My thanks to Mr & Mrs 63 for organising the meeting and the food, not to mention the fixed raffle where four out of five slips of paper in the bowl had Tiffer's name on! :D Joking, of course, the prize couldn't have gone to a nicer person :)

It was great to meet up with those who attended, I got to see a lot of fascinating things that I wouldn't ordinarily see, such as a grown man leaving smoke trails as he crosses the room to reach the buffet. The chance to talk with some makers was fantastic - lots of things that I had seen on paper made a lot more sense when they were right there in front of me. I thoroughly enjoyed talking to you all!

Special thanks to Shing and Andy for keeping me laughing all the way up, and also Shing for showing me what a proper workshop should look like! Oh, and some nice bits of material to play with :D

[lemoneyewash]

Mr and Mrs Stephen63, thanks very much for a very good day! ;)

Good company, venue and food, interesting displays and I won a very nice blade. Just adapted an old sheath for it and we're now 'cooking on gas'! 8)

Special mention for 'Gadgeteer in Chief' Cones' display of portable, hand held tanning devices. They are BRIGHT :X

Also for Tiffers' leather work. I'm EXTREMELY impressed Tiffers ;)

Fine day all round.

Thanks to everyone for making Lemoneyelad so welcome too. He really enjoys these days out from his 'secure accommodation'.... :D

Graham, he's chuffed to bits with the blade you gave him, and wants me to thank you very much again ;)

[Tiffers]

Oohh, I forgot to say, the venue for this meet-up was superb with tons of space. It was easy to get to and the drinks were very reasonably priced :)

If there was another meet up at this location I'd definately go along. It took 2.5 hours to get there from way down here in the south and just 2 hours to get back.

If there is a next time I'll look at filling my car up with any other BB'ers from down south.

Tiffers

[lemoneyewash]

.....and just 2 hours to get back.



So. It was YOU'RE Harrier Jump Jet in the car park then....? :lol:

[Tiffers]

So. It was YOU'RE Harrier Jump Jet in the car park then....? :lol:


Nah, that was Miks :D

It only took 2 hours cos its always downhill all the way when you are going from north to south in the UK ;)

Tiffers :D

[Tiffers]

It was nice to put faces to names. Got talked into making a knife so all I need is to make the time so I can make the knife.

thanks everyone for making me welcome.



If you didnt go jetting off to the US for a month at a time you might have more knife making time ;)

:D

Tiffers

[Rogan-J]

I'm so pee'ed off I missed this.

Glad everyone had a good time.

[lemoneyewash]

I'm so pee'ed off I missed this.

Glad everyone had a good time.

Typed through gritted teeth I think? :P

Look RJ, work commitments iz work commitments 8)

:)

[shing]

Good work Stephen, nice to see everyone and thanks to Rogue for the ride, I think I might have been a bit merry due to drink!

[Tiffers]

Ahhh, was it the drink that made you a bit merry Shing? I thought you were normally like that ;)

You did order some odd bits and pieces from people though ;) And your dancing is sublime :D

Tiffers

[Cones]

Good work Stephen, nice to see everyone and thanks to Rogue for the ride, I think I might have been a bit merry due to drink!

A bit. :) :D :lol:

:happy99: :happy99:

You had a good day though. :)

Mark

[lemoneyewash]

...I think I might have been a bit merry due to drink!



Nooooooo, noooo, nooo, no, yes. :|


:D

[Andy]

"does he have a thin neck?" will be remembered for many meet-ups to come

[Tiffers]

It was the way he was looking at your neck Andy that had me worried!

:D


Tiffers

[lemoneyewash]

It was the way he was looking at your neck Andy that had me worried!

It could have been anyone's neck Tiffers :D

[Tiffers]

It could have been anyone's neck Tiffers :D


Thats very true actually!!

Tiffers

[Andy]

It was the way he was looking at your neck Andy that had me worried!

:D


Tiffers
you were worried, think how I felt!!

[Guycep]

Now I think some people may have mistaken my appreciation of Mrs63's buffeteering skills as selfish gluttony...simply not true:rolleye11 I was just a little peckish :D

Had another good meet and it was great to meet some new faces, Mik, Graham, Rouge, Chris, BanjoBill, (lovely to meet you all), as well as those more familiar.

Thanks to Stephen for doing the organising and for getting an excellent venue, much appreciated.

Shing, please don't ever get the urge to post on BB after a few Guiness, I've a funny feeling you might get :mad33: ;) :D

A few hasty photos...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Stainthorp/emccu005.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Stainthorp/emccu004.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Stainthorp/emccu003.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Stainthorp/emccu002.jpg

Guy

[imagedude]

Whos's who?

[Guycep]

Top: Stephen stuffin' his cakehole (says me!)
2nd: Mik (pennillion)
3rd: P***ed Shing and GrahamW
4th: Mark(Cones) and Andy

[Martyn]

Looks like it was a fab meet.

I'm gutted i had to work.

[lemoneyewash]

Looks like it was a fab meet.

I'm gutted i had to work.


Yeah, so was I.

You cudda drove and I cudda drank.... :lol:

[Colin KC]

Mark(Cones) and Andy

Why does Cones look so miserable:huh:

[Guycep]

Why does Cones look so miserable:huh:

Andy (known for his social faux pas's) is saying, "if I close my eyes, your Sebbie feels like a cheap Ebay knockoff." :|

;)

[lemoneyewash]

Why does Cones look so miserable:huh:

That's not a look of misery.....and there's a reason Andy's eyes were shut....ask Cones what he was doing under the table.....:yuck:


:D

[Cones]

That's not a look of misery.....and there's a reason Andy's eyes were shut....ask Cones what he was doing under the table.....:yuck:


:D

I was actually playing with my Wilkins. :)

Kevin Wilkins that is. :D

Mark

[Colin KC]

Why does Cones look so miserable:huh:

Andy, "your Sebbie ain't very sharp is it?":D:P

Mark, "That's the handle you're rubbing you muppet!":P:rolleyes:

[pennillion]

That guy in the second pic is the biggest ugliest troll i have ever seen.:yuck: ......you should have kicked his big behind out:] !!!

[Stephen63]

Now I think some people may have mistaken my appreciation of Mrs63's buffeteering skills as selfish gluttony...simply not true:rolleye11 I was just a little peckish :D

I'm glad that everyone actually enjoyed themselves as much as I thought.

Mrs 63 has, however, asked me to point out that despite all of the comments Guy was not the first to the buffet - he was beaten to it by Cones who snuck in before him, even if he wasn't seen to be running acrooss the room!

[Cones]

I'm glad that everyone actually enjoyed themselves as much as I thought.

Mrs 63 has, however, asked me to point out that despite all of the comments Guy was not the first to the buffet - he was beaten to it by Cones who snuck in before him, even if he wasn't seen to be running acrooss the room!


:D

Yum.

:lol:

Mark

[Rogue]

Now I think some people may have mistaken my appreciation of Mrs63's buffeteering skills as selfish gluttony...

Buffeteer? Did I miss something?


Arrharr! Splice the pickled onions, me hearties!

http://www.abfab.co.uk/Thumbnails/P9950.jpg