Sunday was a rap up of Saturday's unfinished work. Rick and Thomas were hard at work at the forge and press as hot billets of steel went from forge to press for their final manipulation into the desired patterns of mosaic Damascus.  Brian Lyttle was at his bench doing the final touches on his blade--an engraving demo that totally blew me away.  How can one guy have so much talent  in so many fields?

The Shark was at the grinder putting the final finish on his tanto.  And... back in the far corner of the shop, Ed Storch was doing a demo on Mokume.  Meanwhile, Rich Diede was answering all questions on milling machines, using Ed's mill to demonstrate new techniques.

Just before lunch, Brian and Greg finished their knives. It was decided that Brian's knife would be raffled at $10.00 per ticket. What a bargain!  A handmade Lyttle Knife that you watched him make for a ten spot ticket.  By the look of the number of tickets, everyone bought more than one ticket.  The lucky winner was Deb Stoley. The blade was fantastic and the winner was pleased beyond words.  Next came the auction of Greg Lightfoot's BG-42 tanto.  After a slow start with bidders feeling each other out, the price quickly jumped to  the mid three figure range leaving two prospective owners trading ten dollar increment bids.  After much drama, the winner was Jack Dial and he was the very proud owner of a handbuilt knife made by the shark himself.

Overall, the weekend was a very good time for all that attended.  New makers got 3 years worth of experience in three days and the experienced guys picked up new ideas and up-to-date state-of-the-art information they could use in their own future endeavors.  Old friendships were renewed (LIghtfoot, you bring the crackers next year) and new ones developed.  ( Rob, Rich aka sumo, Hugh aka totally tactical, Thomas aka thknives--see you guys next year)
 
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