Flint River Knife Club Meeting Minutes
January 5, 2016
The meeting was held at the Church House on College Street, Jonesboro, Georgia. It was called to order by the president, Jerry Costin, at 7:10.
Members present were:
Jerry & Nola Costin, Marsha & Aaron Brewer, Wayne & Rebecca Hensley, June Hawkins, Rusty Hawkins, Mike & Cheryl Mullikin, Craig & Karen Schneeberger, David Smith, Johnny & Vivian Rogers, Russ Demonbreun, Tom Goble and Gary McGregor,
Guests include: Travis Daniel and his grandson Michael.
Prayer was given by Wayne Hensley.
The secretary’s report was approved as sent.
Treasurer’s report was approved as given by Johnny Rogers.
We still have $500.00 that has not been used for scholarships won in 2014. Dave Smith has one of the scholarships that he has asked for an extension. He is working with Carl Rechsteiner.
OLD BUSINESS:
Jerry, Karen and Johnny will have to meet at various Wells Fargo Banks to get president’s signature on the bank accounts. They will set that up in the near future.
Remember that the new Rade Hawkins’ Memorial Scholarship Fund applications are available. A member must apply and be approved by the Scholarship committee consisting of Wayne Hensley, Dave Smith and Aaron Brewer. The Scholarship committee would approve the application for up to $500.00.
Quarterly meeting dates have been determined for the 2016 year. The first of the meetings will take place on February 27, 2016 at the shop of Andy Roy, Fiddleback Forge, in Cumming, Georgia. Marsha & Aaron Brewer will share information on their knife collections. We will also have two other demos that are still to be finalized.
The next meeting will be held on April 9, 2016 at the Blacksmith shop of Mark Hopper, Goatnhammer, in Atlanta, Georgia. We will have three demos at this meeting. They will be Wayne Hensley showing how to do a finish grind, Mark Hopper on forging a knife and then use this knife as a part of a raffle after lunch. We will also have James Mitchell doing a scrimshaw demonstration. We will have a 2 hour class on scrimshaw after lunch. We have several signed up from Mark Hopper’s Blacksmith shop that will be a part of this class. Please let us know if you would like to be on the list for this class. Marsha and Nola will help James with this class.
The address for Mark Hopper’s Blacksmith shop is 1200 Foster St. B8, Atlanta, GA 30318. It is located just past the Atlanta Water Works plant off of I-75 and Howell Mill Road, exit 252B.
Lunch will be provided-more on this to come.
We will have a meeting at the church house in Jonesboro on May 3rd to discuss the Blade Show and to get members to sign-up to help during the show.
The Blade Show is June 3-5, 2016. Nola needs to send out a copy of the value of our club knives to members. Also, Jerry has found a company called Arms & Armor Insurance Company. We can get the club knives insured through a policy that would be connected to his home owners’ items that would also cover our club’s collection. Jerry and Nola will continue to look into getting this policy at a cost of $100.00 for coverage up to $66,000.00.
The third of our quarterly meetings will be held on July 23rd at Jerry Costin’s shop in Lithonia. We have invited Travis Daniel to share his technique of showing a polish finish to a knife. Other demos are still being planned for this meeting.
Our fourth quarterly meeting will take place on October 8th at the cabin home/shop of Craig & Karen Schneeberger. More information on this as we work on scheduling of demos.
If you would like to do a demo at any of our quarterly meetings, please let Jerry or Dave Smith know, or if there is something you would like to see done, please let us know that also.
The Christmas Dinner that was held on December 1, 2015 was a successful and enjoyable one for those that could attend. It was held at the First Baptist Church of Lithonia Fellowship Hall. It was suggested by some of the members to have our Christmas Dinners earlier in the day on a Saturday in December. Some of the members do not like driving to and from the dinner at night. This will be checked into for the 2016 dinner. Becky Hensley will check to see if we can get the church fellowship hall again on the first Saturday for this year. Nola and Becky will check about getting a caterer again also.
We need an updated list of club members, and their address and phone numbers.
Reminder, club dues are due by January 31st of each year. Dues are $25.00 for member and $10 for spouse or child. Please send dues payment to Johnny Rogers, 150 Kalispell Drive, Fayetteville, Georgia 30215.
NEW BUSINESS:
Mike Prater of Painted Pony has invited us to come to his shop and tour his facility. This is being planned for late February or early March.
Note: The date of March 1st has been set up for this club trip. Members should notify Nola Costin at if they plan to attend. The Chattahoochee Collectors Club members have also been invited to sign up to attend this trip.
A motion was made to again send in a donation of $200.00 to the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro in memory of Bill Bradbury. The motion was passed.
The club knife for next year would be a factory style knife. Jerry presented a Case Trapper Knife blade from Michael Prater & Co. Painted Pony. He shared a couple of different types of handle material for this knife that could be used. The knife and handle material was passed around. The club voted to have this Case Trapper with the Blue Matrix handle material be made for the 2017 club knife. Information will be sent out to members on getting orders for this knife.
The 2016 club knives done in memory of Rade Lee Hawkins were given out to members that had ordered them.
The meeting was adjourned.
Announcement:
The next GA Guild meeting will take place on Saturday February 6, 2016 at the cabin/shop of Harry & Charlie Mathews in Statesboro, Georgia. There will be a Friday social for those that can attend.
NOTE:
It was discovered after the meeting held on January 5th that the club knives that Travis Daniel made in memory of Rade Hawkins. however, due to an oversight, the numbering stating 1 of 30 on the knife blade was omitted. Nola will collect the knives and return them to Mike Prater, of Painted Pony, where they will be laser engraved with this information on each knife. Also, a few of the knives had other issues that will be corrected by Mike Prater and Company.
Respectfully submitted,
Nola Costin
Secretary Flint River Knife Club