Meeting

The November 12 PATINA meeting began with tailgating outside, a mini-auction inside, immediately followed by a guest demonstration as well as our popular member sponsored ‘Show and tell’ event. The guest speaker was Bert Bleckwenn, who developed The Carver’s Sharpening Apprentice (CSA) which was officially launched at the Handworks 2023 on Sept 1-2, 2023. Additionally,… 

The July 2024 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY JULY 14.  NEW START TIME--9:00am!! Our program for July 14 features returning author, Betsy Davison.  At a past meeting, Betsy previously presented her book on The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820.  At the July 14th meeting we get a sneak preview of her… 

The September 2024 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY September 15.  DON'T FORGET OUR NEW START TIME–9:00am!! Back by repeated request will be Greg Ricketts.  Greg was guest speaker at a past meeting in 2022 and we are very fortunate to have him return to speak to our PATINA group. Greg hosts… 

Our November 10 program was entitled "All About Saws". Attendees were encouraged to bring early or custom-made hand saws as well as saw sharpening tools, books, or early sawmaker catalogs, etc.  The well attended and very interesting presentation featured speaker Aaron Smith, who described different types of handsaws and what they are used for. Aaron… 

The January 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, was held SUNDAY January 12 with the usual Start time of 9:00am. The weather was very cold and windy, so tailgating was moved inside.  The meeting commenced around 11:00 with a robust mini-auction, with a few of the highlights below: Mini auctioning a Stanley Number 113… 

The May 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY May 18.  Start time is 9:00am. For this meeting, we will concentrate on tool trading, always one of our more popular events. Quite a few people indicated that they missed the March event, and others regretted that the rain caused the tailgate activity… 

The July 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY July 13.  Start time is 9:00am. The guest Speaker will be Chris Swan, senior conservator at Williamsburg, who will present a discussion on tool preservation. Chris is a furniture and wooden artifacts Conservator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia where he has… 

The September 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY September 14.  Start time is 9:00am. The guest Speaker will be Eric Benson, an authority and avid collector of Early American Squares and Bevels.   Discover the manufacturing history of these important tools along with profiles of early or key makers.  Learn how to… 

Our November program features an extraordinary custom banjo maker, Kevin Enoch. Kevin started learning about woodworking and old tools early on from his father, a skilled carpenter and house builder. Kevin began building and restoring banjos in the mid-1980s when he worked at a music store that had a specialization in folk music instrument manufacturing…