BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.patinatools.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034750 CREATED:20230118T203344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231125T183237Z UID:152-1699777800-1699797600@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Nov 2023 Meeting--Demonstration by Bert Bleckwenn (Carver’s Sharpening Apprentice) plus 'Show and Tell' and "what's it" member sponsored event DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.\nAdditionally\, we also had Matt Cottrell showing his tools and wax merchandise\, which was also featured at Handworks 2023. \nFor the Show and Tell\, Club members were asked to bring their favorite tool\, their project restored tool\, tools to trade or part out\, or any ‘what’s it?’ tools\, as well as creative projects. \nAttendees were encouraged to: \n1. Bring items to our November mini-auction. You can put a minimum reserve price on a few items but the intent is disposal. Members get 100% of the proceeds but donations are welcome. (Not a member? Join\, or offer 15% of proceeds to PATINA). \n2. Bring a tool for an appraisal estimate. \n3. Share your want list\, or favorite tool maker. \n4. Are you a maker? Bring some merchandise! \n5. Talk to a board member about disposing your collection or any number of tool lots for our 2024 Annual Event. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-nov-2023-meeting/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034750 CREATED:20230118T203245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231125T182943Z UID:150-1694334600-1694354400@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Sep 2023 Meeting (The Art of Leather Working featuring Sean Hollowood) DESCRIPTION:The September 10 PATINA began with tailgating outside\, a mini-auction inside\, immediately followed by a guest speaker program at The American Legion Post 270 located at 1355 Balls Hill Road\, McLean\, VA. \nSean Hollowood\nOur special guest was Sean Hollowood\, and the topic was “The Art of Leather Working“. \nSean has been learning the trade for just over a decade\, specializing in handmade practical items for everyday use. His work includes leather cases\, bags\, belts\, sheathes\, and other personal sundries both practical and custom tooled. With a little under a decade of experience\, He is always striving to learn new techniques and improve on the ones he already knows. \nSean focused on identification and classifications of commercially available leathers\, to include tannages\, weight\, uses\, benefits and drawbacks. He will include a short Leather Tooling and Carving Demo\, Leather Tools Identification and explanation\, and Question and answers. \nSome of the most attractive and uniquely custom tools that show up at PATINA events are for leather working and only a few attendees know their exact purpose. Additionally\, we have had numerous requests for a demo on the leather craft. \nAttendees were encouraged to bring leatherworking tools to show or trade. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-sep-2023-meeting/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034750 CREATED:20230118T203139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231125T182711Z UID:148-1689496200-1689516000@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA July 2023 Meeting (Blacksmith Demonstration by creative artist Drew Alexander) DESCRIPTION:The July 16 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA\, was held SUNDAY JULY 16. \nThe mini-auction before the guest presentation featured more planes\, including some Stanley planes\, from the same consignee that we featured in May. These as well as tool chest contents from a Culpeper estate will be up for sale. \nAfter the tailgating and mini-auction\, There was a presentation and demonstration by creative Artist/Blacksmith Drew Alexander. \nDrew takes the lead in the metalworking side of the Alexander Brothers family handmade crafts and fine furnishing business.\nDrawn to blacksmithing at age 13 when seeing a local blacksmith at a festival\, Drew got his start apprenticing at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton\, Virginia. For over twenty one years Drew has honed his craft through self-education\, learning and leading in his local blacksmithing community\, through books\, networking with other artisan blacksmiths online\, and being mentored by incredible craftsmen like Nol Putman. \nHe specializes in client led projects\, and prefers large pieces that allow room for artistic creativity and customization. After years in the fine home building and construction industry\, Drew stepped into blacksmithing fulltime in October 2021. He is currently the chairman of the board of the Shenandoah Valley Blacksmith Guild\, is a member of the Society for Heritage Ironworkers\, and a member of the Artist Blacksmithing Association of North America. His shop\, located in Timberville\, VA is open daily by appointment by calling 540.421.6763. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nDrew Alexander URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-jul-2023-meeting/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034750 CREATED:20230117T211700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230529T211941Z UID:60-1684657800-1684677600@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA May 2023 Meeting (Featuring author Paul Van Pernis "Was Leonard Bailey One of the Unrecognized Geniuses of the American Industrial Revolution?") PLUS 100+ LOT MINI-AUCTION ADDED!! DESCRIPTION:The May 21 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA\, took place SUNDAY MAY 21. A with a mini-auction OF OVER 100 LOTS took place approximately 11am. \nFor our May bi-monthly mini-auction\, we had accepted a large consignment collection of over 100 planes. This wooden and metal plane collection was auctioned on Sunday before the presentation. The owner apparently was on a mission to collect off-brand planes\, as there were only a few Stanley planes. As always for PATINA members\, there was no buyers premiums.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nOur special guest was Paul Van Pernis\, and the topic was ““Was Leonard Bailey One of the Unrecognized Geniuses of the American Industrial Revolution?”“. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/was-leonard-bailey-one-of-the-unrecognized-geniuses-of-the-american-industrial-revolution/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230117T212813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T192701Z UID:67-1673771400-1673791200@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Jan 2023 Meeting (Amy McAuley) DESCRIPTION:The Sunday\, January 15 in-person CLUB meeting was held in McLean VA. \nThe guest speaker at this meeting was Amy McAuley\, Restoration Manager at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.\nAmy McAuley was the Preservation Joiner at George Washington’s Mount Vernon from 2019 until October of 2022. \nAmy has recently been promoted to Restoration Manager for George Washington’s Mount Vernon. From 2002 until taking the position at Mount Vernon in 2019 she was the owner of Oculus Fine Carpentry based in Portland\, Oregon\, where she specialized in the conservation and construction of 18th and 19th century windows and doors. \nSome notable projects besides Mount Vernon in Virginia include Heceta Head Lighthouse in Oregon\, and Fort Simcoe in Washington State. \nAmy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oregon and she has done post baccalaureate work in Architecture\, Historic Archaeology and English Building History. In 2018 she was awarded a fellowship to Winterthur to study 18th c. door construction methodology. \nTailgating started around 830 until 1100\, followed by the mini-auction at 1130; the program started around 12pm. Attendees brought sash related tools to show or sell\, and questions were discussed on plane making or sash! URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-jan-2023-meeting-amy-mcauley/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220515T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220515T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T015342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160826Z UID:288-1652603400-1652623200@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA May 2022 Meeting (Greg Ricketts) DESCRIPTION:Our speaker for the May 15 meeting was Greg Ricketts. Greg has done considerable research on off-brand tool makers. \nHe hosts wonderful and very informative websites\, TimeTestedTools\, and A Plane Life\, as well as a considerable following on social media and has posted many studies of how to collect\, date and restore vintage tools. His presentation was excellent and we were very fortunate to have him speak at PATINA. \nGreg’s expertise is in tools which have been ‘contract produced’ for other companies and large retailers. He has compiled an extensive study of catalogs from Sears Roebuck\, and he has detailed how and when such house brands such as Fulton\, Merit\, Dulap and Craftsman were introduced and sold\, as well as the manufacturers that made them. \nAdditionally\, Greg has researched original japanning processes and he has refined methods to bring life back to tools that are in need of serious restoration. \nHe explained in detail how companies such as Siegley\, Sargent & Company\, Union Mfg. Co.\, Buckeye Saw Vice Co.\, Stanley\, Millers Falls Tools\, PEXTO\, Schmachtenberg\, Kunz produced tools with their own names as well as others. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-may-2022-meeting-greg-ricketts/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T015833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160839Z UID:293-1636878600-1636898400@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Nov 2021 Meeting (Show & Tell) DESCRIPTION:This meeting featured our member sponsored ‘Show and tell’ event. Club members were asked to bring their favorite tool\, your project restored tool\, tools to trade or part out\, or any ‘what’s it?’ tools\, as well as creative projects. \nThe club tries to have at least one ‘show and tell’ event a year\, and it is one of our more popular dates! URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-nov-2021-meeting-show-tell/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211017T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T015948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160852Z UID:295-1634459400-1674136800@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Sept 2021 Meeting (Amanda Doggett) DESCRIPTION:The guest presentation featured Amanda Doggett\, who presented a lecture entitled “John Hemmings: A Life and Work Under the Institution of Slavery“. Hemmings was the enslaved Joiner of Monticello who’s work there and at Poplar Forest reflect Jefferson’s deep love of Palladian architecture as well as a convoluted relationship with the institution of slavery in the 18th century. This discussion featured not only the work of Hemmings but also took a closer look at how enslavement effected five generations of his family. Amanda also presented her reproduction of a surviving Hemmings piece. This program tied-in nicely with that of our last speaker\, Scott Merrifield who featured the works of 18th Century plane makers Francis and John Nicholson\, with special emphasis on Cesar Chelor. \nAmanda Doggett is an apprentice Joiner at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Southeastern Virginia. Her research focus outside of traditional joinery focuses on marginalized groups in the workforce\, namely women\, black Virginians\, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. She is a two-time ERHI Professional Development Grant recipient\, a one-time Gonzales Field Experience grant recipient\, a Certified Interpretive Guide with the National Association for Interpretation\, and a fellow with the International Center for Jefferson Studies in Charlottesville. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-sept-2021-meeting/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T020056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160904Z UID:297-1625992200-1674136800@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA July 2021 Meeting (Scott Merrifield) DESCRIPTION:The guest presentation on July 11 featured Scott Merrifield\, who is an Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Intern working with mechanical arts and household accessories at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He holds a BA in History from Christopher Newport University and is working to fulfill his thesis requirement for a MA in History from James Madison University. He was a 2016 summer intern in Colonial Williamsburg’s cabinetmaking shop. In his current position\, he has cataloged 250 eighteenth-century woodworking planes made by Francis Nicholson\, John Nicholson\, and Cesar Chelor. His current research interests are in trades and tools of early America. \nThe program summary centered on Cesar Chelor\, the earliest documented African-American toolmaker\, worked in New England as part of the first school of American plane makers. He learned his trade while enslaved to Francis Nicholson of Wrentham\, Massachusetts\, the first professional plane maker in the colonies. Upon his master’s death in 1753\, Chelor was freed by the terms of Nicholson’s will\, and opened his own shop where he manufactured planes which bear his name. The large quantity of his surviving planes\, of which Colonial Williamsburg owns 75\, shows that Cesar Chelor was both a prolific maker and a master craftsman. \nThis presentation discussed Chelor\, his work\, and the world he practiced his trade in. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-july-2021-meeting-scott-merrifield/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T020349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160918Z UID:299-1605342600-1605362400@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Nov 2020 Meeting (Elmer Nahum) DESCRIPTION:PATINA is proud to present Dr. Elmer Nahum\, Author of Practical Clubmaking. Playing Bobby Jones’ home course of East Lake in the 1980s spawned Elm’s interest in golf history. Over the years\, he has studied the early history of the game as well as biographies of notable players. \nHis woodworking focuses on making 18th and 19th-century furniture using hand tools and traditional methods. Reproducing a 19TH century long nose golf club is a natural convergence of these two hobbies and a golf motif finds its way into some furniture elements. \nElm maintains a woodworking blog\, Unique Tips for Hand Tools\, which includes posts on golf clubmaking. Each attempt at making a replica 19th-century golf club offers a chance to gain new insights into the traditional methods and history of clubmaking and woodworking. The free time following retirement as an interventional radiologist allowed him to produce Practical Clubmaking\, his first book. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-nov-2020-meeting/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200913T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T020605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160931Z UID:305-1599984000-1674136800@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA Sept 2020 Meeting (Steve Dietrich) DESCRIPTION:A Morvianian Workbench – PATINA is proud to present Steve Dietrich\, a West Point graduate and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who operates Dietrich’s Early American Furniture Reproductions (DEAFR) near Fredericksburg\, VA. \nHis work can be seen in George Washington’s replica boyhood home\, Ferry Farm\, and Burly Man Wood Specialties in Fredericksburg. \nA lifetime member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM)\, Steve descended from German cabinetmakers and conveys their pride of craftsmanship in his work. He holds an MA in History and has published extensively on military history and the history and reproduction of early American furniture. \nSteve will discuss construction and functional features of his reproduction Moravian Style Workbench. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-sept-2020-meeting-steve-dietrich/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200517T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T034751 CREATED:20230120T020922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T160946Z UID:313-1589704200-1674136800@www.patinatools.org SUMMARY:PATINA May 2020 Meeting (Melanie Belongia) DESCRIPTION:PATINA is proud to present violin maker\, Melanie Belongia. \nA graduate of the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts\, Melanie studied violin with Eugene Drucker of the Grammy Award winning Emerson Quartet at the Hartt School of Music. She performed with the Katahdin String Quartet and met many contemporary violin makers which inspired her to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a violin maker. \nMelanie moved to Boston and graduated from the North Bennet Street School with a degree in Violin Making and Restoration and apprenticed for several years. Ms. Belongia worked for several prestigious violin firms and auction houses before returning to Hampton Roads to focus on making and restoration. \nHer experience as a professional musician gives her valuable insight into her work as a luthier and she is well known for her skills in making an instrument sound\, and play\, its very best. \nWhen not at her bench\, she can be found playing her 5-string violin with Bound Roots. Melanie welcomes the opportunity to give back to arts & educational organizations and serves on the board of advisors for Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia. \nMelanie will demonstrate purfling or similar techniques. URL:https://www.patinatools.org/event/patina-may-2020-meeting-melanie-belongia/ LOCATION:American Legion Post 270\, 1355 Balls Hill Rd\, McLean\, VA\, 22101\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR