Bi-Monthly PATINA Meetings
Our bimonthly meetings, held at the American Legion Post 270 in McLean (1355 Balls Hill Rd, McLean, VA 22101), generally start with tailgate sales around 9:00 AM or earlier, followed by a short tool auction around 11:30-noon. The presentation by the guest speaker begins after the auction.
The following are archived PATINA meetings and events.
PATINA Meetings (Archived)
PATINA September 14, 2025 Meeting featuring Eric Benson
The September 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY September 14. Start tim...
PATINA July 13, 2025 Meeting featuring Chris Swan, senior conservator at Williamsburg
The July 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY July 13. Start time is 9:00a...
PATINA May 18, 2025 Meeting “Tool trading Part deux!”
The May 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY May 18. Start time is 9:00am....
PATINA January 12, 2025 Meeting
The January 2025 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, was held SUNDAY January 12 with the usual Star...
PATINA November 10, 2024 Meeting featuring saw expert Aaron Smith
Our November 10 program was entitled “All About Saws”. Attendees were encouraged to brin...
PATINA September 15, 2024 Meeting featuring returning speaker Greg Ricketts
The September 2024 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY September 15. DON’...
PATINA July 14, 2024 Meeting featuring Author Betsy Davidson
The July 2024 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY JULY 14. NEW START TIME̵...
PATINA May 19, 2024 Meeting Featuring Steve Dietrich, Dietrich’s Early American Furniture Reproductions
The May 2024 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY May 19 (Moved from May 12, Mothers ...
PATINA January 14, 2024 Meeting Featuring Lee Richmond
The next in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY JANUARY 14. We will use the upper lot o...
PATINA Nov 2023 Meeting–Demonstration by Bert Bleckwenn (Carver’s Sharpening Apprentice) plus ‘Show and Tell’ and “what’s it” member sponsored event
The November 12 PATINA meeting began with tailgating outside, a mini-auction inside, immediately fol...
PATINA Sep 2023 Meeting (The Art of Leather Working featuring Sean Hollowood)
The September 10 PATINA began with tailgating outside, a mini-auction inside, immediately followed b...
PATINA July 2023 Meeting (Blacksmith Demonstration by creative artist Drew Alexander)
The July 16 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, was held SUNDAY JULY 16. The mini-auction before th...
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!!
The May 21 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, took place SUNDAY MAY 21. A with a mini-auction OF O...
PATINA Jan 2023 Meeting (Amy McAuley)
The Sunday, January 15 in-person CLUB meeting was held in McLean VA. The guest speaker at this meeti...
PATINA May 2022 Meeting (Greg Ricketts)
Our speaker for the May 15 meeting was Greg Ricketts. Greg has done considerable research on off-bra...
PATINA Nov 2021 Meeting (Show & Tell)
This meeting featured our member sponsored ‘Show and tell’ event. Club members were aske...
PATINA Sept 2021 Meeting (Amanda Doggett)
The guest presentation featured Amanda Doggett, who presented a lecture entitled “John Hemming...
PATINA July 2021 Meeting (Scott Merrifield)
The guest presentation on July 11 featured Scott Merrifield, who is an Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial I...
PATINA Nov 2020 Meeting (Elmer Nahum)
PATINA is proud to present Dr. Elmer Nahum, Author of Practical Clubmaking. Playing Bobby Jones’ ...
PATINA Sept 2020 Meeting (Steve Dietrich)
A Morvianian Workbench – PATINA is proud to present Steve Dietrich, a West Point graduate and ...
PATINA May 2020 Meeting (Melanie Belongia)
PATINA is proud to present violin maker, Melanie Belongia. A graduate of the Virginia Governor’...