Alifia RiverRendezvous

I am glad you out. I was busy onthee hawk and knife range most of the day

Thanks I did watch some of the muzzle loaders at the shooting range. Forgot to mention I did watch the Axe range a little. There were a bunch of kids there competing at Axe throwing.

I made my first trip to the rendezvous today. I couldn’t find anyone to go with me so I had to drive 81 miles from my house alone. I didn’t get there till noon time and they closed up shop at three but I did buy some Round Balls and a new turn screw and some pieces of leather. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. I’m not sure that I even got to see every one of the rows of tents
I really did enjoy it though. I’ll definitely go back next year. I was hoping to run into some of the guys that I would recognize on the forum, but I wouldn’t have known their faces if Id talked to them.

There was a lady there with a tent full of leather rolls including deer skins. I think I lost her card cuz when I got home it’s gone. Does anyone know her info?

There’s a few people with leather but her tent was almost all leather stuff.

They are open to the public again on Saturday the 21st. I can't go Saturday unfortunately because my church is doing their men's retreat that got postponed from last year Saturday. Hurricane Ian canceled it. I drove alone and went about eighty miles from Pasco county. I can understand that. I did make it down to the range master and he gave me a pamphlet on how to join. I did run into one guy who had a number of rifles and smoothbore for sale not far from the governor's tent. Lots of good stuff. I also met a 16th century Spanish re enactor from ST Augustine.

TarponStalker said:

There was a lady there with a tent full of leather rolls including deer skins. I think I lost her card cuz when I got home it’s gone. Does anyone know her info?

There’s a few people with leather but her tent was almost all leather stuff.

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Kentucky Leather. Mike and Penny Wayne.

That makes three shops there from Kentucky I know of. I bought my waistcoats from Romantically Bent who the owner was from Kentucky. The boots from Daniel Boone from Kentucky also and a tent or two away from Romantically Bent. I think Kentucky Leather was across the street from them.

flconch53 said:

Kentucky Leather. Mike and Penny Wayne.

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Thank you very much. I’ve looked everywhere here but can’t find the card. I figure I pulled it out of my pocket when I was pulling phone to take pics of the show.

TarponStalker said:

Thank you very much. I’ve looked everywhere here but can’t find the card. I figure I pulled it out of my pocket when I was pulling phone to take pics of the show.

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The vendor will be listed in the on-line version of the rendezvous handbook I think: you can find it on The Alafia River Rendezvous or Florida Frontiersmen web site.

Uncle Miltie said:

The vendor will be listed in the on-line version of the rendezvous handbook I think: you can find it on The Alafia River Rendezvous or Florida Frontiersmen web site.

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Thanks very much.

TarponStalker said:

Thanks very much.

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You are welcome. I shot there many years when I lived in FL and always enjoyed it.

Uncle Miltie said:

You are welcome. I shot there many years when I lived in FL and always enjoyed it.

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Since it was my first visit I had not joined or prepared to shoot but I will change that. I did bring one rifle just in case the opp came up. I kept it locked in truck. I had no idea how big this thing is. I met some really nice people.
Plus it was nice to see all the girls/ladies and young kids participating.

It is real good to see the.young people coming out.

I need to attend next year. Not healthy enough this year.

After ten years of trying, almost made it this time until the flu bug got me.

These southern soft weather rondys should do more advertising up north.


They would make a nice vacation this time of year.

At one time it was advertised as the Largest Rendezvous East of the Mississippi…
Probably still is…

Mustang65 said:

Hey, give us first chance at the goods. List it my friend.

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I was there every day. My prices musta been too low for you... I sold a couple guns and some knifes & hawks + a bunch of other stuff. I'm dragging the rest of it back to Ohio.

Keb said:

I was there every day. My prices musta been too low for you... I sold a couple guns and some knifes & hawks + a bunch of other stuff. I'm dragging the rest of it back to Ohio.

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Too far travel from Colorado. However, you can now put the rest up online.

William Sublette said:

These southern soft weather rondys should do more advertising up north.


They would make a nice vacation this time of year.

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We advertise the snot out of it.