Anyone who wants to go with me from the Houston area, I'll be leaving from Katy at about 7 am on that Friday, and leaving before the banquet to come back. The more ways we split gas/parking, the cheaper it will be.
I'm looking forward to meeting in person some of the folks I know from here, and plan to bring one knife for general critique, if I can find any willing to give it. The seminars look interesting too, though how the hell you decide between Kevin Cashen talking about heat treating and Mike Quesenberry talking about frame handle construction, I have no idea.