It’s hard to summarize.
There are so many vendors and people that everything jams together and
blurs into grayness by the end of the day.
Still, I don’t want to miss any of it.
News: Blade Magazine
and the Blade Show are rumored to have been sold. It’s reported that Gun Digest, owned by
Caribou Media, has plunked down the dollars.
I do know that the Blade Show is scheduled to be back at the Cobb
Galleria (Atlanta) in 2019. We’ll see
about the rest.
I purchased a Microtech OTF only because I couldn’t see not
having one. The knife, like many is
really more of a barbecue knife that you show off to your friends. Yes, you can use it; it will cut, stab and
kill but most of us will leave it in the safe.
The problem is for most uses, you’ll have the blade orientated up/down
which puts the button under your thumb.
Press the button at the wrong time and the blade disappears. Oops!
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| Richmade Knife 3D box opener |
Richmade Knives had a clever utility/box cutter they were
giving out. It was made with a 3D
printer and is very clever. The razor
blade folds into the body and it has space for two spare blades. I wouldn’t use it if you paid me. I have visions of it coming apart and cutting
the heck out of myself.
Do you carry an emergency escape knife in your car? You know, something with a glass breaker and
a seat belt cutter? I’m always reading
about people in Florida who drive into a flooded canal and drown. I carry one in the side pocket of the driver
door, but I know in an accident it will pop out and end up somewhere the coroner
will find later. I bought a little unit
that straps around the sun visor. It has
a glass breaker and seatbelt cutter.
Best of all it stays where I put it.
I spent an hour with Joe Caswell. He’s building the coolest knife I’ve ever
seen. Right now it’s a karambit, but
future models will have a more traditional blade. He was at Blade to talk with a manufacturer
who want to mass produce them. The name
is a secret and he’s not about to screw that up. His percentage from the knife and derivatives
could be, in his words, “substantial.”
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Closed.....
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Opening......
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| and Bingo!! Open |
Here’s a few more pictures.
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Space Fighter Very Nice
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| Jenn from Alabama Damascus and Oscar the rat Only slightly strange. |
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| the Blade Show |
Wayne Hensley One of the Grand Old Men of the knife community. I have a Subhilt fighter he made for WRCA knife collectors.
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| In progress knife from Art Knife. The handle will be ruby red. If you have to ask how much, well you can't afford it. |
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I really love Steam Punk knives.
I don't know who made it, but Knife Legends has it. They buy and sell investment grade folders ans fixed blades.
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| Saw this sign on 2 tables (at $650 a pop!) |
Not everything about the Blade Show is unicorns and rainbows. They may get their money back, but they still had to pay for the tables and how can you account for lost customers and lost opportunities.
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