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First things first: It's in New Jersey, about one mile across from the new Freedom Tower (WTC). The origins, I'm told, of this Show started in New Jersey at the Meadowlands, so it's back to it's roots! 
Months before the shows I get a mailer of knives to have a postcard created from. They are the lottery give-away knives and I love spending time shooting them, and then creating this front-image postcard display. This isn't what I do often, but when I do I like the challenge and the opportunity to use text and other arrangements.
This show is held every year in late November, and it's hosted by Fifty Fifty Productions. Steve D'Lack, Kylee, Cricket, Nick, Peter, Paul are all the 'regular' faces who do an INCREDIBLE job running such a show. This year was, by all accounts, the best in many years. :thumbup:
We are fortunate to be included in this show and the ECCKS (in March) held at the same venue.
Susan and I drive in on Friday morning 9am (it's only a 90 min drive) and set up. We're there till closing at 2pm on Sunday. Believe me, it's WORK.
However, this show is more laid back than, say, Blade, and I can actually walk the show and spend welcome time chatting with each client or onlooker. There are LOTS of well-meaning onlookers who wander in to see how we do it. Spending time in the show is always great too. Recall I am a collector at heart, too.
One regular visitor to our studio are the Bennett's Bill, Chris, and their dad, Bob. They live in nearby Westchester County. They are collectors and great folks who I met on the USN forum and at these shows. This year, simply as a show of appreciation for their faves, they delivered a box of homemade brownies made by Bob's wife Carol:
^^^ THIS is testimony to how very cool 'Knife People'© are. I promised I would post them. The box only had one eaten one when I shot that. It left empty....
Lets get it on....
Jens Anso flew in and had this tantalizing zipper-bladed gold-pinned workhorse.
If you know your Tony Bose knives, these will give you bugeyes!
Kevin Casey makes the unsurpassed feather patterns, and is smartly collaborating with other talented artists. Look at how wonderful Konstantin Pushkarev has elevated these handles.
Just...WOW!
You can easily recognize Kevin's folders from across the room.
(He like others, is traveling to Milan for their show this week. He will do well with these over there!)
Kevin Cross, (or I should l say Dr. Kevin Cross, DDM) is a collector and a talented maker. He's paying close attention to his work.
These Don Hanson III pieces are in their own thread, but deserve another look here again.
More...
Months before the shows I get a mailer of knives to have a postcard created from. They are the lottery give-away knives and I love spending time shooting them, and then creating this front-image postcard display. This isn't what I do often, but when I do I like the challenge and the opportunity to use text and other arrangements.
This show is held every year in late November, and it's hosted by Fifty Fifty Productions. Steve D'Lack, Kylee, Cricket, Nick, Peter, Paul are all the 'regular' faces who do an INCREDIBLE job running such a show. This year was, by all accounts, the best in many years. :thumbup:
We are fortunate to be included in this show and the ECCKS (in March) held at the same venue.
Susan and I drive in on Friday morning 9am (it's only a 90 min drive) and set up. We're there till closing at 2pm on Sunday. Believe me, it's WORK.
However, this show is more laid back than, say, Blade, and I can actually walk the show and spend welcome time chatting with each client or onlooker. There are LOTS of well-meaning onlookers who wander in to see how we do it.
Spending time in the show is always great too. Recall I am a collector at heart, too.One regular visitor to our studio are the Bennett's Bill, Chris, and their dad, Bob. They live in nearby Westchester County. They are collectors and great folks who I met on the USN forum and at these shows. This year, simply as a show of appreciation for their faves, they delivered a box of homemade brownies made by Bob's wife Carol:
^^^ THIS is testimony to how very cool 'Knife People'© are.
I promised I would post them. The box only had one eaten one when I shot that. It left empty.... Lets get it on....
Jens Anso flew in and had this tantalizing zipper-bladed gold-pinned workhorse.
If you know your Tony Bose knives, these will give you bugeyes!
Kevin Casey makes the unsurpassed feather patterns, and is smartly collaborating with other talented artists. Look at how wonderful Konstantin Pushkarev has elevated these handles.
Just...WOW!
You can easily recognize Kevin's folders from across the room.
(He like others, is traveling to Milan for their show this week. He will do well with these over there!)
Kevin Cross, (or I should l say Dr. Kevin Cross, DDM) is a collector and a talented maker. He's paying close attention to his work.
These Don Hanson III pieces are in their own thread, but deserve another look here again.
More...
