2010 Blade Show awards

Jim Congrats that beautiful White my friend

Thanks for posting this Coop all are great . I saw most but did not see the fighter that one could someone please post a pic

Congrats to all the winners
 
SharpByCoop said:
I want to congratulate and support RJ Martin for continuing to build the highest quality folder for 'Best Tactical' submission--winning year after year.
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They see RJ rollin' -- They be hatin'. ;)

Coop
 
jjtjr said:
John White had me bring my Dogbone Bowie to Blade. I'm glad I did since it won "Best Damascus". It is a 6-bar "Turkish Twist". The blade has chatoyance that cannot be seen in a photograph.

He had another Dogbone which was pretty much a match except it had a Blackwood handle. He called it his "Sinister Dogbone", but I called it "the Evil Twin". It had a beautiful Paul Long sheath with it. John is making me a wooden sheath of Cocobolo for my Dogbone.

I had Coop shoot this knife and John had Chuck Ward shoot it. Since it won at Blade there will also be a Point Seven image. I not only have a great knife but some great photos as well.

Here's Coop's images:

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Here is a Chuck Ward photo of my knife:

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Here is a detail of the blade from John:

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Jim Treacy
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Okay, what's a Point Seven image? :)

Beautiful knife by the way. :thumbup:
 
Josh K wrote:
Okay, what's a Point Seven image? :)

Beautiful knife by the way. :thumbup:
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Eric Eggly of Point Seven Studios shoots photos of all of the Bladeshow Award Winners. John White might have the image, I haven't yet received a copy from him.
 
I haven't yet received a copy of PointSeven's print of Jim's knife. I'll try to get P7 to e-mail one tomorrow, along with a web copy of the "Evil Twin," and post both.

Thanks again to Jim for loaning his Walrus version. Shoulda seen them side by side!

John
 
Kevin Jones said:
The above posts have peaked my curiosity.
How many judges are there and who were they?

I don't guess it's a secret, or is it?
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I don't know how many - but you were a judge at Little Rock - how many participated in judging show awards there? Figure more categories and a LOT more entries for Blade, I'm guessing there must be a lot more judges.

Roger
 
jjtjr said:
Josh K wrote:

Eric Eggly of Point Seven Studios shoots photos of all of the Bladeshow Award Winners. John White might have the image, I haven't yet received a copy from him.
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Ah. I noticed the website when I googled but I didn't know if it was the same.
 
Here is a shot of the "Best Collaboration" by Tom Overeynder and Brian Hochstrat. Congratulations to all the winners.
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RogerP said:
I don't know how many - but you were a judge at Little Rock - how many participated in judging show awards there? Figure more categories and a LOT more entries for Blade, I'm guessing there must be a lot more judges.

Roger
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That's what got my curiosity up as I've judged at two show the last 9 months where I was one of three at one and a lone judge at the other.
At Arkansas we had a collector, a knife dealer a magazine editor and a very experienced knifemaker as a technical judge who didn't have a vote however was there to answer questions. I thought that was a very nice mix and effective system which translated into a very successful judging of the knives.

It's interesting how often a knife can't amply compete in the class it's in however could easily win if in another class. For a fictitious example, a knife that's entered in the "best damascus" class where the competition is too strong however it could have won "Best Bowie" if entered in that class where competition was not as strong.
 
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The Judges this year were Les Robertson, Neil Ostroff anf Louis Chow. Les and Neil are well known in the industry. I met Louis for the first time this year. I don't know much about him, other than he is a collector (not sure of what type of knife) and served in the US military.

I do not envy them this job! I do know that they are very thorough, because if you ask them why a specific knife won or lost, they will provide detailed information on "why".

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Coop, I am shipping the DRT (Dead Right There) to you today for pictures. I changed the name:)
 
Here's Point Seven's photo of the Walrus Dogbone I made for Jim Treacy, followed, since Jim mentioned it, with a photo of it's "Evil Twin" Birdseye African Blackwood sister.

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Its amazing to me what a difference handle material makes in the appearance of otherwise almost identical knives.

John
 
John,

Thanks for posting the Point Sevin images.

The only thing better than owning my Ivory Dogbone would be owning it's Evil Twin also.

Jim
 
RJ Martin said:
I met Louis for the first time this year. I don't know much about him, other than he is a collector (not sure of what type of knife) and served in the US military.
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He's a well known collector, among other things he's got a number of subhilts including an extraordinary example by Harumi Hirayama.
 
Joss said:
He's a well known collector, among other things he's got a number of subhilts including an extraordinary example by Harumi Hirayama.
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To add a little, Major Chow retired from the U.S. Army, and lives in Northern California. Of the subhilts he owns is one of, if not THE first Big Bear Loveless ever made, as well as five other examples that span the entire range of Loveless's career. Major Chow spends a fair amount of time at the Loveless shop, and is always welcomed with open arms.

He was a martial arts competitor when he was younger, specializing in traditional Okinawan weapons. He is a man who exemplifies honor, respect and loyalty, and I am proud to call him a friend.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Thanks STeven...I was wondering who that other guy was. :D

BTW, each year they rotate judges at the Blade Show. I suspect many of the whiners out there didn't know that.

Even with numerous entries in each category...they get narrowed down to 3 or so knives very quickly.

Makers are responsible for putting the knife in the correct category. We asked this year if we could move one knife to another category (that it probably would have won in) we were told "no".

Once the category has been narrowed down...ability for the knife to accomplish the function comes into play. Then technical merit. This is the area more than any other that determines the winner.

Makers do not get points for engraving, scrim, jewels...as often times these are added to hide mistakes..not to enhance the knife.

The knife stands on it's own.

Yes there were knives in the room that had one awards previously. That was not discussed among the judges.

One of the hardest things is to remove personal preference or bias. There were knives entered with Mokume, Giraffe Bone and some of my other favorite materials. :D

There were makers who are friends of mine who won...and lost. More lost than won. So much for having a friend on the inside. LOL

The absolute best thing about judging is the chance to get to see so many similar style of knives in one place at one time. Kinda like having 10 dealers tables in the room!

I stated on another forum if any maker had a question about why their knife did not win in any category...please feel free to contact me. I may need you to send me a picture of the knife. But I can tell you why the knife didn't win.

I have been judging at shows for almost 20 years. In all that time I have only had 4 makers ask me why their knife didn't win.

Either they don't care....or more to the point I suspect they already know. 3 of them are friends of mine.
 
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