2014 eccks?

The Amazing Virginian

The Amazing Virginian

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For the first time in three years, I did not attend the ECCKS.

Can anyone provide a short write-up or summary to tell those of us who weren't there what we missed? Would love some pics, if anyone would be willing to go to the trouble to post them.

TIA.
 
I thought the show was incredibly slow and lifeless on Friday. After seeing photos from Arkansas this show seemed liked it had no soul. I don't mean to shed bad light on this show and everyone should attend who can. We need it! The windy twenty degree weather didn't help. I still think the show was better in Manhattan. I don't like driving g an hour and a half and paying admission just to see a room with many empty or knifeless tables. Bummer.

I enjoyed myself though and was happy to see and chat with everyone. Finally met Seth! Chatted with Coop, Susan Sean O'Hare and Larry fuegen which was nice. Great to see you all.

This is the only knife I got a photo of.

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Jon if I did not have basketball games all weekend for my kids I would have been there

If ya had to only get one pic that's a good one :)

Hopefully Coop will fill in
 
BTW meeting Seth reassured me that I'm not the only crazy guy in his thirties carrying a Damascus and mammoth Hanson folder. Great to meet you bud and I absolutely loved your folder.
 
JParanee said:
Jon if I did not have basketball games all weekend for my kids I would have been there

If ya had to only get one pic that's a good one :)

Hopefully Coop will fill in
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Check your nuts at the door, my brother.

What an incredibly, amazingly, amusingly, completely LAME excuse for not going to a show.

.....and for those so inclined...NO I do not have children, up until this point, I have been smarter than that.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Your statement just got you twisted up like a rag doll next time I see you :)

In fact maybe I'll let one of my little girls do it :)

I could care less about knife shows when it comes to my kids activities

They could be giving away free knives and I would not miss this

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It would help these slow shows to get some 'Buzz' goin on. Before, during & after the show.

Just no talk at all about this one, until this thread? Strange!

I did get an early report. Thanks Jon.
 
Kohai999 said:
Check your nuts at the door, my brother.

What an incredibly, amazingly, amusingly, completely LAME excuse for not going to a show.

.....and for those so inclined...NO I do not have children, up until this point, I have been smarter than that.

There is no excuse for sacrificing your kids for a knife show. That's part of the problem in this country, no fathers to set examples for their kids. If your going to have them, live for them. If not? Don't. A life invested in a child is our contribution to society. It's eternal. A life invested in things is a contribution to self. It's temporal. Good for you JP.
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The Virginian said:
? Would love some pics, if anyone would be willing to go to the trouble to post them.

TIA.
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I went to my 7 year old niece's bball game a couple of weekends back and it was a ton of fun, definitely rivals a knife show! I took a few pics, not the best ones (lighting was tough). But for what they are worth here they are, will answer any specific questions if I can.

Link to Photobucket Slideshow: http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/dmscher/library/ECCKS 2014

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William Schrade said:
Kohai999 said:
Check your nuts at the door, my brother.

What an incredibly, amazingly, amusingly, completely LAME excuse for not going to a show.

.....and for those so inclined...NO I do not have children, up until this point, I have been smarter than that.

There is no excuse for sacrificing your kids for a knife show. That's part of the problem in this country, no fathers to set examples for their kids. If your going to have them, live for them. If not? Don't. A life invested in a child is our contribution to society. It's eternal. A life invested in things is a contribution to self. It's temporal. Good for you JP.
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William thank you for the kind words
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mazibuko said:
Sorry that link doesn't seem to work very well (the pics are there but it doesn't show the thumbnails??)

This seems to work better: http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/dmscher/slideshow/ECCKS 2014
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Thanks for the pics!


Don Hanson III said:
It would help these slow shows to get some 'Buzz' goin on. Before, during & after the show.

Just no talk at all about this one, until this thread? Strange!

I did get an early report. Thanks Jon.
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I think it is a fine show for tactical and so-called mid-tech knives and their collectors (in the past, one of the hottest events at the East Coast Custom Knife Show was the drawings for Hinderer XM-18s, etc., in the lobby).

Also, I think this show is kind of a convenient excuse for some makers - especially non-US makers - to come to the NYC area to meet with collectors, deliver previously-ordered multi-thousand dollar knives in person, and discuss new orders. Some of these makers may bring one or at most two knives which they either auction or hold a drawings for Friday afternoon. Some others bring nothing at all.

Also, a lot of very expensive knives change hands privately in hotel rooms, etc.

For the rest of the market . . . I am not sure why some makers still attend. I guess you would have to ask them. Maybe inertia. For me as a collector . . . it is not worth the time. Which is a shame for me because it **could be** the closest major show to where I live, and the only major show which I could travel to, attend, and return home all in one day. I just do not consider it to be "major" any more.
 
I was there before 11. I always pop in on Jim and Susan Cooper before the show to catch up a bit. But this time I'd come to grovel as well. Owing to a last minute ATM problem, I was three dollars short of the 35 needed to get the VIP pass. Jim and Susan were sympathetic and lent me the money with minutes to spare.

Phew!

I had of course forgotten that the mad dash at entrance for this show isn't for knives I typically buy. Indeed, after Arkansas, I wasn't planning on acquiring anything at this show, and managed to stick to my guns. The NYCKS and ECCKS are very different shows from Arkansas, tac-heavy, but I've always found them worth while, both for access to some makers and always for the fantastically unobtainable work displayed by the purveyors.

Fuegen's Bowie with browned fittings was stunning. The Loerchners' work is always without parallel. I got to meet snd chat with Owen Wood and Howard Hitchmough, whose work I've always admired. The ECCKS is the only place in the US other than Blade to see so many Italian makers out in force. Their commitment to impeccable finish and complicated construction are always evident, and worthy of closer scrutiny. Esposito in particular had a darling of a dagger with black MOP mosaic that hurt my head to think about. So clean!

Got to see some folks from Arkansas like Jerry McClure, Joel Chamblin, and Les Robertson, which made me feel like I was really part of the circuit :)

Jon Brand and I have spoken online for months, and had finally arranged to meet at this show. It was great to meet him finally, talk knives with a like-minded collector, and build a new connection.

One of the highlights of my show was at the Knife Purveyor table. Mike Donato was just stepping away when I was about to ask to see a gorgeous Lake in MOP with Barry Lee Hands exquisite engraving and other embellishment. I asked the gentleman who stood in for Mike if I could see it. He gave me a very thorough description of the embellishments. After reveling in its beauty and the craftsmanship required to create it, I introduced myself to the man behind the table. It was Barry Lee Hands! A perfect example of a knife I'd never get a chance to hold were it not for the New York shows, and of the chance meetings these shows allow for and encourage.

I finished off my day by paying Coop back and chatting with them some more. I really enjoyed their company, as always.

Good times.

Seth
 
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