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By every measure this year's Blade Show was a larger success than ever before. Record attendance. MORE tables set up in the hall of the Atrium. At 6am on Friday there were 50 people already camped out and on line waiting for the 11am VIP entrance. (I saw them because that's when I arrived to get started!)
Our love of knives and hardware is alive and well and GROWING. Our workload also reflected this increase. Whew. But, we were prepared.
My room was changed as we arrived to Boardroom #4 which was closer to the show hall. We were reluctant to change, because change IS hard, but in the end it was a better position for us, being in view and closer.
I erected two extra tall banners in the Atrium. Did you see these?
Susan, Trevor, and I drove from CT to Atlanta a day earlier, arriving Wed. eve. Setup began at 10am on Thursday, and I started actual shooting by 2pm. Projects came to us ALL weekend long, I arrived at 6am all three days, and I finished my last shot at 3:15pm on Sunday afternoon. It. Was. Crazy.
Staffing: Myself in the studio, Susan (Cooper) and Maggie Randall at the front desk, my son Trevor doing pickups and deliveries all weekend, and Buddy Thomason advising clients, and working with me in the studio. I can't say enough good about ALL FOUR of them!
I hosted a seminar on Sunday morning @9:30am-10:15am, which talked about the processes and methods and directions that a good photo can provide. (I will write more about this some other post, but not right yet.)
BEFORE I left I had a bunch of savvy makers send me their work ahead of schedule. I am pleased they did so. I will show you a bunch of Show images I finished up just before we sped away...
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Matt Parkinson, JS is one of the artists from Dragons Breath Forge, up here in CT. He and his partners were at the Show and had a great event. Here's what they brought:
Jamie Lundell forged this AMAZING 'panabas' with crazy steel.
Peter Swarz-Burt used his own WOOTZ to create this integral chef's knife.
And he completes the kitchen duties with this cleaver.
Brian Tighe from CA sent me a BOX filled with his extremely well-made button lock folders. Check THESE out!
(Note: He also brought me another couple at the show, and I know he won an award for it.)
More next post....
Our love of knives and hardware is alive and well and GROWING. Our workload also reflected this increase. Whew. But, we were prepared.
My room was changed as we arrived to Boardroom #4 which was closer to the show hall. We were reluctant to change, because change IS hard, but in the end it was a better position for us, being in view and closer.
I erected two extra tall banners in the Atrium. Did you see these?
Susan, Trevor, and I drove from CT to Atlanta a day earlier, arriving Wed. eve. Setup began at 10am on Thursday, and I started actual shooting by 2pm. Projects came to us ALL weekend long, I arrived at 6am all three days, and I finished my last shot at 3:15pm on Sunday afternoon. It. Was. Crazy.
Staffing: Myself in the studio, Susan (Cooper) and Maggie Randall at the front desk, my son Trevor doing pickups and deliveries all weekend, and Buddy Thomason advising clients, and working with me in the studio. I can't say enough good about ALL FOUR of them!
I hosted a seminar on Sunday morning @9:30am-10:15am, which talked about the processes and methods and directions that a good photo can provide. (I will write more about this some other post, but not right yet.)
BEFORE I left I had a bunch of savvy makers send me their work ahead of schedule. I am pleased they did so. I will show you a bunch of Show images I finished up just before we sped away...
_______________________________
Matt Parkinson, JS is one of the artists from Dragons Breath Forge, up here in CT. He and his partners were at the Show and had a great event. Here's what they brought:
Jamie Lundell forged this AMAZING 'panabas' with crazy steel.
Peter Swarz-Burt used his own WOOTZ to create this integral chef's knife.
And he completes the kitchen duties with this cleaver.
Brian Tighe from CA sent me a BOX filled with his extremely well-made button lock folders. Check THESE out!
(Note: He also brought me another couple at the show, and I know he won an award for it.)
More next post....
