A few scenes from the 2010 Arkansas Knifemakers Association custom knife show

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Didn't want to clutter up Roger's nice review thread with these. I took very few pictures this year - mostly bought knives. Pictures of those will follow. In the meantime I hope you catch a bit of the show's feel from these.

#1 Fisk (L) and friends at the hotel, Thurs. eve.
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#2 About 2/3 of the show floor on Sunday mid-day. It was packed Saturday morning. "Better than last year" almost everyone said.
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#3 How to create a brand... Jerry Fisk is a country boy genius. That's "Bob" watching Jerry's table.
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#4 The looking (and buying)...
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#6 Chuck and Mary Ward back in the photo studio. Chuck is president and show photographer. Mary is also totally involved. It was a huge success in my opinion.
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#7 John Perry, ABS Mastersmith, left, and Mark Zalesky, editor of Knife World are agog over Mark's e-bay snag. On the other side of the handle there are several Masonic symbols, one rather rare. Jim Batson, keeper of all Bowie knowledge and top expert in these matters, believes this knife was made by none-other than James Black in Old Washington, AR - almost universally accepted maker of the famous sandbar duel Bowie knife that started it all. But the story is not over. Mark, the great depth of his Bowie knife knowledge I can only imagine, disagrees! Stay tuned. The investigations continue. Why is John Perry there? Because, he doesn't know it yet, but he's going to build that knife. He can't not do it. He loves that stuff. (I do too. Who wouldn't?)
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Good, good, good. I loved that overhead wide angle shot.

Thanks Buddy. Much appreciated.

Coop
 
Buddy,

Great action photos from the show.

Nice to see that Jerry Fisk brought the Mini me twins to watch his table.

Jim Treacy
 
I knew we could count on you for some excellent pics Buddy. I'm SO glad you got a pic of that antique bowie - I remember how enjoyable it was to see a guy like Batson acting like a kid in a candy store. Great stuff.

Roger
 
Thanks, Buddy. You and Roger rock for supplying those of us who couldn't go with all these great images!

Bob
 
Buddy,

Appreciate the additional photos. It was good to meet you and a great time all around. My first time but it sure seemed busy. Hope it was as good for the makers as it was the collectors.

Thanks again, Jon
 
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Buddy,
Thanks for all the nice shots of this great show ! :thumbup:
Happy to hear you scored some new cutlery and anxiously awaiting their images.

Doug
 
Buddy, thank you for the shots. Especially of the bowie. Figures I would forget my camera, but I did make detailed drawings. Kind of like moths to a light, knifemakers clustered around Mark's table. THank you again for the wonderful pictures, especially of mini-Jerry.
Brion
 
Thanks for the pictures! Meeting Mark Zalesky and having a chance to handle that knife was one of the biggest highlights of the show for me.
 
nice to see more images of the show and will look forward to seeing the individual knives you have images of as well as those you purchased. If we can't be at shows, it is great to see the reviews and photos. thanks!
 
Thanks for the positive feedback. That coffin handle American Bowie knife from the early 1800's of Mark Z's was a highlight for me too.

It's evident that one of my overlay experiments didn't work as some folks got the idea from #3 above that there are two of the little guys. No, just trying to get more info into the frame. Here's the scene without the overlay:

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Coop - #2 above required me to really push my camera. ISO 1250, handheld. Despite the hype it looks like for now, given the current batch of high end DSLRs, the practical ISO limit for the average pro photographer sits at about 3,200. It might get a lot better but then we're talking about cameras that can 'see' in the dark (not infrared)! That seems a bit much to me when other areas impacting image quality need more immediate attention. Your camera should be good for a while yet. Mine is already dated in this regard. Still, I'm impressed with the low noise at 1,250. It's not so much that noise was not present, esp. in the shadows and dark areas, but that it was easy to get rid of using standard PSCS4 tools.
 
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