BF Toronto - 2nd 'Git Together Mini-Review

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Hi All,

Welcome to the review of the second official Bladeforums Toronto luncheon! Our little homage to the Blade show featured a barbecue at Murray White’s “house of knives” and a knife show-and-tell. Special thanks go out to Murray (and Phyllis) for hosting the event and for the photography (oh, and for making great barbecued mushrooms).

BF Toronto members in attendance were:
Murray and Phyllis White, Robert Laufer (RL), George Tichbourne, Roger Pinnock (RogerP), Holger Enge (cockroachfarm), and newcomer Robert Barghout (Bobby B) who drove 1.5 hours to attend the event.

We didn’t waste any time getting to the knives. There were close to 150 knives on scene, including the likes of Fisk, JW Smith, Fitch, Siska, Tom Mayo, Lightfoot, Wolfe, Brian Lyttle, Carter, Walker, and scores of other makes (custom and production). We don’t have pics of them all but here is an idea…

Fisk

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JW Smith

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George tries to get a closer look at the color of the pearl and Damascus (that’s Robert B in the background)

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Big Fitch

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Little Fitch

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Holger and Robert L taking a close look at some of Roger's prizes

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Speaking of which, here’s Roger admiring his wonderful Damascus Bowie by Brazilian maker Korth.

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and a close-up of the knife

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back to George who is looking at a new knife from South African Rob Brown (note the snazzy cockroachfarm hat)

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and the usual close-up (sorry, I have exceeded the maximum embedded pics)

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George brought along some of his new military knives…

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You can see other knives in Murray’s collection here:

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=mur_phy

Following the tradition established at our first event, I cut myself. Let’s just say that the Microtech LUDT has A LOT of recoil…as in enough to make it fly out of my hand and stab me in the leg (and poke a hole in my new pants).

Throughout the afternoon, we tried to get in touch with Neil Ostroff (www.truenorthknives.com) who was live at the Blade show in Atlanta. We were not able to get through but I did speak to Neil just prior to our luncheon…Neil was kind enough to get a Strider BD for me…. Thanks Neil, I received it today and it is awesome!!

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We did not get a chance to see the instructional videos (with Michael Janich and James Keating) that I brought along…there’s always next time!

Thanks to all who came out and thanks again to the Whites for hosting.

Regards,
RL
 
RL,

As usual, a comprehensive and detailed review. Sorry that I was unable to attend- I look forward to the next one- September?

Best wishes to all the Bladeforum Toronto gang.

Yours truly,

Neil
 
It was a lot of fun, too bad I was so tired (up all night before).

Having the time to closely examine some of Roger's and Murray's fixed blades was a real pleasure. Usually there is a lineup to look at fine pieces like the Fisk and the Korth knives but there were so many excellent knives there that there was no waiting. I was particularly impressed with some Hargreaves scrimshaw, one piece by Charlie and another by his son Warren?.

I look forward to doing it again, see y'all there.
 
Hi RL,

Thanks for the report - I had a fabulous time meeting up with some of the rest of the Toronto group. Not often I get to sit around and talk knives for hours. A special thanks to Murray for hosting and to George for his valuable insights on the various techniques employed in making some of the knives that were on display. I certainly have a better understanding now as to why that JWS folder is so smooooth.

Look forward to the next one.

Cheers,

RogerP
 
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