Blade 2011

[Murray White]

Don Cowles always has a nice variety of his knife available and the presentation is top drawer

some examples

Donald Vogt normally brings one knife and this years is the inset

Not all knives are made of steel --Flint Knapping is alive and well

Hiroaki Ohta speaks with a customer

and some of his knives

Jack Berk takes time out his efforts to re supply his shop by talking with Steve Johnson and Barry Lee Hands

John Cohea is doing very nice work in damascus along the lines of early Native American Hawks, Axes and knives with appropriately dressed sheaths

this is one of his sets

 

[Don Hanson III]

Great job, Murray! Very good visiting with ya.

 

[Murray White]

A customer checks out a nice folder of which only a few are left from Joe Kious

Phyllis looks at some of John Manikowski's knives

the type of work is quite different from one another as can be seen

John Virani is doing some very interesting knives and seems to be successful with his chosen use of brass

Bowies, hunters and daggers

Phyllis with Nina and Ken King

some of Kenneth's knives

 

[Murray White]

another of the International partners

and in the same theme here is Michael Almquist

and a knife

Mark Nevling forges all his own blades

these are some of his efforts

the center piece was very nice

Mathew Lerch had a couple of pieces and one was heavily engraved

Paul Jarvis is another that always borders the spectacular

just pure art

 

[xaman]

Awesome stuff Murray, THANKS for all the hard work!

 

[Murray White]

Rick Genovese does both fixed blades and folders

one in Pearl

Rick Barrett is well known for his Katana's but he also does other blades

like this fighter

Robert Kaufmann from Germany creates some unusual knives and swords

three views of this one upcoming showing it in its full array

showing the removal area of the chop sticks and small daggers

and fully taken down -- check this out Karl

Sharla Hansen showing the joint project of herself and her husband Shaun

 

[Murray White]

A couple of nicely engraved folders by Tom Overeynder

The Vallatons always have a wide array of folders for the collector

a small group here

followed by this really exciting looking pair

and lastly this single fellow

William Lloyd certainly lets his imagination and creativity and skills run wild

And thus we come to the end of photos for Saturday but don't worry, there are more to come.

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks for all the hard work your putting into this thread and photos Murray, and it was nice meeting and visiting with you and Phyllis!

 

[Murray White]

When finally getting to the last of the Guild members, we found old friends first in Charles Vestal a CKCA member who offers CKCA members a 10% discount on the basic price of any model so be sure to visit him at a show or online

here are a couple of his in the Loveless tradition

Always good to see an old friend from years ago at many a Guild show -- David Broadwell

beautiful dagger and fighter with lots of David's excellent carving for which he is well known

a little dagger

and of course the famous Broadwell Subhilt

James Sponaugle is here with his grandson and had some fine knives to show

a couple of examples

 

[eisman]

Murray -

Thank you. I really regret missing this years show but these photos allowed me to take part and remember past shows and the fine people I've met at them. I'll see you there next year.

Kevin C

 

[Murray White]

He is not named Hoss for no reason but he does make a lot of knife the a user or collector can get a hand around

this is a really nice looking Bowie

We began this little adventure into the world of the Blade Thursday evening at the CKCA banquet and mini knife show -- well it was actually the Michael Telanian show-- and so it is appropriate that the adventure end with STeven Garsson providing a tour of dealers who can help collectors learn about one of the Fathers of modern knifemaking -- Bob Loveless.

After leaving the CKCA booth, his first stop was to speak with Dave Ellis who deals with many of the knives in the Loveless name

following this he pressed Major Louis Chow into service and those following along learned more from this major collector of custom handmade cutlery

the group attending certainly got lots of info

Charles Vestal kept a close eye on this item being examined

John Denton well known collector of Loveless knives spoke to the group

Somehow I lost the group but had lots of other folks to speak with and take photos but I'm sure the whole tour was enjoyable for those attending and CKCA and the others that attended thank group leader STeven for doing this event again.

 

[Hmathews]

This is a great overview of the show and really helps put faces with names. The Blade Show kind of turns into a blur of faces, names and knives after about 3:00 on Friday

Murray, the maker in this photo is Knifemaker's Guild member Jim Ragsdale from Ellijay, Ga.

 

[fisk]

It was a good show and fun to see everyone again. Attendance was certainly up. The CKCA banquet was well attended and just a relaxed bit of fun.

 

[ScottRoush]

Thanks for letting me re-live the event with all of these photos.. and thank you for taking the time to look at my work and offer very, very, VERY valuable feedback for a neophyte.

 

[ddd]

Murray,

You really brought the spirit of this great knife show to all
that missed it, causing I am sure, that next year they will have to
make it to BLADE...

Enjoying your photographic tours of knife shows keeps them alive
in the minds of those that were there too, and for a long, long time!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

 

[RogerP]

Glad you got a shot of Cohea's table. Man, that damascus hawk 'n knife set was several kinds of awesome.

Scott - I was glad I was able to catch up with you and look over your knives. I have been really admiring your developing and unique style from your forum, and enjoyed looking over your fine pieces in person. Keep up the good work.

 

[Berno]

Hiroaki Ohta speaks with a customer

Thanks for the pictures,thanks for making me cross The Atlantic ...

I believe that the customer of right-hand side is Hanada San " Rockstead"

 

[rabanwelsch]

Thank you very much for all pics!

So i have the chance to take also part at this great show!!!

 

[Dusty One]

Thank You for taking the time to do this...Much Appreciated !

 

[Bastid]

Thank you for the ID on Jim Ragsdale Harry.

Jim is one of the good guys in our community and has been making knives for a long time. I guess I have known him for 20 years or so. He is nothing short of a gentleman. I always look forward to seeing him.

Murray, I am sorry I missed talking with you this year. What a great thread and review of the show. Thank you!
Gus