Blade Show 2005 - 45 and a wake-up - some general info

[GigOne]

Blade Show '05 (Hotlanta GA) is rapidly approaching. . . .so I thought that I'd post some info for those going, contemplating their attendence, or would just like to know. . . .



Date: June 3 - 5, 2005
Location: Cobb Galleria Centre and Renaissance Waverly Hotel (Atlanta GA)

General info:

-Over 600 tables offering custom-made and antique knives, plus manufacturer booths

-American Bladesmith Society annual convention

-ABS forging demonstrations and World Championship Cutting Competition finals.

-Special Knifemakers' Guild section.

-FREE "Super Seminars" on Saturday & Sunday. Watch for schedule!

-Blade magazine's 2005 Knives of the Year awards

-Custom-knife awards

-2005 Blade magazine Cutlery Industry Hall of Fame inductions

-The nation's top collections.

-All major knifemaking suppliers


Public Hours

Friday, June 3: 2-7 p.m.
Saturday, June 4: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, June 5: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.


Admission

$10 per day
$15 two day pass
$20 three day pass
-Under 12 FREE with paid adult

Early Bird admission available for an additional $10 per admission Friday only.
Admits you to the show starting at 12 noon.

Or. . . .get a VIP pass from your favorite VIP pass haver.



ABS World Championship Cutting Competition Finalists

-The competition takes place Saturday, June 4th.

Reggie Barker
Adam Des Rosiers
Dan Farr
Dickie Robinson
Dan Winkler
Jim Crowell (Alternate)




Booth assignment and layout. . . .to follow.

 

[Dysentery Bob]

Thanks for the heads up. Now that I live in the Metro area, I will plan to attend, just to look at some real knives of quaility.

 

[GigOne]

BLADE Show Seminar/Event Schedule


Friday, June 3

11:00 a.m. ABS Auction



Saturday, June 4

8:00 a.m. Randall Knife Society-Room 103

8:00 a.m. Buck Collectors Club board meeting-Room 108

9:30 a.m. 30-Minute Yoga Intro For Deep Relaxation & Stress Reduction-Jot Singh Khalsa, Room 107

10:00 a.m. How To Throw Knives & Tomahawks-Bobby Branton, The Courtyard

10:30 a.m. Knifemaker Freedom & High-Performance Knives-Ed Fowler, Room 110

11:15 a.m. James Williams Japanese Sword Demonstration-The Courtyard

11:30 a.m. Bladesmithing For Kids-Joe Keeslar, Larry Harley & Wes Byrd, Room 108

12:00 p.m. How To Do The Japanese Silk Cord Wrap-Wally Hayes, Room 110

12:00 p.m. Buck Collectors Club-Room 103

12:30 p.m. How To Forge Knives-Bill Moran & Jay Hendrickson with the Ken Mankel Mobile Forge, The Courtyard

1:00 p.m. Pete Hamilton & Bob Gaddis Talk Randall Knives-Pete Hamilton and Bob Gaddis, Room 110

1:45 p.m. 3rd Annual ABS World Cutting Competition Championship Finals-The Courtyard

2:15 p.m. What To Look For In High-End & Tactical Handmades-Bob Neal & Les Robertson, Room 108

2:45 p.m. Edged Weapons: Separating Myth From Reality-Ernest Emerson, Room 110

3:15 p.m. How To Grind A Knife-Bob Dozier, The Courtyard

4:00 p.m. ABS Cutting Demonstration-Bill Moran, Room 103


Sunday, June 5

8:00 a.m. Worship Service-The Rev. W.D. Pease, Room 103

9:30 a.m. 30-Minute Yoga Intro For Deep Relaxation & Stress Reduction-Jot Singh Khalsa, Room 107

10:30 a.m.Proper Using Handle Design-Dan Farr, Room 108

11:00 a.m. How To Critique ABS Journeyman and Master Smith Knives-B.R. Hughes, Mike Williams, Greg Neely and Bert Gaston, Room 103

11:15 a.m. Dance Of The Japanese Swords-Angel Sword, The Courtyard

11:30 a.m. Japanese Steel: Tama-hagane-Ray Rybar, Room 110

12:00 p.m. The United Kingdom's War On Knives & What It Means to American Knife Owners-Evan Nappen, Room 108

12:30 p.m. Scrimshaw: When, Why and What!-Rick Hutchings, Room 107

1:00 p.m. Knife-and-Tomahawk Throwing Competition-John Bailey, The Courtyard

 

[Goodmanfj]

Great post , I live 1/2 hour from Atlanta and if anyone needs info or help let me know.

 

[GigOne]

Meyerco announces Blackie Collins knife signing at BLADE Show

Meyerco has announced an exciting opportunity taking place for show attendees.

Meyerco will be giving away 500 knives made especially for the BLADE Show. Blackie Collins will be signing them at their booth and giving them away to show attendees. Please visit them at Booth # 92 for your chance to meet Blackie in person and get one of the limited edition knives he will be signing. These knives cannot be bought anywhere.

The first signing will be at:

12 noon Friday, and again at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday will be 11:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.,

and the last 100 will be signed on Sunday at 12 noon.

Don’t miss this chance to meet Blackie Collins and get an autographed limited edition knife at the world’s number one knife show!

Not bad. . . .free sharp, pointy objects.

 

[Temper]

Oh man, I missed SS and now this :grumpy: