Blade Show Plans

[Gus Kalanzis]

Those going. What's high on your list?
(For me it will be some M.S. test daggers from friends testing that have been on order for a while, a Ruple damascus and pearl whittler, and hopefully something from Richard Rogers and Joel Chamblin (kind of a show tradition.)

For those who will not be there. Is there anything you want those of us who are going to check out?

 

[fasteddie]

Highlights for me: Meeting Richard Rogers and Joel Chamblin and checking out their knives; Meeting Bill Ruple and checking out the Texas toothpicks (dont want to spoil his surprise by saying any more); meeting the Boses and JpN; Meeting Tom Mayo(already know and enjoy his knives); Meeting Bob Neal and Les Robertson; saying hi to David Hodge who I haven't seen in almost 10 years. BTW, David and Les are the ones who got me started.

 

[PhilL]

I'm not sure he's going to have it ready for the show, but I have been talking to ABS MS P.J. Tomes about one of his small folders. This is the knife he won Most Innovative Folder for at Blade 2001. You can see a pic of it here.
http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/displayKnife.asp?pid=1168

I spoke to PJ a couple of weeks ago and he wants me to consider this new folder he's been working on instead, but I've wanted this little peanut for two years so I told him, "Let's do the peanut first."

I also need to see KIt Carson about a Chute knife that I had to put on hold after 9/11/01.

 

[Danbo]

So far, my plans definitely include Jerry Hossom, John Fitch, Roger Massey, Nick Wheeler and R.J. Martin. The rest, I will just improvise as I go along!