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Sorry, no pictures, but I feel the need to brag. Got back from the show tonight, after spending Friday afternoon, all Saturday, and Sunday morning in knife heaven.
Started out on Friday by heading directly to the Badlands Booth. Arrived at the table by 12:03pm and got there just in time to be able to buy a TNT. It's a little bit different than the usual drop point, with a blade that's somewhere between a modified Wharncliffe and a spearpoint. Dexter Ewing told me that it's Tom's new model; all I know is that it's mine.
Stopped by a few tables to say hi to folks and then started the process of being awed by what I beheld. Admired the amazing work of Frank Centofante and even more amazingly, found that he still had knives on his table when my wife and I returned to the show at about 3 o'clock after getting some lunch. I'm now the very proud owner of a Frank Centofante side lock folder with abalone scales (so much for my plans to buy only one expensive knife
).
Meanwhile, while I was buying the Centofante folder, my wife was buying a Day Hiker from Kathleen Tomey. Kathleen's Thumb Tacs were pretty neat; I thought about buying one of the Wharncliffe ones, but didn't -- maybe at the Southeast Show.
Didn't buy any knives on Saturday, but this morning I picked up a Damasteel neck knife from Canadian maker Jim Downie and my wife got nice little liner lock folder with titanium scales and 12C27 blade from South African maker Carel Smith.
And while I was otherwise occupied, my wife bought me a Aaron Frederick liner lock -- it's a model he used to make with carbon fiber scales (no bolsters) that a customer had traded in on something fancier. I'd been playing with it, but had passed on it in a moment of practicality, even though it was priced very attractively -- sometimes my wife is too cool for words.
Started out on Friday by heading directly to the Badlands Booth. Arrived at the table by 12:03pm and got there just in time to be able to buy a TNT. It's a little bit different than the usual drop point, with a blade that's somewhere between a modified Wharncliffe and a spearpoint. Dexter Ewing told me that it's Tom's new model; all I know is that it's mine.
Stopped by a few tables to say hi to folks and then started the process of being awed by what I beheld. Admired the amazing work of Frank Centofante and even more amazingly, found that he still had knives on his table when my wife and I returned to the show at about 3 o'clock after getting some lunch. I'm now the very proud owner of a Frank Centofante side lock folder with abalone scales (so much for my plans to buy only one expensive knife
).Meanwhile, while I was buying the Centofante folder, my wife was buying a Day Hiker from Kathleen Tomey. Kathleen's Thumb Tacs were pretty neat; I thought about buying one of the Wharncliffe ones, but didn't -- maybe at the Southeast Show.
Didn't buy any knives on Saturday, but this morning I picked up a Damasteel neck knife from Canadian maker Jim Downie and my wife got nice little liner lock folder with titanium scales and 12C27 blade from South African maker Carel Smith.
And while I was otherwise occupied, my wife bought me a Aaron Frederick liner lock -- it's a model he used to make with carbon fiber scales (no bolsters) that a customer had traded in on something fancier. I'd been playing with it, but had passed on it in a moment of practicality, even though it was priced very attractively -- sometimes my wife is too cool for words.
