Blade Show Texas 2024

Yep, the Balisong folks in the corner were a real turn-off for me. The production booths in general were the best for me with several good interactions and some good knives for reasonable money too!

The custom side of the show was really mixed for me. Half the tables were either empty or the people there might as well have been somewhere else away from the show. Pricing generally seemed to be really high and quality was a bit suspect in many cases.

The facility itself was not very good IMHO. Zero tables and chairs for anyone to sit and rest a spell. Some of the floor staff were downright unpleasant in their interactions with vendors and patrons. Parking was problematic as well with my pickup.

The number of vendors selling Ti pens there was eye-opening. I get the trend for Tactical Pens for Mall Ninja's and the desire for some people to have a premium ballpoint pen but, the number of pen vendors at the show was way over the market demand IMHO.

The table I missed I assume because I walked by thinking it was another CNC slap-together maker was Mr. Wilson's table. I really would have liked to have seen and probably taken home one of his Kepharts. I guess that just means I will need to go to Atlanta Blade!

I hope Blade Texas finds a better venue for next year.
 
Yea that back corner definitely had a different vibe to it for sure. The first couple rows of the “custom” tables were disappointingly empty. A few open tables and chairs on the floor would have been nice for people to rest or have a drink at would have definitely been nice. I had no problems parking my truck in the parking garage either day across the street from the convention center was very convenient.
It was nice to see the mix between custom and industry knife makers represented although there were a few significant players absent.
 
A small scale version of what Blade Atlanta was like last year. Nothing against them personally, but it's a bunch of kids that are into these balisong type objects.

Think the same crowd that are into Pokemon cards and things like that, and some of them have cases stacked with these knives walking around with them, sitting on the floor trading them and playing with them. It's certainly not wrong, just not what I expect to see at a world class knife show.

Sam⚔️⚔️

oldmanwilly said:
Ok, I'll bite: what happened in the corner with the balisong bros? Did someone lose a game of mumbley-peg?
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