Buck Knives at the St Louis NRA Show

[DeSotoSky]

The NRA annual meeting was this weekend here in St Louis. Ironic since St Louis isn't a very gun friendly city (convention money talks) but that's another story. Knowing Buck Knives was going to have a booth at the show I did something I normally avoid doing and took a trip into the city today. I was just sure going to the Buck booth would be a worthwhile experience. I even pulled out a brand new Buck Knives ball cap to wear .. Perhaps my anticipation raised my expectation beyond reason, there were a couple of display cases where I could see some of the new knives but other than that, there wasn't much to offer. I was hoping there might be a show special Buck/NRA knife I could buy...nope. I was also hoping to score a some Buck trinkets for my display case...nope, nothing. Not a pen, not a pin, not a patch, decal, catalogs, flyers or anything to be had. There wasn't even someone actually from Buck Knives Inc. manning the booth.

I certainly enjoyed the rest of the show, what's not to like about a show with over 500 vendors.

I must say that this picture isn't typical, I had to wait a bit to find a moment where there wasn't a bunch of people in the way.

 

[David Martin]

Nice photo. What is the third picture down on the left of? I would have enjoyed chating with those non-Buck folks and signed them up in the collectors club. I bet it was a nice large show. DM

 

[David Martin]

CJ, Was indeed at this show as well as several members. I've been reading about it. I don't know where everybody was when you happened by. DM

 

[DeSotoSky]

Nice photo. What is the third picture down on the left of? ... DM

Looks like a Moose to me.

 

[AfghanWarrior]

Very cool and wish I could attend both. I did attend the other show aka the 425 vendors (all knife) in Eugene, Oregon, at the 37th OKCA knife show. I meet Buck Director of Consumer Relations, Joe Houser there as Buck had a table there also. Not as nice a display, but great prices on many Buck knives:thumbup: Did they sell Buck knives at the St Louis NRA show?

 

[DeSotoSky]

... Did they sell Buck knives at the St Louis NRA show?

Yes, It appeared that all the knives in the two cases had price tags. There were a number of knives in the cases on my "2012 list" but as a BCCI member there are better purchasing options. I think the people running the booth were Ozark Cutlery from Joplin, MO (endevergsp on eBay) so I wonder if the inventory was theirs and not Buck Inc's.