Chicago Show 2007 • Photographs - Knives and Events

SharpByCoop

SharpByCoop

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Hi folks,

Many of you know that I was privileged to attend the Chicago Custom Knife Show (Sep 7th & 8th) as show photographer for the fourth year.

Every year Ed & Kathy Wormser and a host of others put together a knockout show, and this year the opportunities in the weekend were abundant: The show was only two days long, but both evening also had a secondary event. (It is no wonder this show is being recognized as the second best show to attend next to Blade. :thumbup: )

On Friday evening the Tactical Invitational was held, and it was a catered, upscale event for the best-of-the-best in this popular genre.

On Saturday evening the 'Night of 101 Knives' auction stopped any speculation that quality custom knives and values were stationary. WOW!

The Show itself and the broad range of collectors it attracted made it mandatory for makers to bring their 'A' game. Those that did were especially successful.

I have spent a couple of weeks editing and preparing images for prints and delivery, and so that workload is completed. I now can offer you a taste of the knives that were sold at the show.

Chicago Images - Knives and events
(You may size the images any way you wish. I suggest ORIGINAL @ 900 pixels wide)

For a detailed and more accurate recap, please read Ed Wormser's accounting on his Chicago Custom Knife Show website

Thanks for looking!

Coop
 
You are very much the photo-documentarian.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Thanks, Coop........damn near made up for not being able to make it. :)
 
Almost made me feel I had been there, thanks for all your contributions to the forum. I and others appreciate all the work you do to make this a fun place to visit.

Jim
 
thanks for the photos coop! lots of nice images and lots of images by makers with whom I am not familiar so that was most enjoyable. Hope you found time to get around and also add to your own collection.
 
Great work Coop. Always a pleasure to work with you. I had planned to have a couple more photographed but it didn't work out.

Looking forward to next time.
 
Thanks Coop, as your photos are the very next best thing to actually being there. :thumbup:
 
coop....as usual great pics and thanks for sharing....what did you think of the kevin casey in person......they look great and i don't know anything about him......reminds of tom ferry's stuff......ryan
 
Super pics, its a shame you dont have time to mingle.
 
Hi folks,

Thanks for the nods. I enjoy showing these as much as I enjoy the creativity in display. Maybe they're interlinked.... ;)

Hi Jody. Yup, you're right. I have to be a consistent worker on these two days, and I really don't 'take in' the show like others. I enjoy two shows in NYC each year as a collector, and I relish those times.

Ryan: Kevin Casey's work was very woodsy and frontierlike--a welcome departure from the cityboy knives that Chicago sustains. :D

Coop
 
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