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Mornin'
Sorry i didn't get this up Sunday. Circumstances made me miss the last day of the show and than to top it off my server was down last night when I finally did get a chance to go online, Figures!
There was a large selection of different types of dealers at the show. Acouple of large selections of MT, Case, and Randalls where there for perusal if that was your style. For the other factory knives there was a large turnout, just not a big concentration in any one place. The Older military knives and bayonets looked like they were getting more attention than a lot of the other stuff.
For custom knives there were several purveyors there that had nice selections. One gentleman had a case of nothing but Mike Franklin pieces, Nice! Other than that I didn't see any other large concentration of a single maker, just a couple pieces here and there. I saw several Bud Nealys, Kit Carsons, a Darrel Ralph, etc, etc. Some of the makers that were there include Dick Atkinson, Lowell Bray, Dan Mink, Steve Miller, Reese Weiland, Joel Humphreys, Martin Prudente, Chuck Dintruff, Cliff Parker, Dan Vogt, Hoot Gibson, and a couple of others to whom I apologize for forgetting their names. Bob Doggett (Dogman) was also at Reese's table Fri. and Sat. He had two or three very nice pieces sitting there just begging to be bought! Cliff Parker is a smith who had some very nice knives out of his own damascus. He also had a Koji Hara air step straight knife that Koji made for him out of Cliff's own damascus, sweet! For a good using knife at a decent price, both Lowell Bray and Steve Miller were guys to look at, well worth the small price they were asking.
Awards were given for four diferent catagories:
Best of Show went to a Shostall made knife.
Folder went to Mark Clark.
Straight Knife went to Don Vogt.
Antique went to Alan Weinstein for a Napanock piece.
I didn't take as much time to make sure I had all the info I needed like I should have done, so I apologize for any incorections and incomplete information.
Hopefully the show went well for everyone that was there, although IMO I don't think as many knives changed hands as would have been preferred. I had fun and enjoyed the various conversations I had with the makers that I talked to.
Take care.
Andy
Sorry i didn't get this up Sunday. Circumstances made me miss the last day of the show and than to top it off my server was down last night when I finally did get a chance to go online, Figures!
There was a large selection of different types of dealers at the show. Acouple of large selections of MT, Case, and Randalls where there for perusal if that was your style. For the other factory knives there was a large turnout, just not a big concentration in any one place. The Older military knives and bayonets looked like they were getting more attention than a lot of the other stuff.
For custom knives there were several purveyors there that had nice selections. One gentleman had a case of nothing but Mike Franklin pieces, Nice! Other than that I didn't see any other large concentration of a single maker, just a couple pieces here and there. I saw several Bud Nealys, Kit Carsons, a Darrel Ralph, etc, etc. Some of the makers that were there include Dick Atkinson, Lowell Bray, Dan Mink, Steve Miller, Reese Weiland, Joel Humphreys, Martin Prudente, Chuck Dintruff, Cliff Parker, Dan Vogt, Hoot Gibson, and a couple of others to whom I apologize for forgetting their names. Bob Doggett (Dogman) was also at Reese's table Fri. and Sat. He had two or three very nice pieces sitting there just begging to be bought! Cliff Parker is a smith who had some very nice knives out of his own damascus. He also had a Koji Hara air step straight knife that Koji made for him out of Cliff's own damascus, sweet! For a good using knife at a decent price, both Lowell Bray and Steve Miller were guys to look at, well worth the small price they were asking.
Awards were given for four diferent catagories:
Best of Show went to a Shostall made knife.
Folder went to Mark Clark.
Straight Knife went to Don Vogt.
Antique went to Alan Weinstein for a Napanock piece.
I didn't take as much time to make sure I had all the info I needed like I should have done, so I apologize for any incorections and incomplete information.
Hopefully the show went well for everyone that was there, although IMO I don't think as many knives changed hands as would have been preferred. I had fun and enjoyed the various conversations I had with the makers that I talked to.
Take care.
Andy
