I went today at around 2PM and it was already pretty crowded. I asked some people on the outside table where the tickets were sold and they were nice enough to give me a VIP pass. It only cost me $6 for a 3 day pass, that was nice.
I saw the Buck display and looked at some of the knives. I look at a knife and said, can I see that 501 and pointed, the employee was unsure if that was a 501, then he opened it and said, huh I guess it is. I then looked at a really large fixed blade with stag handle and asked if that was a 124 and he said yes. When I got to hold it, it was obvious that it was NOT a 124, way too big. I asked where can I get some of these Bucks that were not in the catalog, he said they have some papers about it, but not sure were. I then asked when the Buck annual member meeting was and both employees didn't know. (It is 12 PM on Saturday in room 103.) I was a little dissapointed at what little they knew. Which if you think about it, is kind of wierd for a annual show to have employees not know all that much.
I later found all the Buck dispalys by collectors. It was super. As usual Larry Oden's display was great. I meet a collector with a small display, his name was Eddy Birdwell. He was very nice and talked to me for a long time. It is amazing to me that these guys volunteer to come out and do all that work. My hats off to all the members of the Buck club who put up all those neat displays.
I did get to see the waterbuffaloo 500 and the orange bone 532 that are on the Buck web special page. Since I ordered some knives, I was interested in looking at them.
After looking at a lot of other section of the blade show, I went to the Buck display around 4:30 PM and saw Chuck Buck, wow, I bet he knows something about Bucks. I walked over and he was talking to another customer. I didn't butt in, I guess I could of said "HI, you don't know me, but I have bought some of your knives". I bet he never heard that before. Anyway, I listened to him talking about knives, it was great, just to be around listening.
One more thing, some of the people by the Buck member display said, "Buck may try to get all Buck knives made in the USA in 2 to 5 years". I was a little surprised, I figure they were assembling some in Mexico and tons made in China. But, I heard this from 3 people, including Eddy Birdwell.
If you have been to the show, give me your opinion of what you found.
I saw the Buck display and looked at some of the knives. I look at a knife and said, can I see that 501 and pointed, the employee was unsure if that was a 501, then he opened it and said, huh I guess it is. I then looked at a really large fixed blade with stag handle and asked if that was a 124 and he said yes. When I got to hold it, it was obvious that it was NOT a 124, way too big. I asked where can I get some of these Bucks that were not in the catalog, he said they have some papers about it, but not sure were. I then asked when the Buck annual member meeting was and both employees didn't know. (It is 12 PM on Saturday in room 103.) I was a little dissapointed at what little they knew. Which if you think about it, is kind of wierd for a annual show to have employees not know all that much.
I later found all the Buck dispalys by collectors. It was super. As usual Larry Oden's display was great. I meet a collector with a small display, his name was Eddy Birdwell. He was very nice and talked to me for a long time. It is amazing to me that these guys volunteer to come out and do all that work. My hats off to all the members of the Buck club who put up all those neat displays.
I did get to see the waterbuffaloo 500 and the orange bone 532 that are on the Buck web special page. Since I ordered some knives, I was interested in looking at them.
After looking at a lot of other section of the blade show, I went to the Buck display around 4:30 PM and saw Chuck Buck, wow, I bet he knows something about Bucks. I walked over and he was talking to another customer. I didn't butt in, I guess I could of said "HI, you don't know me, but I have bought some of your knives". I bet he never heard that before. Anyway, I listened to him talking about knives, it was great, just to be around listening.
One more thing, some of the people by the Buck member display said, "Buck may try to get all Buck knives made in the USA in 2 to 5 years". I was a little surprised, I figure they were assembling some in Mexico and tons made in China. But, I heard this from 3 people, including Eddy Birdwell.
If you have been to the show, give me your opinion of what you found.
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