Knob Creek Eye Candy for ya's

I knew you were going to put these up on line :).. Man, makes me wish I had picked some more.. Some very sweet blades this time to choose from... and a lot of hungry hogs.. I'm still surprised nobody gets cut in the first minute
 
so help me God, one day I will make it to another show! Thanks for taking all the pics :thumbup:
 
DeAdEyE956 said:
The blades with "fins" along the spine to edge


What are these models? If they weren't all sold are they for sale via phone order?
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That is the HG55. You can search on that term and find more info. AFAIK, none were left over.
 
jnphares said:
The character of Knob Creek and Blade is very different. Blade is the biggest knife show in the country and tends to be more about new releases; don't expect to see something from two or three years ago at Blade. They also have to keep knives on the tables throughout the show, so what they bring won't be available all at once. Knob Creek gets a lot of older stuff -- if some old blanks are left over, they'll finish them up and bring 'em. Except for one show, all of the Knob Creeks that I've attended have been purely first come, first served. If they could sell everything on the first day, they'd be happy -- the Busse crew comes to town to sell knives.

Blade is more of a trade show, so is more about generating "buzz" and brand recognition -- its as much (or even more) of a social event/party as a knife sale. I've never been to Blade, and will probably never attend, but I've talked with a lot of folks who have. Knob Creek often has show specials -- they didn't this year, but they usually do and this was a weird situation with the Machine Gun Shoot having been canceled; KC specials are good, but some of the Blade specials I've heard about have been outstanding -- for instance, when the Gladius was released, LEs were a show special at more than 50% off. Most of the people who attend Blade love it, but it's a true multi-day event where you should hang out and see what's happening at the booth several times per day, not a stop in once, buy your knives and leave, which works fine at Knob Creek. I like Knob Creek, I don't know that I would like Blade nearly as much -- that's not to say that one is better than the other, just that they're different types of events.
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Jim said it very well, the two shows are different in character. I was something like 10th through the door yesterday, and it seemed like half of the 400+ knives were already snatched up. Last time at Blade (2009) there was something similar, as we arrived at the Busse booth seconds after the doors opened at 12 noon, the booth was covered with an assortment of blades, and they were priced 20% off from 12 - 12:30. The satin FSH lasted about 9 seconds. The Show Special pricing is Jerry's way of rewarding the flock of faithful who make the trip to Atlanta.
 
M67 said:
That was in my possesion for about 10 minutes, after that......... :D

I'll let the current owner speak up.
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It was fun to watch all the trading going on, as people checked out each other's stash to see who scored what.
 
Thanks for sharing all these pics!

Between the fun, and the pricing, and the juicy old models available for purchase, I'm going to have to try to make at least one of next year's shows...
 
resinguy said:
That is the HG55. You can search on that term and find more info. AFAIK, none were left over.
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Thanks Resin. I'm glad they were sold out, the bed is way.more comfortable than the couch. I will keep my eye out for that one. The TG, MBC, and Ruki are my first.actual purchases. I would like to add the.hg55 later.
 
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