Lone Star Knife Expo, April 8-9, Dallas

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The Lone Star Knife Expo is next weekend, April 8 and 9, at Market Hall in Dallas. We will have over 50 tables of custom knife makers, including Johnny Stout, Bill Ruple, Jerry Moen, Travis Payne, and myself among others. Jantz will be there with supplies, and Terry Dunn will be there with excellent stabilized wood.

The show has been going for five or six years now, and is the largest knife show in Texas. Hope so if you can make it out.

Because my wife had twins March 6, I've been a little busy, LOL. I will be bringing a bunch of kitchen knives, so that I won't have to stop and make sheaths. Here's a 12"
Western-style chef knife, with dovetail bolsters and a tapered tang, and 154 CM with maple burl. I will have this one along side several other chef knives in both Western and Santoku style, a couple of pettys, and a few hunters left over from a previous show.

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Jason, I was there as a visitor for either the first show or the second. There was some nice stuff, but you guys were stuck all the way in the back of that big gun show with the beef jerky. Has that gotten any better?
 
jdm61 said:
Jason, I was there as a visitor for either the first show or the second. There was some nice stuff, but you guys were stuck all the way in the back of that big gun show with the beef jerky. Has that gotten any better?
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I remember meeting you, Joe. The last two years we have been the only ones in the East Hall. The beef jerky guys all stayed in the west hall.


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That's good. Are they doing a better job promoting the knife show? I remember that being a complaint. I also remember that there was a really good variety of table holders there, including Scott Devanna's people who were promoting the "new to us" PSF 27 steel and one guy who had a water jet biz. A good one stop shopping experience for the knife maker. Who was the young knife maker who passed away recently?
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I remember meeting you, Joe. The last two years we have been the only ones in the East Hall. The beef jerky guys all stayed in the west hall.


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Are you thinking of Ram Maramba? He passed three years ago, if I remember right. We shared a square at the last show he did there. It was me, Ram, Tony Baker, and Warren Osborne.

Good variety this year also. Scott D will be there again, as will the cutting competition guys. Jantz will be there. Paragon will be there with ovens and some kind of new salt pot system. We talked to Maxim Oil, can't remember if they were going to have a table.

Has there ever been a knife show where somebody didn't fuss about the level of promotion?
 
Yes, that was him. Very sad. That salt pot system sounds interesting. Let us know what that looks like.
Jason Fry said:
Are you thinking of Ram Maramba? He passed three years ago, if I remember right. We shared a square at the last show he did there. It was me, Ram, Tony Baker, and Warren Osborne.

Good variety this year also. Scott D will be there again, as will the cutting competition guys. Jantz will be there. Paragon will be there with ovens and some kind of new salt pot system. We talked to Maxim Oil, can't remember if they were going to have a table.

Has there ever been a knife show where somebody didn't fuss about the level of promotion?
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Here's this year's table holder list. Alphabetical order, and the numbers don't mean anything.
Baskett Gene 1
Begg Todd 2
Bliss Devin 3
Borton Bryan 4
Buzek Stan 5
Coble Cutlery 6
Couch David 7
Davidson Jeff 8
Dunn Terry 2 9 &10
Flanigan Burt 11
Fry Jason 12
Garza Robert 13
Gowens Ronnie 14
Green Eland 15
Griggs Andrew 16
Hawkins Charles 17
Hecht Tim 18
Henicke Paul 19
Herring Jamie 20
Hinds Vance 21
Howely Troy 22
Hunt Raymond 23
Huse James 24
Ivy James 25
Jantz Supply booth 26
Jenkins Mitch 27
Jones Lee 28
Joshua Stevens 29
Langley Gary 30
Linton Kin 31
Litz Matt 32
Mangum Bret 33
McConnell Loyd 34
Merritt Kendall 35
Merz Bob 36
Mirand Nate 37
Moen Jerry 38
Moen Kyle 39
Myers Steve 40
Noel William 41
Ohlemann Robert
Packard Ronnie 42
Paragon 2 booths 43 & 44
Patterson Nelson 45
Payne Travis 46
Petzke Jeff 2 elect 47 & 48
Ray Eddy 49
Reeder Products booth elect 50
Royer Caleb booth elect 51
Ruple Bill 52
SB Specialty Metals 53
Shewmaker Bob 54
Shore John 55
Smith Clint 56
Steketee Craig 57
Stice Doug 58
Stout Johnny 59
Stracener Todd 60
Surels Alan 61
Swenson Luke 62
TKG 63
White Jim 64
 
Here's the final kitchen batch. I will have a Texas themed Bowie and a couple of hunters as well.
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