- Joined
- Feb 1, 2001
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Wow. What a weekend. This was my first trip to Blade and hopefully not my last. Where else can you see tons of beautiful knives, meet lots of great people and overhear Al Pendray and Don Fogg talk about heat treating.
I met tons of forumites there and all were really cool folks. First were my roommates Jeremy Reynolds and Yoda4561 aka Dan(don't call me Ray Bobo) Maben. I had a blast guys! Other neat people I met were Alchemy Knife(Pam) PFF, KVC135(Ken), Maurice, Ren the Devil's Trailboss(beautiful singing voice
) Tom Carey, Bob Porter(very cool guy), Danelle, Esav Benyamin, Rawhide Clyde, Rev. Pete, Brandon, NC Blades, Gollnick, Gus Kalanzis(finding Gus at a show is easy, look for the guy with a huge smile and walking really fast) and tons of others I can't think of at the moment. All great folks. Thanks for making Blade so much fun.
Some of the makers, dealers and production company guys I met were Kit Carson(You are the best, thanks again), Rob Simonich(wicked sense of humor), Don Eargle from Phoenix Blades, Mike and Kristi Obenauf, Les Robertson, Will Fennell, Bob Doggett, Jerry Hossom, Jerry Hendrix, Wayne Hendrix,Brad Duncan(thanks for the t-shirt), David Dempsey, Kathleen Tomey, Brian Tighe, Ryan Wilson, David Ellis(he let me hold a Loveless Big Bear!), Ed Fowler, Joel Pirela and Walter Brend to name only a few. Thanks for making us cool toys and being such great folks.
The first piece I picked up at Blade was an Urban Raven by Rob Simonich. S30V, G-10 Gunner Grip scales, tiger stripes and both edges hair popping sharp. A great defensive carry piece.
Edited cause I keep remembering folks I met.
I met tons of forumites there and all were really cool folks. First were my roommates Jeremy Reynolds and Yoda4561 aka Dan(don't call me Ray Bobo) Maben. I had a blast guys! Other neat people I met were Alchemy Knife(Pam) PFF, KVC135(Ken), Maurice, Ren the Devil's Trailboss(beautiful singing voice
) Tom Carey, Bob Porter(very cool guy), Danelle, Esav Benyamin, Rawhide Clyde, Rev. Pete, Brandon, NC Blades, Gollnick, Gus Kalanzis(finding Gus at a show is easy, look for the guy with a huge smile and walking really fast) and tons of others I can't think of at the moment. All great folks. Thanks for making Blade so much fun.Some of the makers, dealers and production company guys I met were Kit Carson(You are the best, thanks again), Rob Simonich(wicked sense of humor), Don Eargle from Phoenix Blades, Mike and Kristi Obenauf, Les Robertson, Will Fennell, Bob Doggett, Jerry Hossom, Jerry Hendrix, Wayne Hendrix,Brad Duncan(thanks for the t-shirt), David Dempsey, Kathleen Tomey, Brian Tighe, Ryan Wilson, David Ellis(he let me hold a Loveless Big Bear!), Ed Fowler, Joel Pirela and Walter Brend to name only a few. Thanks for making us cool toys and being such great folks.
The first piece I picked up at Blade was an Urban Raven by Rob Simonich. S30V, G-10 Gunner Grip scales, tiger stripes and both edges hair popping sharp. A great defensive carry piece.
Edited cause I keep remembering folks I met.
