NYCK Show....Awesome!

I had no idea the traffic there was that bad...I am pretty sure that I won't go there again..might do the Boise one next year as my brother lives there
 
One thing I don't get is why so many people drove. The location was super easy to get to using public transport. As a NY dweller PT is my default choice but still it seems like it'd be a lot easier to take a train from pretty much anywhere (probably not if coming from CT).
 
As far as the anodized Michael Raymond it was gorgeous but it was't anodized. He said it was actually made from two different colored types of titanium compounded together like damascus. Real cool.
 
I don't what the answer is but having that many makers that sell everything they have brought in the first hour makes the show look pretty sorry come Sunday morning. I heard estimates of from 25 to 50 of the tables being empty with no one behind them on the third day.
 
Funny thread . . .

Title says "Awesome" but it seems that a lot of the posts say "screw job." From what I am reading, I am glad I did not waste my time.
 
The Virginian said:
Funny thread . . .

Title says "Awesome" but it seems that a lot of the posts say "screw job." From what I am reading, I am glad I did not waste my time.
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Well, I guess it is because I was pretty close, didn't hit too much traffic getting there and never went with the intention of buying anything specifically. So, to me, it was an awesome show. Got a nice stuff I wasn't expecting and the chance to talk to and meet some cool people.
 
awh said:
Personally I thought the show sucked. Cost me $80 and 4 hours of driving time. I purchased the VIP ticket for $10 extra to get in a hour early (technically before it was open to the public) on Friday the day the show opened, and when I got in just about every custom knife had already been sold. Dealers had snatched the entire inventory the night before. I had about 5 makers who's offerings I was interested in (Jeremy Horton, RJ Martin, Allen Elishewitz, Kirby Lambert, Bob Terzuola etc etc) and all of them were basically sold out when the show started. The only people who had inventory where resellers. Complete waste of time. I'll never go back. Better deals and better variety online. Sad, because I purchased my first knife from Walter Brend, back at the NY Knife show 20 years ago (when it was still in NY), and had not been back since.
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Man I would have been pissed.....
 
Not a big fan of dealer mark up here. I can see already on a certain mid western site the knives mentioned have already been sold.
 
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