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Oregon Show
- Thread starter shootz2
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YES!! My wife Audra and I will be attending, this will be our third year to this event. This year they have moved to larger building(next door to the old place)and have added some more tables, it should be a good show.The OKCA show draws a lot of makers from all across the country,they will be having a rope cutting contest(last years winner, Ed Schemp, finished first with a clean cut thru 8 1"ropes, pretty impressive!) empty pop can on a 2x6 cutting contest, and a cigerette paper held in a clothespin that is hanging from a string! ought to be intresting, its a good show with lots of knives, what more can ya ask for? Take the family, the Oregon coast is only an hour drive and is beautuiful!! More info go to www.oregonknifeclub.org/ hope to see ya there! Mike and Audra
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The Oregon Knife show In Eugene this last spring was great.
It was the first time to an all knife show for me.
Spent all day, spent WAY more than budgeted.
Got to talk to many knife makers, handle all kinds of custom and production blades. Lots of used and "for sale" signs walking around.
Some times you have to see first hand the detail and craftsmanship of handmade blades.
There is NO WAY to appreciate the feeling and energy by viewing on a web site or catalog.
The high point came when I happen to see a handmade fixed blade hunter on a table with two others, each slightly different.
The maker was from central Oregon, and only made a few knives each year. I already have an old hunter, don't care much for fixed blades, and was not interested in purchasing something just to sit around in a drawer.
But something made me
pick up THAT knife.
It was made for me. The knifemaker seemed introverted and I had to almost pry the necessary information, ie what metal, handle ect. He told me about how he may have taken the hardness up a bit more than usual. It was probably too thick for a good skinner, and that the handle was a bit too long for most hands. Yeah, it was not as well balanced as that Chris Reeve model on the other table.
But I kept coming back hoping someone else would buy it, and each time a reflection of something like "buy me" kept shinning in my eye.
The two other knives sold. Summoning up my courage one last time, just to glance at that ugly duckling on my way out, back to the table I went.
What a knife!!
I don't hunt,or skin anything, but this (now my knife) is used daily as a steak/kitchen utensil. It feels great in the hand, and is the only one of its kind in the world.
Yeah, it is too thick, too hard, too long, but what the hell, SO AM I.
Maybe next year's show will have another knife made just for me.
I will be there. Worth the trip.
Jim
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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??
It was the first time to an all knife show for me.
Spent all day, spent WAY more than budgeted.
Got to talk to many knife makers, handle all kinds of custom and production blades. Lots of used and "for sale" signs walking around.
Some times you have to see first hand the detail and craftsmanship of handmade blades.
There is NO WAY to appreciate the feeling and energy by viewing on a web site or catalog.
The high point came when I happen to see a handmade fixed blade hunter on a table with two others, each slightly different.
The maker was from central Oregon, and only made a few knives each year. I already have an old hunter, don't care much for fixed blades, and was not interested in purchasing something just to sit around in a drawer.
But something made me
It was made for me. The knifemaker seemed introverted and I had to almost pry the necessary information, ie what metal, handle ect. He told me about how he may have taken the hardness up a bit more than usual. It was probably too thick for a good skinner, and that the handle was a bit too long for most hands. Yeah, it was not as well balanced as that Chris Reeve model on the other table.
But I kept coming back hoping someone else would buy it, and each time a reflection of something like "buy me" kept shinning in my eye.
The two other knives sold. Summoning up my courage one last time, just to glance at that ugly duckling on my way out, back to the table I went.
What a knife!!
I don't hunt,or skin anything, but this (now my knife) is used daily as a steak/kitchen utensil. It feels great in the hand, and is the only one of its kind in the world.
Yeah, it is too thick, too hard, too long, but what the hell, SO AM I.
Maybe next year's show will have another knife made just for me.
I will be there. Worth the trip.
Jim
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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??