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Here are some pictures I took at the 2007 Blade Show in Atlanta this weekend. Man it was a blast. I learned a lot and met some really great people. If you have not had the opportunity to attend this show I highly recommend it. The demonstrations and lessons presented by James Williams alone were worth the price of admission.

I got these two knifes out of a bin marked “$5.00 for anything in this bin.”
I couldn’t resist them at that price. I can resell them for more than $5.00


Here’s a few pics of the show floor.






The knife competition. Blade 10” long or less, 2” wide or less, one visible pin thru the handle and a lanyard. Timed cut thru a 2X4, cut thru 5 soda cans 2 stacked on three, cut thru a 5 hemp rope bundle, cut a cigarette standing in a 30 caliber cartridge case without knocking it over, and a cut thru 10 water bottles, all for points with the most items cut thru. Also your knife cannot chip out.








This guy actually ended up with the most points and would have won, but his knife blade chipped out.




 
The winner.



Here are a few shots of James Williams, the finest swordsman I have had the pleasure to meet. He was amazing.







Many Tatami mats were harmed in the filming of this segment.






Here I am with Ron Chen, Paul Chen’s son and the driving force behind CAS Hanwei.


Here I am with Lynn Thompson.


I also want to say the Albion guys were great. I went by that booth about twenty times and every time they stuck a sword in my hand for me to handle. And needless to say every piece I handled was amazing. The difference between those swords and almost everything else is very apparent when you swing them for yourself. All in all it was a great show. I shot some video of the knife competition and of James Williams presentation as well. Maybe I’ll upload some to youtube. It was a bit windy that day though so the audio has wind noise.
 
What does it mean for the knife "to chip out"? Does this mean that the one guy ended up with a big chip in his blade? How big of a chip qualifies as a chip out?
 
If you can feel the chip, that is too much. The finger nail can tell if there is anything on the edge and that is what makes it very difficult. You get it as thin as you think you can and sometimes that is just "barely" too much.
 
Good to see Reggie Barker win the cutting competition. I feel sorry for Big John Fitch, but if your blade chips it is an automatic disqualification.
 
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