Scalawags & Scoundrels ie Fisk Micro Show

That is a gorgeous Sendero. Amazing ivory!
The other Sendero 'NLT' (first one) was made for Jerry's 2006 Micro Show.
 
This is the first time I have carved a guard to fit the engraving.
Dog star pattern Damascus.
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This is the finished Rifleman's knife. Them dang 3/16 inch pins like to have drove me more nuts getting that same engraving placed in there. that's hard for an old guy to do.

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Gorgeous! I'm in awe of the craftsmanship on these beautiful knives. :thumbup:
 
So! Rodrigo Sfreddo will not be making it to the show this year. Apparently he got his dates mixed up and thought it was the weekend after the show. Here is the message that I got from Jerry and Bob:



'Rodrigo Sfreddo got his dates mixed up and will not be able to make his flight here for the show. He is as disappointed as we are! So he is shipping his knives and planning on them being here by Show time. We discovered this problem only this afternoon and hopefully worked the details out. If the knives make it then we will set them out. They are really nice and artistic, showing his personal style. We are so hopeful the knives will make it past customs and in time.

To help solve this problem Mastersmith Don Hanson has agreed to be here with some of his knives. Most all of you know Don and know the level of work he can bring to a show. We happened to catch Don when he had a few knives on hand so we are very pleased since it is rather short notice. He will be putting in some long hours the next week as well so he can bring his normal top level work. Whether it is tripped out or plain Don’s knives are always clean. Don has been one of the favorite makers that has attended the Micro show so I know y’all will enjoy him being here.

We will certainly miss not having Rodrigo here, as he was very excited about being a part of the Show. He apologizes to anyone that may be disappointed.

Jerry & Bob'




The two knives he did finish and are on their way to the show as we speak are here:

























































Here are three of the knives that Don Hanson, M.S. is bringing:































 
Not much longer before the show and boy do the knives look good! Sorry to hear about Sfreddo.
 
wow some great looking knives the boys are going to have a great time this weekend I am looking forward to hearing all about it
 
Got home this afternoon, getting knife stuff together and headed to Jerry's in the morning.
See y'all tomorrow afternoon.
 
Video of Mike Quesenberry showing what he is bringing to the show!




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And some pictures from J.R. Cook, M.S.:





































 
One door closes and another door opens.

Don, I'm sure pleased to see you pitch hitting in a pinch. :)

Rodrigo, I wish you a non-eventful Customs journey on your knives. (I'm remembering Boston 2013! :() They are impressively crafted and made me smile. :)

I want to hear all about it.

Coop
 
"Best knife show on this planet!!!"

Don,

It was nice to see you again.

I agree 100%.

Great knives, great food and great people.

Jerry really knows how to make his Microshow the best knife event that I have ever attended.
 
Re-cap of the show.
The show was very well attended, every knife but one sold that was for sale and that included some that was in bags not even on the table so sales wise the show did really well.

The Knife Rodeo cutting portion was so close scored it came down to the last cut. Bill Flynn won for the second time. He is our second two time winner. Once a cutter wins the second time he is now eligible for the champions chop off that will be held down the road. That one will be only for our champion Knife Rodeo cutters. Bill was using an S30V knife made by Nathan the machinist. It cut well in Bills hands. And let me tell you folks, if you need a battle field surgeon he would be it, dang, he was slashing and flaying around with that knife and still never missed his intended spot on the object he wanted to cut. Very accurate cutting.
Bruce Ripper was right on his heels cutting. There was some challenging cuts during the event. There was some demo cuts by the master makers as well afterwards.

We also had Jullian and Sons trophy and display makers. They gave an excellent talk that applied to both makers and collectors on presenting your knife for viewing. They are world known for their work from smaller displays to entire rooms for game trophy, art displays and entire gun rooms, they have a nice website so look then up when you have time.

We had a few people that are new to collecting that got all stirred up over collecting so you will be seeing them at knife shows as this was the first knife show that a few had ever attended. We had a few that had been out for a few years due to health or life in general, so it was good to see them back on their feet and smiling. We are always grateful to our friends that show up each year and truly appreciate their support by being here and with their hearts.

Rodrigo Sfreddo could not make it at the last minute but his knives did and they went fast. We really appreciated Don Hansen stepping in at the last moment to give us another boost. JR Cook brought his best work as normal and Mike Quenseberry brought his high quality work. Mike also did a good demo of forging a full tang integral knife which was thrown in the pot to be drawn for by a lucky winner.

The question and answer session between the makers and buyers went on back and forth for hours. It is always good to see good honest answers between the two groups. No questions are not answered.

One of the new attendees said after coming here for the first time he is kicking himself for attending before. So goes this show. It is set up to be a friendly place were we can all just sit down with friends and talk about knives.
 
Huge thanks to Jerry and Bob for all the hard work they put in on the Micro Show!!

Big thumbs up to JR Cook, Don Hanson, Mike Quesenberry and Rodrigo Sfreddo too - the quality of the work they presented was top notch.

For those who've never been there, this is really a one of a kind event - lots of "quality time" with awesome makers, great attendees, killer food (too much!) and just all around fun!

Jerry always has a few surprises ready for the cutting contest, and he is a hilarious MC.

For the record, though, I want to make a minor correction - I was fortunate enough to win the aforementioned contest with one of Nathan's light choppers: 3V, not S30V. That knife made me look good :D
cutting the water bottles was a blast:thumbup:....and good fun was had by all, including some major trash talking :D

Met a bunch of new folks as well as the usual "Scalawags" - hope to see more of you there in the future

Dave and Don Hanson - congrats on your addition to the roster for the forseeable future

Bill
 
It's always great to hear about how knife shows/functions go, relative to turnout and sales.

But Nathan Carothers' Light Chopper is the surprise comment (winning blade in the cutting contest) here as far as I'm concerned. His stuff is very much a part of the future.
 
Bob

one of my best best professors used to say " It's the Indian, not the arrow" :D

That may be a little un-PC for 2016....and I'd certainly like to take all the credit ....but the knife did perform really nicely :thumbup:

Of course, so did the Shawn McIntyre MS blade that I used the first time I won !

Always a little luck involved too, I think, since I am not a "professional " cutter.

Ryan Hays, Jerry and JR also gave us tips.....


Bill
 
Bob,

Not to take anything away from the knife, but Bill is being modest.

I could have let him use one made from an old sawmill blade I had there and he still would have won. :cool:
 
Don Hanson III said:
Bob,

Not to take anything away from the knife, but Bill is being modest.

I could have let him use one made from an old sawmill blade I had there and he still would have won. :cool:
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I hear ya, Don. I don't know how good of a cutter Bill is, but I know for a fact how perfect and sharp the CPK Light Chopper is, not to take anything away from Bill, of course.

As it happens, the grip and aspects of the cutting geometry, as I understand it, were designed in collaboration with Dan Keffeler, and in collaboration with Lorien Arnold. Dan Keffeler, for those who may be new to knives, has as I recall won quite a few world championship cutting contests.

Don't get me wrong, there is a vast difference between the collector quality knives at the Jerry Fisk show (there can only be ONE JERRY FISK!) and the CPK Light Chopper, but just trying to give credit where credit is due. Now I'll shut up.
 
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I always like to check what knife pattern, who made it and what steel so not only the maker knows but that everyone else knows the maker. My bad for missing the wording. It was a good knife and a good design.
 
betzner said:
I hear ya, Don. I don't know how good of a cutter Bill is, but I know for a fact how perfect and sharp the CPK Light Chopper is, not to take anything away from Bill, of course.

As it happens, the grip and aspects of the cutting geometry, as I understand it, were designed in collaboration with Dan Keffeler, and in collaboration with Lorien Arnold. Dan Keffeler, for those who may be new to knives, has as I recall won quite a few world championship cutting contests.

Don't get me wrong, there is a vast difference between the collector quality knives at the Jerry Fisk show (there can only be ONE JERRY FISK!) and the CPK Light Chopper, but just trying to give credit where credit is due. Now I'll shut up.
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I was just going to say this, but you beat me too it.
 
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