Simonich Auction

ida · Nov 16, 2004

It doesnt seem as though one year has gone by since our friend Rob has passed. He touched so many and I know his spirit is with many of us everyday. Last year, some of Robs closest knifemaker friends got together and came up with the idea of making some knives and putting them up for auction, with the proceeds to go to Christine Simonich. I have never seen such a community pull together so quickly to aid another in the time of need.

Knifemakers who have contributed custom knives to this auction include:

Jerry Hossom
Mick Strider
Duane Dwyer
R.W. Clark
Rob Patton
Tom Mayo
Trace Rinaldi

Darrel Ralph also contributed a knife.

Well, the knives are done and we thought that as we approach the anniversary of Robs memorial we would do the auction. I will keep track of the auction here and will make an announcement when the auction begins. Thank you all in advance for your support.

KnifeAddictAK · Nov 16, 2004

thanks for the heads up.. time flys too quickly and lives are too short

abo4ster · Nov 16, 2004

Thank you for the update.

severtecher · Nov 16, 2004

Looking forward to it. A nice rememberance

Trace Rinaldi · Nov 19, 2004

Cant believe its already been almost a year since we were all in Montana Ida.

tom mayo · Nov 19, 2004

wears the pitchurs???

ida · Nov 20, 2004

I know Trace.. so much has happened in that year too. But the one thing for sure is I miss my friend Rob daily. Can you post that picture of us Trace from last year?

Kwai Chang · Nov 20, 2004

Do you know when and where the auction will take place? How does one look at and bid on the knives?

Thanks,

Kwai Chang

Trace Rinaldi · Nov 20, 2004

I miss him too Ida. Sorry I cant post pics here..

ida · Nov 22, 2004

Kwai Chang said:
Do you know when and where the auction will take place? How does one look at and bid on the knives?

Thanks,

Kwai Chang

Kwai,

I will hold the auction the week after Thanksgiving. I will post the pics and the description of the knife in this forum.. All knives have a starting bid of 500.00 I will hold the auction for each knife for 72 hours. Thank you for everyone's support in this Auction

tom mayo · Nov 22, 2004

wares the pitchers???

ida · Nov 23, 2004

tom mayo said:
wares the pitchers???

Tom I am trying to get that straightened out now. I hope to be able to post pics soon.

ida · Dec 1, 2004

Well the time has come to begin the Simonich Auction, with the proceeds to go to Christine Simonich. Jerry (Hossom)

has been kind enough to also build a web page where you can view the knives . I will start another thread for the auction and wanted to give everyone a heads up that it will begin later on today... Thanks to everyone who has helped make this possible.

If you see a knife that you would like to bid on you can by posting on this forum or by calling me at 904-233-9739.

Here is the link http://hossom.com/auction/ Pictures are the courtesy of Mr. Terrill Hoffman.. Thanks for such great pics

Good luck to all and happy bidding.