Some Pictures Of The 2010 All Forged Expo In San Antonio.

These pics suck but they're a touch brighter.... just two shots of one of the knives on my table. Eric Eggly at Point7 shot this, and I think Coop might end up with it under his lens as well! :) (so MUCH MUCH BETTER pics to come) ;) :D

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Very nice pics Kyle. Thanks for posting them. A LOT of awesome knives there for sure!!:thumbup:
 
NickWheeler said:
Wow, thanks for taking the time to put these up Kyle! :)

But something must be wrong with your brother's camera because I look fat and bald!!! :eek: :foot:

;)

Angi and I had a really good time at the show and look forward to it being held during cooler weather next time.

It was nice to finally meet you Kyle :)
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Thats funny :D


It's the lighting
 
Very cool Pictures Kyle, thank you from all us that couldn't attend. How was the crowds?

Bill
 
RogerP said:
Congrats - that's a beautiful bowie by a very talented maker. And the sheath that goes with it is :eek: .

Roger
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Thanks! I just got it today, and honestlly, NO pictures can truly capture the beauty of this one, and the precision of the gold inlay work ... not to mention that it's a takedown, too. I normally don't care for stag handles, but the amber color of the stag and the gold in the handle just go so well with the browns and gold inlays on the sheath.

Tommy Gann really puts out some nice, creative work. Thank you, Tommy!
 
BowieBooster said:
Thanks! I just got it today, and honestlly, NO pictures can truly capture the beauty of this one, and the precision of the gold inlay work ... not to mention that it's a takedown, too. I normally don't care for stag handles, but the amber color of the stag and the gold in the handle just go so well with the browns and gold inlays on the sheath.

Tommy Gann really puts out some nice, creative work. Thank you, Tommy!
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Congrats to you. I got to handle that knife at the show, and it's a stellar Bowie!
 
BowieBooster said:
Thanks! I just got it today, and honestly, NO pictures can truly capture the beauty of this one, and the precision of the gold inlay work ... not to mention that it's a takedown, too. I normally don't care for stag handles, but the amber color of the stag and the gold in the handle just go so well with the browns and gold inlays on the sheath.

Tommy Gann really puts out some nice, creative work. Thank you, Tommy!
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Tommy Gann's knives were all very very nice, though I can't tell if I like the bowie or the nice little knife with the checkered handle better? :) I will just have to say that both sand in there own merit very nicely. Also he had a cool little slip-joint.

It was great talking with you Mr. Gann!
 
Well, some folks think I'm way overpriced... so I guess you help to balance out the boat Lorien! ;) :D

Pricing is harder than making a knife... and making a knife is HARD (unless you're Don Hanson, Burt Foster, Jason Knight, Matt Lamey...etc. etc.... ;) ).

***For those of you who get your shorts in a wad real easily, I say that because all of those guys are my friends, and all of them tell me that knife making is easy.*** :)

The three knives I took were ultimately purchased by 3 collectors that are not only friends, but highly educated in these circles and know what they like and are also very up to speed on the secondary market... So it's not only an honor for me that they purchased them, but that they felt the knives were a fair value.

Sorry for the thread drift. Hey wait...it's your fault Lorien! :p ;)
 
I'm a bad man:)
 
Lorien, if you think that $1250 is cheap for a nice carbon steel bowie, we need to talk. I can help. LOL
Nick...are the guys who say you are overpriced the ones at the gun show who think you should sell them for $49 and thow in a bag of the wild boar jerky for free?:D
 
Nick's knives are what I would call fairly priced leaning a little to the low side. The subtle differences in fit and FINISH is really what add value to Nick's knives when compared directly to a similar piece by another maker. The value per dollar is all there.

Paul
 
sheathmaker said:
Nick's knives are what I would call fairly priced leaning a little to the low side. The subtle differences in fit and FINISH is really what add value to Nick's knives when compared directly to a similar piece by another maker. The value per dollar is all there.

Paul
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Agreed. He should be able to charge MORE because of the time he puts into the blade finish on the straight carbon blades.
 
NickWheeler said:
Pricing is harder than making a knife... and making a knife is HARD (unless you're Don Hanson, Burt Foster, Jason Knight, Matt Lamey...etc. etc....
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I agree. It's difficult, and I don't envy any maker the task. But you've got to take it cautiously and not be buffeted by the winds of enthusiastic collectors - however well-intentioned. I think Paul got it pretty much right - and I think what he described is a good thing.

Oh, and that knife doesn't suck either. ;)

Roger
 
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing, Kyle!

I just can't get past Erik Fritz's hat... when I first saw him at Blade Show two years ago, he passed by me a few times in the lanes - I thought the clouds had come out, as I was standing in the shadow cast from the brim of that monster! He wears it perfectly, too - looks like he was born with it on!
 
LOL i had to chuckle at that. My mother has always given me hell for my choice of hats since i was a kid, that may be the reason:cool:
Matthew Gregory said:
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing, Kyle!

I just can't get past Erik Fritz's hat... when I first saw him at Blade Show two years ago, he passed by me a few times in the lanes - I thought the clouds had come out, as I was standing in the shadow cast from the brim of that monster! He wears it perfectly, too - looks like he was born with it on!
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