The NC Knife Knuts' Road Trip!!!! (Pics)

Dexter Ewing

Dexter Ewing

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Yesterday, the NCKK's gathered again to enjoy friendship, food, and (what else??) blades. David Baker swung by my place and picked me up, where we made our way over to knifemaker Andrew McLurkin's home in Raliegh, NC. We were welcomed into Andrew's home and got to fondle two of his latest folding creations (he posted pictures of these not too long ago). We also had a look around his shop and saw a folder he had in progress. Andrew has a small but cozy shop that is immaculate. David and I are doubtiing that he actually makes knives there, just has the equipment up for display only
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After this, David, Andrew, and myself took a short ride over into Cary where we met up with Chris Raymond (CPR) and Michael McLaren (NCBlades) for lunch at the Horowitz Deli at McGregor Village Shopping Center. As any usual NCKK lunch gathering, we got a table in the corner and pulled out all the "hardware" for "show and tell"
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Following lunch, we went just next door to Beck's Cutlery to ogle their inventory of blades. Here are some pictures from our visit:

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Left to right: Chris, myself, Andrew, Michael, and David.

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Patsy and Ronnie Beck, the owners of Beck's Cutlery.



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Proud member of AKTI, NCCKG, NCKK, and SCAK

In memory of James K. Mattis
 
Dex,
Thanks for posting. We had a blast! With all the blades on the table while we were at the deli,the waitress was hesitant to reach over the table to pick up the dirty dishes
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A great time was had by all. Becks is one of a handlul of knife stores in the country where you can find customs as well as production knives on display. The have the biggest Randall selection I have ever seen!
I wish all knife lovers had as good a group to hang around with as the NC Knife Knuts. We're lucky and we know it
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David

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[This message has been edited by davidb415 (edited 01-07-2001).]
 
Man we did have a blast! Chris and I arrived a little early and went into Beck's Cutlery to sneak a peak before the others showed up. I showed my wife one of Andrew's knives and she handed me the checkbook. I wish every knife purchase was that easy. We had a great time looking at each other's knives. I am selling some of my other customs so I can get another McLurkin folder now. It was great meeting with Dexter, Chris, David, and Andrew. Hope we can do this more often. Thanks for a great afternoon guys. By the way, did anyone buy anything at Becks after I left?

I highly recommend that if you live anywhere near Cary North Carolina that you take a day trip to Beck's Cutlery and go next door to Horwitz Deli for lunch. It is a very good place to eat and look at knives.
michael
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Here is a pic of the knife I got from Andrew:
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Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

I wonder if Alec Baldwin or Cher need help moving?

"For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword."
Heb. 4:12

"I don't question your existence" God



[This message has been edited by NCBlades (edited 01-08-2001).]
 
Thanks Dexter, always like hearing what you guys are up to! Looks like a nice shop too!

Good to see you carrying the BladeForums bags! Nice touch...
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Wish I lived closer, I'd surely join you.

Hey...where was Kelly in all this?

G2

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Thanks for the post,Dexter! It looks like you guys had a ball. I may consider retiring to NC.
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Michael - David bought a small Victorinox Signature II Lite and Chris got a Victorinox CyberTool. I managed to walk out of Beck's with the same amount of knives as I did when I walked in
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Gary - Kelly is the budding knifemaker in our midst. While we were in Raliegh, he was at GenO Denning's place getting grinding lessons.

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In memory of James K. Mattis
 
I Agree with all of the above. At lunch there were so many kinves floating around the table I'm sure I missed seeing about half of them. We had a fun time!! I really enjoyed hanging out with David, Dexter, Chris, and Michael. Great guys one and all!

Beck's Cutlery is definitely worth visiting. Pasty and Ronnie couldn't be more helpful.

Until next time.

Andrew
 
Dex...where is your Will Fennel Hat?
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Also, did everyone noticed that Dexter wore cargo pants. Lets guess how many knives he had on him. I say 16. Am I close, Dexter?

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
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JKM-Chai
KnifeKnutt@aol.com
 
Greg: I still have the Will Fennell hat...felt like wearing the Ken Onion one yesterday
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Knives I had with me? The bag holds 10 in each pocket, 3 of my Simonichs were lying in the bottom, Simonich/REKAT D2-E Pikuni on the neck, BM 690 in RH pocket, BM 770 worn "ink pen style" on my shirt, and the MOD CQD in the right hand leg pocket. 17 in total. You are pretty darn close!!! How did you know???
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In memory of James K. Mattis

[This message has been edited by Dexter Ewing (edited 01-07-2001).]
 
I had a blast! Ronnie and Patsy are both troopers to put up with our motley crew. I enjoyed the paper cutting demonstration that Ronnie gave us
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Lunch was excellent, thanks Michael! I'll buy next go 'round. There's the semi-annual gun/knife/jerky show in G'boro on the 27th, so if anyone's interested we can hit that and then go to Beck's for rhe real stuff.

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Chris Raymond

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Great thread. I'm outside of Wilmington and I didn't know there was a true "knife" store within 2 hours of home. Thanks for putting this on the forum, I'll have to go visit Becks someday.

Nobody.
 
Dex,
Thanks for the pics. Like Gary, I would join you guys in a heartbeat if I wasn't so far away, (that is if you let someone from the "left" coast in). Beck's looks like a place I could spend HOURS in.
 
Nobody - welcome to the forums! If you would like to join us for a Winston-Salem or Charlotte gun show, the Blade Show, or the SouthEastern Custom Knife Show, feel free to email me for more info. Would love to have you a part of the group! If you want to see some of the fun we have had so far, click on the "NCKK" link in my signature.

Gene - Gary is an honorary NCKK
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But since I know ya, I can sneak you in. LOL! I've known about Beck's for a long time but have never made a trip out there. They have an impressive collection of kitchen cutlery, including some custom made ones. It's not everyday where you get to hold a 12" damascus chef's knife with stag handles. A beauty!

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Proud member of AKTI, NCCKG, NCKK, and SCAK

In memory of James K. Mattis
 
Becks is always worth the trip!!
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I wish I could have been there. Looks like everyone was having fun. I'll be stopping by Beck's in a few weeks. Patsy is holding a knife for me. I can hardly wait.
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Hope to meet up the you guys again real soon. When's the next meeting?? Or do we know yet??


Blades
(NCKK who has to work on saturdays and always misses the fun!!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Dexter Ewing Wrote: ....How did you know?</font>
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Well Dexter, knowing you...I knew it had to be over 10!
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The odds were with me....heheh

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
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JKM-Chai
KnifeKnutt@aol.com
 
CRAP! I miss all the fun these days.
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Well, not ALL the fun. I drove down to GenO's place expecting to slap some aluminum together for a coupla grinders, but ended up in front of the grinder again.
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GenO presented me with a few unexpected presents. The first was a Big Boy model with no guard (do NOT ask him to make another one. He won't do it.) that I discovered in his reject pile. Its flaw? A tiny scuff on one of the blade flats where the knife jumped out of the grove and hit the flat.

He also handed me a little neck knife and said, "Merry Christmas." Indeed! This is an area he's thinking about getting into.
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I commented that between the neck knife, the Big Boy, and the little C models that he had done a few months back, adding one of his B models would make a perfect hunting set at a reasonable price. He took a partialy ground and heat treated blade off the wall and told me to make one.
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I was much more comfortable in front of the grinder this time around, and GenO only had to save me a few time.
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GenO finished up the knife and the set was complete.

From top to bottom - Big Boy, B model, two C models, and the neck knife. All have satin finished ATS-34 blades, tapered tangs, bead-blasted black micarta handles with red spacers. All are also guardless.

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Whatdya think?

So, I didn't miss out on ALL the knife fun yesterday. LOL

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Kelly
My Custom Knife Collection

Member NCCKG, SCAK, and AKTI

Deo Vindice

[This message has been edited by Senator (edited 01-08-2001).]
 
By the way, that is me standing there with the Bladeforums bag. I turned it around so I could advertise for Mike and Spark. I was hoping maybe they would offer me some cash or a nice knife for that
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Why don't all the NCKK meet at the Raleigh Gun and knife show on Jan.20? Bob Curran and I will have a table. I am sure Bob will be bringing some nice customs for us to drool over.

michael
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I wonder if Alec Baldwin or Cher need help moving?

"For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword."
Heb. 4:12

"I don't question your existence" God

[This message has been edited by NCBlades (edited 01-08-2001).]
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by NCBlades:
Why don't all the NCKK meet at the Raleigh show on Jan.20?</font>
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There's a Raleigh show on Jan. 20th?!
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My wife's going out of town late Jan.... maybe I can make it down there!!!

Details?

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A dog at play has the mind of a wise martial arts master, a mind capable of perfect focus. - Marc Christophe

iktomi
 
Thanks for posting the photos, Dexter. Hopefully, I'll remember all the names and faces for this year's Southeast Custom Knife Show. Hope to see you all there!

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Tom Anderson
Hand Crafted Knives
 
Y'all can count on myself,Dex,Kelly and possibly Mike(deadinnc) Yates being at the Raleigh gun/knife show on Sat. Jan. 20. We hope to get there around 11:30 AM and meet at Bob and Michael's (narruc and ncblades) table. Their table will be about midway back,third row in from the left if they have the same space as before. I can promise that good friendship,really cool knives and good food will be there in abundance!
special note to Michael;I hope you are tired of the new Terzuola you just got so I can sweep it away from you there!
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David
FYI, I bought the other knife Andrew Mc Lurkin had finished while we were on this last visit. This young man is turning out Michael Walker/Ron Lake level quality knives, and he's still getting better.Don't scoff at my words till you have held one of his pieces!
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[This message has been edited by davidb415 (edited 01-08-2001).]
 
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