The NYC Show, or There and Back Again.

jhiggins

jhiggins

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Yup, I went to the show. It was pretty good.

I MET DON HANSON III !! :eek:

We stood around and BS'ed a while, and yes... he's as much a gentleman and a good guy in person, as he is in ShopTalk. One thing is for certain, he is a great knifemaker. His knives were very nice.

I was hoping to meet some other folks from ShopTalk there too. I totally expected to see J. Neilson there. I also kept scanning the crowd for familiar faces but saw none.

I met Steve Licata. Pretty talented fella. He has a vision, and by golly, all his work looks the same. Nice work, but dark and spooky.

Dr. Dave Darom was there signing his new book.

I bought some sweet mother-of-pearl. Ric Chopra was selling all his pearl for half-price at the show only. I stocked up.

After the show, Patrick and I went to the pub and drank Guinness pints until the evening. All that washed down with some Glenfiddich, and needless to say I was paying dearly for it come Sunday morning. All in all, it was a decent time in Metropolis!
 
Hey higgy,
It was a pleasure meeting you and your son at the show. You're alright, no matter what they say around here :) Thanks for the tip on Ferric a while back.

Don Hanson lll
 
sunfishman said:
Hey higgy,
It was a pleasure meeting you and your son at the show. You're alright, no matter what they say around here :) Thanks for the tip on Ferric a while back.

Don Hanson lll
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Don, we can not be talking about the same Higgy that I know???? :D He didn't do anything stupid like falling down the stairs drunk??? HEHEHE!!! ;) :D
 
That sounds like a great time! Someday I'm gonna get to meet a few of you "fine gentlemen" in person too. Maybe even IG!

I keep arguing with myself whether to buy Darom's book. What do you think Jeff? Worth the $65? I really want it but too cheap to just spring for it. You decide for me: Yes or No.

By the way IG, I did get my copy of The Art of American Arms... Zowie! :eek: Thanks for the headsup.
 
indian george said:
Don, we can not be talking about the same Higgy that I know???? :D He didn't do anything stupid like falling down the stairs drunk??? HEHEHE!!! ;) :D
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IG, the Higgy I spoke with was standing up staight and didn't fall down :) seemed like a right smart fella also but he did seem to be looking for the Bar :)

Don
 
Hey Jeff, sounds like you guys had a great time. I wish I could have made it there. Maybe in the fall I'll pack Tess and Danny up and go to NYC. I haven't been to the NY show yet. Maybe we can all get together or something, boy wouldn't that be scary. :eek:
 
jhiggins said:
Yup, I went to the show. It was pretty good.

I MET DON HANSON III !! :eek:

We stood around and BS'ed a while, and yes... he's as much a gentleman and a good guy in person, as he is in ShopTalk. One thing is for certain, he is a great knifemaker. His knives were very nice.
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Oh, geez. Don't you go pumpin up Don's ego now! Next thing ya know, he'll be all uppity and whatnot. He's hard enough to get along with now. ;) :) :D
 
ddavelarsen said:
I keep arguing with myself whether to buy Darom's book. What do you think Jeff? Worth the $65? I really want it but too cheap to just spring for it. You decide for me: Yes or No.
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I say yes if you can afford it. There's more inspiration in there than the B...

...nope, ain't gonna go that far, but lets say that every time I look at that book, my heart flutters. :)
 
J. Neilson said:
Hey Jeff, sounds like you guys had a great time. I wish I could have made it there. Maybe in the fall I'll pack Tess and Danny up and go to NYC. I haven't been to the NY show yet. Maybe we can all get together or something, boy wouldn't that be scary. :eek:
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Yeah I think we should make it a point to meet up at the BLADE SHOW. Right, guys? I mean, dang it would be cool to have a meeting spot for all the BladeForumites.
 
That would be great. I went to the pit last year but, I guess I was too early or something. There were some great guys there, don't get me wrong but, there weren't alot of folks around. A forum meeting place would be a good plan. Tess said she's actually going to stay at the room and let me off on my own. Oh, boy. This could be trouble. :rolleyes:
 
J. Neilson said:
Tess said she's actually going to stay at the room and let me off on my own. Oh, boy. This could be trouble. :rolleyes:
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My wife will be coming along this year. Maybe we can hook the two of them up? Hmmm... we could be on to something here... hmmm...
 
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