Voyles at Knives Illustrated

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Might as well post this while I'm at it.

As you may know from earlier posts here Bud Lang has left Knives Illustrated and I'm in the editorial saddle there now. So any thing you have to say, good or bad, you can direct to my email at bruce@jbrucevoyles.com.
Bud had finished most of the October issue and the December issue will be the first that I've put together.

All snail mail editorial correspondence should be mailed to J. Bruce Voyles, Knives Illustrated Editorial, P. O. Box 23671, Chattanooga, TN 37422.

If you had previously arranged appointments for stories, etc. as you might imagine I don't know of them, so we need to be talking if you did.

Bud did a fine job there for 13 years, and I take the job with the goal to keep KI hot, fun, and interesting.

Stay sharp
Bruce Voyles
 
Hi Bruce. Could you give us some insight into your future plans for the magazine? Do you plan on focusing more on customs? Production? More shop tours? More in-depth articles? More pics? Keeping it the same? What?

Thanks and good luck with your new position.

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Kelly
My Custom Knife Collection
AKTI Member #A000289

Deo Vindice
 
Good luck Bruce. You have a great reputation and I wanted to wish you the best in your new job. I think Bud did a great job at KI and I, like Kelly would love to hear what future plans you have for KI.

My other question is that you have been gone from the knife mag editor desk for a while, what made you want to get back in?

Thanks and my best to you.

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
 
First off, I'm back in the knife mag editor position because as of September, 1999 I had finished up a 5 year non-compete agreement I had with the folks who bought Blade magazine from me. I always enjoyed the editing/writing side of knife magazines, didn't enjoy the publisher functions of running a day to day business worrying about things like payroll, advertising, newsstand sales, employees, and little that had to do with writing a knife magazine. With KI I can worry about putting together a good knife magazine and someone else worries about the business side of things. It's a refreshing concept for me. Part II of the answer is--I missed it.

As for changes I have planned, yes, several things. Anyone that knows me knows you can expect to see some more historial things--if I do an article on front locks on handmade knives you'll likely see a photo of an antique folding Bowie that locks that way for some additional background. I'll likely rattle a cage or two here and there, probably say a few things that are quite opinionated, and I have a goal of entertaining and informing.
As for the specifics beyond that, keep your subscription in force and stay tuned, it'll be fun.

Originally posted by Kodiak PA:
Good luck Bruce. You have a great reputation and I wanted to wish you the best in your new job. I think Bud did a great job at KI and I, like Kelly would love to hear what future plans you have for KI.

My other question is that you have been gone from the knife mag editor desk for a while, what made you want to get back in?


Thanks and my best to you.


 
Bruce,


It is good to hear you will back at the helm of a knife mag again. KI has always impressed me and I think Bud did a wonderful job. I also look forward to the changes you will be making but I do hope you plan to do the shop tours like Bud did. I was wondering if you will continue with the knife auction business and do you still plan on doing those on the internet at some point?


Regards,

Tom Carey

[This message has been edited by Tom Carey (edited 07-09-2000).]
 
I will continue auctions, and I will continue producing books with Ken Warner (Firearms Digest is beginning already actually, along with the marketing program on Knives Digest I (see another posting here regarding that).

As for the internet auctions, I personally have some serious reservations about them, because a genuine auction is not when time expires but when the person who wants it the most outbids everyone else. Seems to me that in too many online auctions winning a knife depends on someone being cute with the timing of their last minute bids. That's a valid way to sell or buy--but it's not an auction.

Second reservation is I am not comfortable buying from people who can hide behind nicknames and you never have a real address.

Third reservation (in antique and vintage knives) is descriptions that range from the ignorant to the fradulent.

Now I do use some online auctions to blow out some personal things I don't usually put in my catalog auctions, but the point is I really don't consider them auctions.

I am an auction company, licensed in two states and subject to the regulations and laws of those states on how auctions are run. I had to pass tests to get those licenses. Bidders know where to find me, who I am,and how to reach me if my online address changes. I do post the knives we're selling on the internet, and at some point we may be able to take bids via online (we do take email bids now), but I do not envision us becoming an online auction.
Bruce Voyles
 
Good luck at KI, Bruce. I am sure your "short" experience running a magazine won't pose any problem...

Ivan Campos
 
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