What would make a better knife show?

[joeshredd]

Joe,

That's a great idea, and one that wouldn't cost much of anything. If there is anything we, as humans, love; it's attention.

Places the 'human' element front and center as well. Isn't that considered one major aspect of custom knives? You bet.

Good suggestion. :thumbup: I just took the time to elaborate on my side of the table.

Coop

Attention all show promoters: Available, one amatuer photograher. Willing to work for a roundtrip ticket to the venue and all entry fees, hotel/meals comped.

Will work from open to close. Will take a minimum of one pic per tableholder and all the candid pics I can...

Hey Coop... care to take on an apprentice???

 

[not2sharp]

Over the last several years I've done a good number of shows and they have pretty much gone the sameway. There's a short period of time where there's actually a good sized crowd and thats normally on one day and the the rest of the time its like a ghost town except for the table holders scratching there heads wondering where the heck everyone went. 3 day shows for me and alot of the makers are one day to long. I've done two day shows that are one day to long. I talked to one fellow at Blade West yesterday saying he had done one day shows that were actually worth doing. Are there just to many knife shows? Do they need more demonstrations? Any suggestions on what you think would bring more people in the doors and keep them there longer?

1) Most knifemakers show up with a very limited number of knives for sale and drop these on their table before the show opens. So by the end of the first day the picking can be pretty slim. Try to work something out with the table holders so as to hold something back for the other days.

2) Try to set up a Bladeforum convention to run in parallel. There are alot of us at every one of these things yet it remains pretty much underground. Don't forget to include a dunking boot for some of our favorite trolls and spammers.

n2s