Wondering about Blade Show 2015.

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Hi guy's :), I'm new to the forums so this is my first thread or even post for that matter lol, I'm curious about blade show as I've already made plans to go this year and am super excited for it already. However I don't really know that much about it, for example are there admission costs? Do the dealers sell their knives there or is it just for a show and tell? And if they do sell them is pricing gonna be more than usual due to it being a big in person event? I also don't know about any specific restrictions for myself since I'm a teenager under 18, Any help or information about it would be super helpful :thumbup: thanks!
 
Welcome to BF. Yes, there is an admission charge. Sometimes there are discount coupons available from some online sellers. New Graham used to have a few back when I was going. Some companies will sell from their booths, some won't. But there are enough re-sellers with booths at Blade so that you can buy just about any brand you want to. Custom makers are there to sell, so that's an option as well. With the custom makers, cash is king. They'll hold checks until they clear before they release a knife to the buyer (understandable) and a lot of them weren't set up to take plastic when I was going. Might be different now.

I haven't been in a few years so I can't really speak about pricing now. When I went, however, sellers sold at Blade for pretty much what they sold for on their web sites.I bought a few things from online sellers who had rented booths and I don't remember the prices being more than on their web sites. But... as I said... it's been some years since I went.

If you can get there on Friday, you'll have a lot more to pick from. A good bit of selling, especially limited editions and customs, happens on Friday, even though Saturday is probably the biggest attendance day of the show.

Enjoy... it is an experience!
 
Okay, thanks for the info dalefuller, do you know if it's an at the door admission charge or a pre-bought ticket?. And Thanks man definitely hoping it'll be enjoyable!
 
I've only been there once but you can always buy tickets right at the door. Lots of complimentary admission passes are usually available from many of the exhibitors and makers who post here on Bladeforums so you may be able to pick one up as the show time gets closer. You better plan on a very long day and bring plenty of money. The hardest decision is making up your mind as to what you want to buy unless your budget is unlimited.
 
alex said:
I've only been there once but you can always buy tickets right at the door. Lots of complimentary admission passes are usually available from many of the exhibitors and makers who post here on Bladeforums so you may be able to pick one up as the show time gets closer. You better plan on a very long day and bring plenty of money. The hardest decision is making up your mind as to what you want to buy unless your budget is unlimited.
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Yeah definitely not unlimited lol, I'm planning on picking up an OTF and a flipper but that could change as it gets closer so
 
alex said:
I've only been there once but you can always buy tickets right at the door. Lots of complimentary admission passes are usually available from many of the exhibitors and makers who post here on Bladeforums so you may be able to pick one up as the show time gets closer. You better plan on a very long day and bring plenty of money. The hardest decision is making up your mind as to what you want to buy unless your budget is unlimited.
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What Alex said. You can buy at the door. The complimentary passes knock the price down a bit, but I still had to pay $5 or $10 to get in. Some of them may give you free entry but mine were always "discounted" entry.

Also, just an FYI... the convention center has ATMs but they limit the amount of cash they'll give you per day, so don't count on doing everything with ATM cash.
 
I've been several times. Lots of fun. Usually no problem finding parking, and you can pay admission right at the door. It was $15 per person, per day, last year. Often it pays to do a quick walk through when you get there, sometimes people have freebies, I got a free knife designed and engraved by Blackie Collins one year. Some vendors, like Rick Hinderer, run lotteries. Due to limited supply, winning a lottery just affords you the ability to BUY the knife. (Hinderer knives used to be heavily marked up above what he charged for them directly, not sure if that's still the case. Many makers have more demand than supply and have multi-year waiting lists, winning a lottery gets you the chance to bypass the wait, but I often wonder how many people win them and then flip them for a profit as soon as the blade show is over.) After a quick walkthrough, that takes about an hour, I go to the booths that interest me.

I don't know your interest but Spyderco usually has lots of new upcoming and prototype models available. It's awesome to get to meet and discuss the knives with the people that build them. Spyderco usually has a no photo policy on prototypes.

Pretty much any knife you would like to buy will be there, but not always at the same price as available online, for production blades anyways. To me the great thing is getting to handle the knives, although I am yet to come home empty handed.

Several other booths will be set up by companies that aren't exactly knife companies. Tactical flashlights, backpacks, keychain tools, etc.

There are workshops available and competitions, but I've never managed to get to any of those, maybe next time.

Grizz
 
I've live in the Atlanta OTP North area for a couple of years, but I haven't gone either. I'm hoping I can attend this year.
 
Thanks for all the info guy's, I'm really interested in grabbing a microtech troodon and possibly a brous flipper well i'm there. Really wanna go look at the benchmades and some customs if I can, once again thanks for all the info!
 
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