So far as I have learned you would be better off going to the Blade show in Atlanta. The SHOT show is supposedly more oriented to just retail and manufacturing companies and not really geared to consumers. It is early this month though, and is in New Orleans I believe. I thought about going to the SHOT show as a birthday present to myself, but with school getting back into session on the 8th, ball games to deal with, and the fact that it isn't a consumer event, I think I may just pick up a nice knife or the like instead.