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All in all I thought it was a great show. There were tons of beautiul knives to be had. The show was located in a different area of the Marriot this year which really freaked me out for a moment.
I walked in the Marriott entrance trying to keep from breaking into a dead run for the Guild Show entrance and there was some speakers conference there where the Guild Show usually takes place. ACK! Fortunately I saw Bob from Injun Joe's Cutlery walking by and he steered us in the right direction.(whew!)
I went mostly for supplies but I did get a Dozier Pro Guide in Desert Ironwood. The Pro Guide has been on my "must have" list since last year's show when I got a lg. Elk Skinner. I was looking for one with Micarta scales, but scoring one with Ironwood scales was a real bonus. Both knives are real honest to God cutting tools par excellance. I'm most happy with that purchase.
Wandering around I spied Jerry Hossom's table. He had some REALLY sweet pieces there also. I needed to go with at least $5000.00 to satisfy all I really wanted from his table. That man kows how to make a knife grip. Pick up one of his knives and you'll see what I mean.
The crowd was not huge that early(Friday morning about 11:00am) but seemed to increase into the afternoon. I suspect Saturday and Sunday it got a bit more intense as the week-enders came to town.
Anyway,
SUPPLIES! I CAME FOR SUPPLIES! MUST FOCUS...ON...GETTING...SUPPLIES...
The Desert Ironwood suppliers had a great load of Desert Ironwood this year and I spent almost 40 minutes trying to decide which ones to get. My wife reined me in before I went berserk buying Ironwood and I'm glad she did. Around the bend at the Koval table I saw they had some BEAUTIFUL stabilized California Buckeye. This stuff is stunning in it's beauty and should make for one eye popping handle.
There was one Helluva lotta Red Stag antler to be had and a lot of that looked like Grade A Sambar on the outside. It was very reasonably priced to boot. It looks like stag may not be gone for good as I'd feared. The only down side is Red Stag tends to be a bit pithy.
By the end of the afternoon I was outta money and energy so my better half steered me toward the exit. I walked out with about 20 pounds of 52100, 5160, 1084 and D-2. I managed to get hold of some flat stock 52100. I did not expect to see it and that eek! smiley is probably what my face looked like when I spotted it. It's 1/8" stock but should give up some nice knives. I'm stoaked about it!
Soooo, what did ya'll score at the show? Inquiring minds have gotta know!
I walked in the Marriott entrance trying to keep from breaking into a dead run for the Guild Show entrance and there was some speakers conference there where the Guild Show usually takes place. ACK! Fortunately I saw Bob from Injun Joe's Cutlery walking by and he steered us in the right direction.(whew!)
I went mostly for supplies but I did get a Dozier Pro Guide in Desert Ironwood. The Pro Guide has been on my "must have" list since last year's show when I got a lg. Elk Skinner. I was looking for one with Micarta scales, but scoring one with Ironwood scales was a real bonus. Both knives are real honest to God cutting tools par excellance. I'm most happy with that purchase.
Wandering around I spied Jerry Hossom's table. He had some REALLY sweet pieces there also. I needed to go with at least $5000.00 to satisfy all I really wanted from his table. That man kows how to make a knife grip. Pick up one of his knives and you'll see what I mean.
The crowd was not huge that early(Friday morning about 11:00am) but seemed to increase into the afternoon. I suspect Saturday and Sunday it got a bit more intense as the week-enders came to town.
Anyway,
SUPPLIES! I CAME FOR SUPPLIES! MUST FOCUS...ON...GETTING...SUPPLIES...
The Desert Ironwood suppliers had a great load of Desert Ironwood this year and I spent almost 40 minutes trying to decide which ones to get. My wife reined me in before I went berserk buying Ironwood and I'm glad she did. Around the bend at the Koval table I saw they had some BEAUTIFUL stabilized California Buckeye. This stuff is stunning in it's beauty and should make for one eye popping handle.
There was one Helluva lotta Red Stag antler to be had and a lot of that looked like Grade A Sambar on the outside. It was very reasonably priced to boot. It looks like stag may not be gone for good as I'd feared. The only down side is Red Stag tends to be a bit pithy.
By the end of the afternoon I was outta money and energy so my better half steered me toward the exit. I walked out with about 20 pounds of 52100, 5160, 1084 and D-2. I managed to get hold of some flat stock 52100. I did not expect to see it and that eek! smiley is probably what my face looked like when I spotted it. It's 1/8" stock but should give up some nice knives. I'm stoaked about it!
Soooo, what did ya'll score at the show? Inquiring minds have gotta know!