srjknives
10-26-2001, 10:35 AM
The Art Knife Invitational was great, well run and managed by Phil Lobred, the sponsor. All makers sold some knives, some makers sold all their knives. I brought home an S 60V Loveless-style Dropped Hunter integral with stag. (That stuff is tougher than nails!!) Otherwise did fine.
Sold #002 and #003 SRJ folders, locking liner-types. Thanks, Mike Smith, for the help on learning to make this type of knife. These knives are fun and challenging to make, as many of you know. Also took a narrow-tang drop point with stag handle and a bighorn spacer with Sakmar mokume butt cap, that I etched heavily, for a kind of textured look. And a miniature Loveless-bladed fighter with a Johnson-type handle, MOP.
This show, as you may know, is different, in that the 25 makers/members (Talk about being unworthy!) bring between 3-8 knives. The invited customers, who had to pay over $100 to attend, then preview the knives on the tables from 10:00 a.m. to 100 p.m., all the time placing bid slips in boxes by the kinves they like for their chance to purchase that/those knives. Then at 1:00 p.m. the makers draw one name from the box by each knife. If the "lucky" buyer wants theknife (He may have had his name drawn more than once) he says he wants it and the knife is sold. If he turns it down, the maker draws again, and so on for three times. Sometimes a buyer who bids on many knives has his name drawn for more knives than he can afford, thus the need for subsequent drawings.
There is also the opportunity for makers to offer one knife on an "open bid" basis, (The miniature above) where the knife is sold for whatever anyone will offer on the sheet, like a silent auction. And another knife may be sold on a "bid-up" offering, (My narrow tang was in this category) where the maker puts a minimum bid on the knife and it can go up from there with the highest bidder taking it.
Anyway, it was a great show. Shelley Berman was, as always, kind enough to entertain at the banquet Sat. eve. The show starts at 10:00 and is over by 2:00. Then there is time to visit and socialize afterwards. It was great to meet Don Guild, who has a banner on the CKD here frequently, Thad Kawakami-Wong, a friend of Tom Mayo's and other great people, customers, friends.
The San Diego Marriott at the Marina is a beautiful hotel and the town is great. Shirt sleeve weather all the time, it seems.
See the folder photos below.
That's the report, hopefully not too booring, or out of line.....
Sold #002 and #003 SRJ folders, locking liner-types. Thanks, Mike Smith, for the help on learning to make this type of knife. These knives are fun and challenging to make, as many of you know. Also took a narrow-tang drop point with stag handle and a bighorn spacer with Sakmar mokume butt cap, that I etched heavily, for a kind of textured look. And a miniature Loveless-bladed fighter with a Johnson-type handle, MOP.
This show, as you may know, is different, in that the 25 makers/members (Talk about being unworthy!) bring between 3-8 knives. The invited customers, who had to pay over $100 to attend, then preview the knives on the tables from 10:00 a.m. to 100 p.m., all the time placing bid slips in boxes by the kinves they like for their chance to purchase that/those knives. Then at 1:00 p.m. the makers draw one name from the box by each knife. If the "lucky" buyer wants theknife (He may have had his name drawn more than once) he says he wants it and the knife is sold. If he turns it down, the maker draws again, and so on for three times. Sometimes a buyer who bids on many knives has his name drawn for more knives than he can afford, thus the need for subsequent drawings.
There is also the opportunity for makers to offer one knife on an "open bid" basis, (The miniature above) where the knife is sold for whatever anyone will offer on the sheet, like a silent auction. And another knife may be sold on a "bid-up" offering, (My narrow tang was in this category) where the maker puts a minimum bid on the knife and it can go up from there with the highest bidder taking it.
Anyway, it was a great show. Shelley Berman was, as always, kind enough to entertain at the banquet Sat. eve. The show starts at 10:00 and is over by 2:00. Then there is time to visit and socialize afterwards. It was great to meet Don Guild, who has a banner on the CKD here frequently, Thad Kawakami-Wong, a friend of Tom Mayo's and other great people, customers, friends.
The San Diego Marriott at the Marina is a beautiful hotel and the town is great. Shirt sleeve weather all the time, it seems.
See the folder photos below.
That's the report, hopefully not too booring, or out of line.....