BLADE Staff

To celebrate a planned move in January, Murray Carter’s Carter Cutlery is holding a special sale Nov. 19-21, according to a Carter Cutlery news release.

Based in Vernonia, Oregon, Carter Cutlery reportedly will be moving to a much nicer, larger and more centrally located facility that is handier to “the Portland metropolis.”

For more information, e-mail mailto:[email protected].

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Samuel E. Polk, former CEO of LATAMA (Latin American Import Export Company), passed away Nov. 5.

With his father, they revived the switchblade knife traditions of Italy through the development of LATAMA. Polk took over as CEO of the company in 1947, and set up shop in New York City. The move brought the classic Italian stiletto switchblade to American shores.

Knife Showcase member Walter Halucha, who heads the LATAMA brand now, sent this Polk tribute to Knife Showcase. (Polk is third from right with the glasses, Polincovsky is to the left of him with the black jacket.)

Click here to visit Latama.net.

In case you missed it several issues back in BLADE®, Manhattan, New York, district attorney Cyrus Vance recently banned just about all sporting knives, knife carry and just about anything else with an edge from his jurisdiction. As a result of this heinous act, Stephen D’Lack was forced to move the New York Custom Knife Show from New York City to Secaucus, New Jersey.

Well, this coming weekend is D’Lack’s show, and this is the chance for all good New Yorkers, New Jersey-ites and others to show Vance and his minions that no simple D.A., or any usurper of citizens’ rights, for that matter, can keep us knife enthusiasts from our appointed rounds at knife shows.

As a result, if you live anywhere near Secaucus, please attend the 33rd Annual New York Custom Knife Show, one of the world’s oldest custom knife shows, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. For more information contact Stephen D’Lack, Dept. BLKS, POB 313, Turners, MO 65765 417-866-6688 hg_inchotmail.com.

Click here for complete show information.

A number of restaurants and other businesses reportedly are offering free meals and/or special discounts to military veterans in observance of Veterans Day.

Applebee’s (http://www.applebees.com/vetsDay/default.aspx), Golden Corral (http://www.goldencorral.com/military/), McCormick & Schmick’s (http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/featured-promotion/Veterans-Appreciation-Day.aspx), Outback Steakhouse (http://www.outback.com/pressroom/pr_101018.aspx), Home Depot and Lowe’s (http://themilitarywallet.com/home-depot-lowes-10-military-discount/) all are offering some kind of free deal or discount in connection with veterans and/or Veterans Day.

Visit any or all of the websites listed above for more details.