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BLADE Staff
D.E. Friedly Custom Knife Show
This is an online-only event hosted by Dennis Friedly.
Interview with Knifemaker Sal Manaro
Today we meet Sal Manaro of Manaro Custom Knives. He is a knifemaker extraordinare!
http://www.manaroknives.com/default.html
Enjoy!
Canceled: West Coast Custom Knife Show
Just received word that the West Coast Custom Knife Show has been canceled. Its website states the show has been “suspended until further notice.”
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For reference, here are the now-defunct details:
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Time: April 29, 2011 at 12pm to April 30, 2011 at 6pm
Location: Fess Parkers Double Tree Resort
Street: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard
City/Town: Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Website or Map: http://www.wcckshow.com/
Event Type: knife, show
Organized By: Fifty-Fifty Productions
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Ozarks, Keystone Knife Shows This Weekend
In search of some of the best in knives, and/or wanting to connect or reconnect with new/old friends? If you live near Ozark, Missouri, or Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, both areas will have knife shows this weekend.
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A one-day-only event, the Knife Club of the Ozarks’ 15th Annual Spring Cabin Fever Knife Show will be Saturday in the 4H Building of Ozark’s City Park. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call Don Long at 417-485-6759 or Randy Long 417-581-8138.
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Meanwhile, the Country Cupboard Inn just north of Lewisburg will host the 23rd Annual Keystone Blade Association Knife Show on Saturday and Sunday. The Country Cupboard Inn is on Rt. US 15, four miles south of Interstate 80. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information call or e-mail Marlyn Kepner at 570-584-4835/[email protected], or call Skip Fryling at 570-387-4955.
Master Smith Jim Crowell Television Interview -The Art of Knife Making
Last week Master Smith Jim Crowell and his wife Jenny were the featured guests on the TV Show “Talkin Outdoors” which featured the topic “The Art of Knife Making”. The TV show is hosted and produced by Steve “Wildman” Wilson who is with Arkansas Game and Fish. During the interview Master Smith Crowell talks about bladesmithing, the American Bladesmith Society, and describes the testing requirements for Journeyman Smith and Master Smith ratings in the ABS.
During the interview there are video clips shown of Jim chopping 2×4’s in half, and wife Jenny cutting a free hanging rope with one of Jim’s Bowie knives. In addition, there is a video clip of Master Smith Lin Rhea at a meeting of bladesmiths giving a forging demonstration which is narrated by Jim Crowell.
Cutting the Rolling Golf Ball, Rope, and Heavy Cardboard Tube
BladeSports International cutting demonstration of various cutting challenges in a competition.
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