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Florida HB 179 and companion bill SB 356, which would have made it illegal to carry a “common pocketknife” on school grounds in Florida, have been “withdrawn,” according to the Knife Rights e-mail newsletter.
“Knife Rights, along with our good friends at Florida Carry, shined a bright light on this unnecessary legislation and helped to derail it,” the Knife Rights e-mail newsletter reported.
According to the Florida Senate website (www.flsenate.gove/Session/Bill/2012/0179), the general bill, if passed, would have prohibited “possession of [a] common pocketknife, except as authorized, at [a] school-sponsored event or on [the] property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop.” Also according to the website, on Oct. 24, the bill was “withdrawn prior to introduction” in the Florida House.
Three knife events—the Kentucky Cutlery Association Show, the Boise Knife Show and the Art Knife Invitational—all will be conducted this weekend.
A one-day, by-invitation-only event, on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Art Knife Invitational assembles 25 of the world’s leading knifemakers and their knives in San Diego. For more information, call 877-734-2726.
Held at the EXPO Idaho Center in Boise, Idaho, the Boise Knife Show will run Friday through Sunday, Oct. 28-30. For more information contact David Jacobson at 208-447-7000 and/or visit www.rockymountainknifeshow.com.
The Kentucky Cutlery Association Show also will run Friday through Sunday and will be held in the Paroquet Springs Conference Center in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. For more information contact Jerry Bodner at 502-968-5946 or 502-552-1103.
Collector Adam Jacobs (right) had wanted a John Young (left) sub-chute knife for quite some, and his wait came to an end at the recent Plaza Cutlery Knife Show.
“I am an avid collector and huge BLADE® fan,” Jacobs noted. “My friend, Steven Garsson, got me into collecting knives in 2004, and since then I have been fortunate to acquire many pieces by some of the greats. My favorite fixed blades are made by John Young, and, in 2005, I asked John to make me a custom sub-chute. He made the knife this year and I took delivery on it at the Plaza show.
“It is one of only six knives total in existence with John’s rare signature logo. I humbly feel it is a pretty impressive piece and wanted to share it with you. Hiro Soga photographed the knife.
“John really enjoyed the challenge of this piece,” Jacobs continued. “I intentionally asked him to be creative and work outside his normal Loveless patterns and constraints.
“I wanted an amber-stag-handled melding of a chute blade with a sub-hilt handle, but with John’s own unique talent and vision—you don’t tell DaVinci how to paint. I think collectors and the art of knifemaking is well served when we encourage brilliant makers like John Young to do something new!”
Check out the latest in custom, factory, antique and other knives at the SHARP Show and Ohio Classic Knife Show this weekend.
Held at the Fern Valley Inn in Louisville, Kentucky, the SHARP Show will be Oct. 20-22. It is sanctioned by the National Knife Collectors Association. For more information call 423-238-6753, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.spiritofsteel.com.
The Ohio Classic will be conducted Oct. 21-22 in the Pritchard-Laughlin Civic Center in Cambridge, Ohio. Call L.T. Wright at 740-219-1141, e-mail [email protected] or [email protected], or visit www.ohioknifeshow.com or www.bhkoutdoors.com.
The Bob Dozier 10th anniversary 9-11 knife sporting a damascus blade that includes steel from the South Tower of the World Trade Center brought $1,525 in an auction that concluded earlier this week, with proceeds going to the New York Police and Fire Widow’s and Orphans Benefit Fund.
The bid for the winning knife—the folder was featured on page 50 in the December BLADE®—was submitted by retired New York City firefighter Keith Kaiser.
Forged by Daryl Meier, the knife’s blade includes a piece of South Tower steel and 1095 carbon steel. The pre-ban ivory handle boasts scrimshaw scenes by Sandra Brady. On one side is “We Remember 9-11-2011” commemorating the 10th anniversary, and the New York city skyline, including a shadow outline of the Twin Towers in place of the missing jet in a flyby jet formation, and a soldier saluting. On the flip side is a scene of firemen fighting the fires of the Twin Towers before they fell, an American flag, and the words, “Lest We Forget 9-11-2001.”
“There will never be enough to repay our debt for what [the first responders] paid,” Dozier noted. “All proceeds from the auction of this knife will go to help the families of the firefighters and policemen who lost their lives that day.”
For more information contact Bob Dozier Knives at [email protected] or visit www.dozierknives.com.
