Knife Collecting

This show is a homecoming for us–we attended some great shows at this hotel back when it was the Hyatt-Regency, and Knoxville was home to several Blade Shows when we were producing that show. The Marriott is next door to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, and convenient to the National Knife Museum, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is a convenient location with a 1 day drive of over 60% of the nation’s population.

Booths available or manufacturers. Handmade section. Door prizes.

Join Gary Blanchard, Gil Hibben, Great Eastern Knives, Blue Ridge Knives, the National Knife Collectors Association, J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers, Jim Sargent, Les Robertson, Bob Neal and hundreds more exhibitors at this New show in a long enjoyed location.

Also Usual Suspect Network members and NKCA members admitted with special discounts.

plus any Police, Fire, EMT, or U. S. Military FREE with valid ID.

It’s the Ultimate Party for USN Enthusiasts.

It’s not a knife show. It’s not an industry trade show. It’s not a 9 to 5 stroll through a bunch of crowded aisles filled with tables and people that you don’t know. It’s a huge family reunion with family members who you’ve personally chosen to call your own. There will be no strangers at The Gathering. Just hundreds of your closest friends and chosen family.

Sure, there’s a show too, but no boring, confusing aisles to navigate. The Gathering is set up in intimate quads, where a novice and two established makers or suppliers will join a major maker. A circular traffic flow guarantees that you won’t miss anyone, and makes it easy to re-locate them as well.

There will be plenty of knives, gear, lights and toys, but first and foremost, they’re all friends who you already know and trust because you deal with them and see them on the USN pretty much every day.

Speaking of family, we’ve set up special Spa options for the wives- they deserve to be pampered.

Aside from the show itself, have you ever imagined Traders’ Cove coming to life? You’re going to see it happen at The Gathering each night in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. It’s the ultimate show and tell, trade and barter, buy and sell; all with great atmosphere, food, drinks and the best of friends. You’re actually going to walk into a physical version of Traders’ Cove, and party all night.
Contact:

[email protected]
(305) 255-9176

The “Plaza Cutlery Custom Knife Show” will be held on Saturday October 2nd and Sunday the 3rd, 2010

This show will be a return of the old “California Custom Knife Show” format and will be held at the Costa Mesa Hilton which hosted our show 2 years ago and also held the last “California Custom Knife Show”. We can get 75 tables in the show so that will be the maximum.

2010 Fall Open show dates

Friday October 22, 2010 4PM to 9PM

Saturday October 23, 2010 10AM-4PM

The 2010 Chicago Custom Knife Show will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 10-11, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza.

November 19, 20, 21, 2010

Crowne Plaza Hotel – Secaucus, New Jersey
2 Harmon Plaza
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

Friday 1 pm – 7 pm

Saturday 10 am – 6 pm

Sunday 9 am – 3 pm

Day Pass – $15 (admission for day of purchase)

Collector Pass – $20 (3 day admission)

VIP Pass – $30 (early admission on the 19th as well as 3 day admission)

~ All Passes are Eligible for Daily Prize Drawings ~
~ Collector and VIP Passes are Eligible for Grand Prize Drawings ~

I’d like to invite everyone to attend the American Bladesmith Society Knife Expo next weekend in historic downtown San Antonio, Texas, August 20-21, 2010. I’ll be a table holder for the first time at this show and will have at least four folders with my own damascus. Drop me an email at [email protected] if you’ll be able to attend, and be sure and stop by the table a say hello.

ABS 2nd All Forged Blade Exposition
August 20 – 21, 2010
Sheraton Gunter San Antonio
205 East Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
800-325-3535
www.gunterhotel.com