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13 Days To The BLADE Show: Survival+Tactical Gear Expo

It’s only 13 days until the 31st Annual BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com), June 8-10 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. In conjunction with the show and new for 2012 to address the expanding survival market, the former Tactical Gear Show has been enhanced with the latest in survival equipment and renamed the Survival+Tactical Gear Expo.

    The STG Expo will be held in the back left corner of the BLADE Show’s main hall. All things tactical and survival related—in addition to knives, duty gear, eyewear, hydration equipment, hearing protection, flashlights/accessories, survival seminars and more—will be presented. BLADE Show ticket holders are admitted free.

For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication.

14 Days To The BLADE Show: Welcome Home Troops!

Knifemaker Les George, who will exhibit his knives at the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com), holds one of his EOD fixed blades while he was on active duty in Iraq. (photo courtesy of Les George)

Two weeks from today, the 31st Annual BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) will descend upon the environs of the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. In addition to the world’s greatest knives, knifemakers, knife manufacturers, knife accessories and much more, the show will have a special “Welcome Home Troops” theme to celebrate the recent homecoming of our gallant service personnel from the war in Iraq.

    All active military will be offered a discounted entry ticket rate to the show of $8 (regular price is $15). The discount applies to law enforcement personnel, too. An active identification card must be presented onsite to receive the discount.

For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication.

California Bladesmithing Exposition

This is a very well attended and popular event every year at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California. Please visit the ABS Website for more details on event times and demonstrations at www.americanbladesmith.com

Fall Great Smoky Mountain Hammer In

The Fall Great Smoky Mountain Hammer In is held each All in the mountains of western North Carolina at the well equiped facilities of Haywood Community College in Clyde, NC.     Please visit the ABS Website for the latest details on the event and demonstrations at www.americanbladesmith.com

3rd Heartland Bladesmithing Symposium

Please join us in Topeka, Kansas for some outstanding educational demonstrations on October 6 and 7, 2012. The demonstrations are:

STEVE CULVER……………..Kerosene Forge Welding

BRION TOMBERLIN………..Clay tempering for a hamon line

DALE SCHAFER………….. Basic milling machine and lathe instruction

MIKE WILLIAMS…………….Blade finishing with cork and leather belts

JIM BATSON……………….….Basic Metallurgy

BR HUGHES………………..….Knifemaker Recognition in the Custom Knife business

DAVID SLOAN…………..…….Little Giant Trip-hammer, information and tips

Fall Piney Woods Hammer In

.R. Hughes said: “This Hammer In is the Grand Daddy of them all and you don’t want to miss this one”. For more information on the demonstrations go to the ABS Website at www.americanbladesmith.com

What’s Your Favorite Pocketknife Pattern?

Tell us what your favorite pocketknife pattern is and chances are we will use all or portions of your comments in an upcoming issue of BLADE® Magazine. Is it a trapper like the CRKT Model 6064 shown above? (For more on it, click on http://www.shopblade.com/trapper-pocket-classic-6064.) Or is it a pattern such as a congress, stockman, muskrat, sowbelly, whittler or something else altogether?

    Feel free to include both the pattern and the brand, or just the pattern. And tell us WHY it’s your favorite.

For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication.

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