Neat video from knifemaker Van Barnett, showing a cool gear and mechanism art knife he fashioned, one in a series. And a special treat at the end!
Knife Of The Day XXI: Buck Folding Omni Gut-hook Hunter
The 21st installment in our “Knife Of The Day” feature is the Buck 399 Folding Omni Gut-hook Hunter. The 4-inch gut-hook blade is 12C27Mod Sandvik stainless steel. The handle is Dynaflex rubber in RealTree Hardwoods Green HD camo. The sheath is heavy-duty nylon. Blade stock: .120 inch. Weight: 4.6 ounces. Closed length: 5.75 inches.
For more information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/m16-14zsf/?r+ssfb032812 #Y4550
Bob Loveless Documentary Feature Film to Premiere
On Thursday evening, April 26th, two days before the Solvang Knife Show, Dave Ellis, Jack Lucarelli and Ed Wormser are proud to premiere a documentary feature film Robert Loveless, An American Legend, as part of the Beverly Hills Film Festival.Â
The film is written and directed by Lucarelli and David Bartlett, and produced by Lucarelli with Wormser and Ellis credited as executive producers. Â
The screening will take place as follows:
Clarity Theater
100 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills
Red Carpet at 5:30 p.m.
Film Runs from 6:00 – 7:20 p.m.
This will be followed immediately by a cocktail reception. For those who will join Wormser, Lucarelli and Ellis, they are also hosting a pre-theatre get-together at 4:00 p.m. at Mel’s Diner, 8585 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
Please RSVP to Ed Wormser at [email protected].Â
ABS Atlanta Knife Auction
Top masters in the world of bladesmithing have donated the most exciting set of auction knives ever seen for the American Bladesmith Society Annual fund raiser at the 2012 Blade Show and International Cutlery Fair in Atlanta, GA on June 9th in Saturday, June 9th at 10am in Room #103 of the Cobb Galleria.
There is currently an Online Auction being conducted through June 1, 2012 and information is posted on the ABS Forum at this link, Click: Online Auction. For more information you can contact the ABS Office at 419-832-0400 or send an email to the ABS Knife Auction Coordinator Dr. Dan L. Petersen at [email protected] .
Please Help Get Knife Preemption Bill Up For Vote!
Butch Vallotton’s table was abuzz with activity at last year’s BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com). We need your help to get Georgia Knife Preemption Bill SB432 scheduled for a vote in the coming days or it will not become law.
Georgia Knife Preemption Bill SB432 must be scheduled for a vote in the coming days or it will not become law, Knife Rights reported.
SB432 makes certain that Georgia’s knife laws are consistent throughout the state. As the home of the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com), this is very important to knife owners, collectors and manufacturers and means millions of dollars in business to Georgia.
The Georgia legislature is in the final hours of the 2012 session and there are a lot of bills competing to be heard before the legislature adjourns, most likely on Thursday.
It is critical for you to call the office of Georgia’s Speaker of the House David Ralston and POLITELY request that he “please schedule SB432 for a vote as soon as possible.” That’s all the message you need to leave.
If you are a BLADE Show attendee, or ever plan to be, and even if you are not a Georgia resident, you have a stake in this issue…CALL TODAY! Phone calls will have the greatest impact.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston: 404-656-5020 Email: [email protected]
For more click on www.KnifeRights.org.
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Lee’s Sword Is Returning to Appomattox
The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee wore when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to a new museum about a mile of where the surrender occurred in Appomattox, Virginia, according to reports.
Slated to be the centerpiece of the new museum outlining the post-Civil War struggle to heal the nation, Lee’s French-made ceremonial sword is leaving a Richmond museum where it had been for nearly a century.
The sword is seen at Lee’s side in many paintings of the scene when he met with Grant to sign the document of surrender on April 9, 1865.
According to reports, it is a myth that Lee offered the sword to Grant as part of the surrender and that Grant subsequently refused the traditional surrender gesture.
The sword has been “conserved” after years of polishing had erased much of the golden luster from the brass. The nearly 3.5-foot sword now “sparkles,” from the lion-head pommel to the blade’s gilded-relief blade. The hilt is ivory.
The sword was intended for ceremonial use and there is no evidence Lee used it in battle.
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Celebrate The Gunny’s B-Day With His SOG Co-Design
Co-designed by R. Lee “The Gunny” Ermey, the Gunny Folder (top) from SOG sports a 4-inch blade of VG-10 stainless steel and a cocobolo handle with The Gunny’s image inset in a nickel-plated coin. (Above) The Gunny and SOG CEO Spencer Frazer at last year’s BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com). (Point Seven image)
Celebrate R. Lee “The Gunny” Ermey’s birthday today, March 24, with his Gunny Folder from SOG Specialty Knives & Tools. It comes with a leather pouch for easy carry. The cocobolo handle includes rayskin inlay. Limited to 1,000 pieces.
For more info click on www.sogknives.com.
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