BLADE Magazine

Ernest Emerson talked about his knives, his seminar and more for the upcoming BLADE Show on Armed American Radio over the weekend.

Emerson (pictured), who also will display his factory knives at his show booth, extolled the virtues of the BLADE Show and his seminar, “Countering Terrorism: Get Your Mind Right,” which will be BLADE Show Saturday at 1 p.m. Originally slated for Room 110 in the host Cobb Galleria Centre, the seminar will be held at the same day and time in Room 104 instead.

According to Emerson, Armed American Radio has 166 radio affiliates and recently picked up a new one in Phoenix, Arizona, the country’s fifth largest market.

The BLADE Show will be June 10-12 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. For more information, click “BLADE SHOW” on the bar at the top of this page.

Donavon Phillips (pictured at the 2010 BLADE Show World Cutting Championship) won BladeSports International’s recent U.S. National Championships in Mountain View, Arkansas, and headlines the 10 U.S. qualifiers for the BLADE Show World Cutting Championship, which will be held June 11 during the BLADE Show.

The other qualifiers, in order of their finish in the U.S. Nationals: Dan Keffeler, Ted Ott, Gary Bond, Evan Martin, Bud Robbins, Lars Rosenblad, Jose Diaz, Michael Eubanks and John Czagas.

BSI Executive Director Jose Diaz, who is also one of the qualifiers, said he expected all 10 to attend barring any unforeseen circumstances.

International cutters expected to compete include the United Kingdom’s Ian “Longstrider” Allen-Rowlandson and Farid Mehr, and Ed de Pauw of Holland.

The BLADE Show will be June 10-12 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. For more information, click on “BLADE SHOW” in bar above.