Just received word that the West Coast Custom Knife Show has been canceled. Its website states the show has been “suspended until further notice.”
For reference, here are the now-defunct details:
Time: April 29, 2011 at 12pm to April 30, 2011 at 6pm
Location: Fess Parkers Double Tree Resort
Street: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard
City/Town: Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Website or Map: http://www.wcckshow.com/
Event Type: knife, show
Organized By: Fifty-Fifty Productions
In search of some of the best in knives, and/or wanting to connect or reconnect with new/old friends? If you live near Ozark, Missouri, or Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, both areas will have knife shows this weekend.
A one-day-only event, the Knife Club of the Ozarks’ 15th Annual Spring Cabin Fever Knife Show will be Saturday in the 4H Building of Ozark’s City Park. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call Don Long at 417-485-6759 or Randy Long 417-581-8138.
Meanwhile, the Country Cupboard Inn just north of Lewisburg will host the 23rd Annual Keystone Blade Association Knife Show on Saturday and Sunday. The Country Cupboard Inn is on Rt. US 15, four miles south of Interstate 80. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information call or e-mail Marlyn Kepner at 570-584-4835/[email protected], or call Skip Fryling at 570-387-4955.
Last week Master Smith Jim Crowell and his wife Jenny were the featured guests on the TV Show “Talkin Outdoors” which featured the topic “The Art of Knife Making”. The TV show is hosted and produced by Steve “Wildman” Wilson who is with Arkansas Game and Fish. During the interview Master Smith Crowell talks about bladesmithing, the American Bladesmith Society, and describes the testing requirements for Journeyman Smith and Master Smith ratings in the ABS.
During the interview there are video clips shown of Jim chopping 2×4’s in half, and wife Jenny cutting a free hanging rope with one of Jim’s Bowie knives. In addition, there is a video clip of Master Smith Lin Rhea at a meeting of bladesmiths giving a forging demonstration which is narrated by Jim Crowell.
BladeSports International cutting demonstration of various cutting challenges in a competition.
Bear shows us his Ultimate Knife. It is the flagship knife in the Gerber Bear Grylls Survival Series of knives.
From Gerber Legendary Blades:
02.14.2011– Portland, OR – Gerber Legendary Blades, a leader in the knife and tool industry for over 70 years, is pleased support the Boy Scouts of America and the regional Cascade Pacific Council of the BSA.
With a promotion at the recent SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gerber was able to raise over twenty-two thousand dollars though the sale of Gerber’s new Bear Grylls Compact Scout knife over the course of the four-day show. Proceeds from the sale went directly to the Boy Scouts of America Cascade Pacific Council , which provides services and youth-development programs to families and community organizations in eighteen counties of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington states.
According to Michael Egan, Director of Development for the Cascade Pacific Council of the BSA, the funds will be used for Camperships for low-income youth. “Each year we invest over $100,000 for at risk kids to go to camp, yet do not have an ongoing revenue source to pay for them,” explains Egan. “So, when funds like Gerber’s generous gift come through, we put it right towards the kids who need it most.”
“At Gerber, we really pride ourselves on leadership, responsibility and action, all core tenants of the Boy Scouts, so we are very pleased to lend our support to the organization,” said Corey Maynard, Director of Marketing for Gerber. “Furthermore, by donating funds to the Cascade Pacific Council we are able to give back to our local community, a community that has greatly supported Gerber over the years,” concluded Maynard.
The launch of the Gerber Bear Grylls Survival Series, and Bear Grylls’ active role in the scouting movement, helped created a natural fit between Gerber and the Boys Scouts. In addition to the Bear Grylls Compact Scout knife, which helped raise funds from this sale, the 2011 Bear Grylls collection will feature a number of products including knives, tools and survival gear ideal for scouting.
Demonstration of BladeSports International Cutting Competition Knife measurement and the measuring jig used to measure the knives.
