November New York Show and the Holiday Season 2008
The New York show was great fun. (I wish I had won one of the door prizes.) I met a few new makers whose work will be in the shop shortly. In fact, we’ve be so busy, sorry for the delay in getting the new knives up. There will be more knives coming in every week now.
We were glad to see Dan Winkler and Karen Shook back at the show. I always love Dan’s knives and Karen’s sheaths and his latest knives were no exception..
I got two new pieces by Jay Hendrickson. Jay is now also working side-by-side with his son Shawn. One knife is one of the first “father and son compilation knives”. We have also become members of the “Bill Moran Museum” that Jay and his wife Nancy are working hard to put together. It would be great if more people would sign up. I feel it’s important to participate in the encouragement of hand-crafted work on whatever level we can. I never want that energy to disappear!
Herb Derr had some really nice new daggers and hunters that I can never resist with his unique Damascus.
And we got some great new Bob Dozier knives. Bob’s knives are great hunting knives. In our neck of the woods there are a lot of hunters. They all want to use their grandfather’s knife. They have a hard time giving it up until the hold a Dozier knife, truly a hunter’s and working mans knife.
Theuns Prinsloo and Corrie Schoeman are my favorite South African knife makers. Theuns’s knives sold the day after I got back from the show, so they aren’t up. Corrie’s knives always have that extra little touch that make them special. One of my favorite aspects of Corrie’s knives is how substantial they feel and how delicate they look.
I also got some great new folders from Mike Irie, including a left-handed liner lock. Mike’s fixed blades will be on the way. They seem to be flying out of the store. As soon as I finish a sheath for the “sweet tooth”, it’s gone.
Some of Terry Knipshield’s small folding pukas came in. I have one of these as my own personal carry knife. It is small and very sturdy, artistic and functional.
New Chris Reeve knives have arrived including the small Sebenza wood with mammoth ivory scales and his latest folder Umnanzaan.
It’s always great when people stop by the shop. We have many knives that are not on the site as well as those that are.
Both Sharon and I wish everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season.
Fred Eisen