2011 Blade Show Pics

[Bradsknives]

2011 Blade Show & Blade Sports Pics

Entering the 2011 Blade Show.

Benchmade Booth

Blind Horse Knives Booth....Man were they busy both days that I was there.

Busse Booth...For all of the Busse Fanboys!!

ESEE Booth

ZT 0777...Awesome knife that I got to play with for awhile...they finally had to take it
away from me!

ZT Hinderer Flipper...Super smooth opening with the KVT system..after not wanting to give
it back along with the ZT0777....they asked me to leave their booth.

Blade Sports Pics.

Tennis Ball & Golf Ball Chop Table.

Horizontal & Vertical 2x4 Chop Table.

2" Rope Chop Table.

14 pieces of flooring tape together...ready to be chopped. Note the single water bottle, it is used for a vertical chop....it has to be chopped completely through long ways.

Dowel Rod & 1" rope Chop Table. Note: Dowel rod is 5/8" in diameter.

Blade Sports World Champ and INGO member Donavon Phillips & me hangin out after he competed. Donavon is one of the nicest down to earth people that you would ever want to meet. He took a lot of time answering my questions about Blade Sports. He has indicated that he would love to come up to Indiana and have a cutting/chopping school for any INGO members that would be interested.

The actual chopper that he used in the competion...He makes his own choppers using M4
steel.

Donavon demostrating the safety lanyard that is currently being used by most of the competors in Blade Sports. Note: The lanyard is attached towards the spine of the blade and not towards the back of the handle.

Back to the Show:

Hangin out at the Strider Booth.

INGO Member mercop at the RMJ Tactical Booth.

Dan of Blind Horse Knives.

 

[cornfused]

Looks like you had a great time! (did you bring back any ZT's?)

 

[Bradsknives]

Looks like you had a great time! (did you bring back any ZT's?)

Nope...All ZT folders models are not available...it's going to be 2 to 3 months before they are back in the dealer pipelines. The new models in the pics are not scheduled to be released until late 4th quarter this year.

 

[Squib]

You get a lot of blade for the buck with Blind Horse Knives. I have two of their custom knives, and two of their limited editions. Also a few of their regular knives. Dan and L.T. are just great guys to work with, too.

 

[grunt soldier]

awesome brad. glad you guys had a good time and very cool you got to meet Donavon Phillips. i would love to do some chopping w/ him

you or sheila pick up any nice blades?

 

[Knife Lady]

Yeah grunt I picked up a couple of new Striders just for you buddy.

I also picked up a new TOPS that is a bad little knife. This thing is 3/8 thick. I like it so much I just may keep it for myself.

 

[Bradsknives]

awesome brad. glad you guys had a good time and very cool you got to meet Donavon Phillips. i would love to do some chopping w/ him

you or sheila pick up any nice blades?

The Blade show really is for the consumer more than it is for dealers. Most companies were selling at retail....not a lot of deals for the dealers. Just about every company I deal with told me just place an order when I get home...basically, there were very few deals for the dealers with the exception of Strider and Microtech and I dropped a load with both of those companies.

 

[cubby]

i;d LOVE to see more pictures of Donavon's work! looks like a cool knife from the pics!

did you get any table pics, brad?

 

[Bradsknives]

i;d LOVE to see more pictures of Donavon's work! looks like a cool knife from the pics!

did you get any table pics, brad?

I wish I would have taken some better detailed pics of his knife. I asked him how much he would charge me to make one just like it....it was pricey, but you get what you pay for when your talking about knives at this level.

There are several pics of the cutting/chopping tables that were used in the Blade Sports event...scroll back up my friend.

 

[cubby]

I wish I would have taken some better detailed pics of his knife. I asked him how much he would charge me to make one just like it....it was pricey, but you get what you pay for when your talking about knives at this level.

There are several pics of the cutting/chopping tables that were used in the Blade Sports event...scroll back up my friend.

definetely get wht you pay for! well, most of the time. if they stamp their nae and the price doubles, walk AWAY!!!

i was interested in the knife, as opposed to the table pics though..... what thickness of steel did he use?

 

[Bradsknives]

definetely get wht you pay for! well, most of the time. if they stamp their nae and the price doubles, walk AWAY!!!

i was interested in the knife, as opposed to the table pics though..... what thickness of steel did he use?

Man...I don't know. Not being a knife maker, I kind of skipped over the parts that would be important to you and other makers. If I was guessing, the spine (top) was probably a 1/4" (maybe a little less) in thickness and it narrowed down (flat grind) pretty fast to the edge.

 

[bigcraig]

I should have had you pick me up a new pocket clip for my ZT0200, I broke mine last week.

 

[Bradsknives]

I should have had you pick me up a new pocket clip for my ZT0200, I broke mine last week.

It has a life time warranty. Just call them and tell them what you need, more than likely they will ship it to you.

KAI USA Ltd. (Kershaw & ZT)
18600 SW Teton Avenue
Tualatin, Oregon 97062
Phone: (503) 682-1966
Fax: (503) 682-7168

 

[ARdysfunction]

Thanks for sharring the pics Brad... Looks like a great time!

 

[bobbystoney]

Love looking at pics from Blade. Thanks for posting!

 

[esrice]

Brad thanks for the pics and detailed play-by-play. Great to see that many "big dogs" in the industry are also INGOers!

 

[Fenway]

Awesome pics Brad.

 

[dphillips]

definetely get wht you pay for! well, most of the time. if they stamp their nae and the price doubles, walk AWAY!!!

i was interested in the knife, as opposed to the table pics though..... what thickness of steel did he use?

I use 3/8" steel. Gonna try to get some pics on here soon.

Donavon

 

[mercop]

It was good to meet you and the Ms, hope you had a good show.- George

 

[grunt soldier]

I use 3/8" steel. Gonna try to get some pics on here soon.

Donavon

please do