BLADE 2007 - The Show Floor
Over 600 tables!
Gil and Linda Hibben
Gil debuts a new production automatic.
Gil designed the knife and hand-ground the blades in a collaboration with
Asheville Steel and Paragon Knives.
Gil Hibben with Rob Anderson and Randall King
Wes Hibben (Gil's son) and his beautiful daughter Allura
came down from Alaska.
Vlad Kovalov of ROS Arms USA
Amazing miniatures by Eric Leong. The small dagger at the
top has 12 skulls carved in the handle.
Knife Photographer Jim Cooper (Sharp by Coop) was busy all
weekend
John Benner designs tactical defense knives for Ka-Bar
Mammoth Ivory for sale
Black Iron Forge was selling some movie memorabilia.
Here is a sword used in the movie "Gladiator" and a blade from "Sleepy Hollow"
The "Golden Heart" collaboration between Van Barnett and
Delanna.
This amazing commissioned art piece took over 4 years to create and contains over $100,000 in materials including:
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A hidden 19"solid 14k gold blade hand ground by Barnett
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4.18 pounds of 14k Gold
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4.97 pounds of oxidized Sterling Silver
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20.35 carats of Diamonds
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53.2 carats of natural Rubies
The "Hogs" were feeding at the trough
Bob Branton and Ernie Emerson demonstrated knife throwing
in the courtyard
Eric Eggly of Point Seven Photography was a busy man
A large herd of Bucks presented by the Buck collectors
Dr. David Darom was signing his latest knife book "The
Great Collections"
Daniel Crotts of Dozier Knives demonstrates flat grinding
Part of the CAS Hanwei display
R.L. Welling of Grand Haven, MI
By Mike Ruth of Texarkana, TX
The next generation being inspired by Blackie Collins
Forging Demonstration: Jay Hendrickson talks to the crowd
while Tim Carr forges a blade
Kit Rae
Ron Best makes some of the most incredible integral designs
that I have seen
Some miscellaneous shots around the show floor
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