This is the best I could muster up as far as show pictures. Ironic huh, since I am getting a rep for posting knife shots. I was so busy with taking it all in that I forgot I had a camera most of the time.

Folks milling around the table and filling out cards for the drawing. Tony is standing there on the corner, my wife Danna is seated next to him and across the table from Tony is Elliot(blues).


a shot showing the card stacks next to knives on Tony's half of the table


Here you can see all the Bose knives and their growing stacks of cards


Reese and RandyW lookin over the situation.


Randy cheesin over his Bose Knives in a Box(I should come up with a waiver for that too


This shot is just minutes away from the drawing time. The crowd got so thick that it did get hotter like was mentioned in another thread. It is amazing how much attention these drawings get. Notice how high the card stacks got next to each knife(lower right corner) Maker John Frap was in the isle across from the Bose table and said that the stacks were double the height of last years.


During the drawings, they take a stack of cards and throw them in a box and someone from the crowd pulls a card. Here Tony is reading the name but eventually a town cryer was employed due to the sound suck in that room.


She looks like she was making a wish as she is handed that card to Tony, "oh please be mine please be mine please be mine." Her wish wasn't granted but someone else was made very happy.

Great Pics Kerry..thanks for those of us that were not there

Yep, that's me in the brick colored shirt in the first couple shots, and Joe (canineforge) is standing over my right shoulder (the tall fella in the floral shirt and glasses). Joe had himself a great show as well in terms of what he was able to come away with.

Gus Kalanzis is in the foreground with blue shirt and back to camera in the first pic.

The gal reaching into the box in the last shot is Julie Hyman from Arizona Custom Knives.

Just Awesome
what a site to behold!

Best place to hang out at Blade. Perfect meeting place or recovery site after all the shock of the rest of the show. Sorry I missed it this year.

Thanks for the pics.

Jack

Looks like everyone had a fun time and the knives look sharp! I hope I can be there next year.

-Troy

Thanks for the pictures Kerry. It was alot of fun to see all the folks who so much wanted one or more of Tony's knives. and of Reese's knives, and the excitement the lucky collectors showed when their name was drawn.

Great pics Kerry. I put down 24 cards as did my wife but we didn't get the luck of the draw. Had fun anyway

Great show this year!!!