Members,
I am starting a new thread, regarding and dedicated to this year's Blade Show. Spectacular event, despite all of the "changes" put before us. I took absolutely "0" photos but others did. I am in hopes that they will appear in this topic soon enough.
Not even un-packed yet, but I have to thanks some folks, 1st and foremost.
Dennis Estes, Nelson & Izzy Silva, James Caruso, Aaron Johnson. Daniel, Oriana (& Little Hanna) Maynard, Steve & Cathy White, Wally & Lori Mabry, David Loomis, Doc Workman...thanks for going to the trouble to provide outstanding RKCC club table displays! They were one of the big hits of the entire Blade show!
Gary & Leanna Clinton (more on them later), Buck Buchanon, Danny Corbet, Bill Clausen & yours truly, all being authorized Randall dealers, were all in attendance at this year's RKCC annual meeting...Thanks. Scrimmer, Sandra Brady and her son, Nick (engraver) were also there.
Despite horrid weather, power outages and dramatic "changes" to The Blade Show's format all went quite well! More to come. If anyone cares to share...let's hear from ya'.
Stay Sharp,
Capt. Chris

Looking forward to the info.

Me too since I didn't get to make the show this year.

The Display Gang
Front row; Lori, Izzy, Nelson, James
Back Row; Wally, David, James, Aaron, Dennis, Steve, Cathy, Little Hanna, Oriana and Daniel.
Their was some Great Randall's on display.
The display had a lot less foot traffic this year due to the new location but the people that came in were very interested in the history of RMK and the options available on the current models. Their was also some great knives brought in for us to look at like an early #17 and a rehandled knife that some one passed of as an original to this person. Thanks to the Capt for renting the room for the club and to Aaron and Daniel from the shop for giving up there time to answer the many questions.

Dennis

Sounds like a good show. I hope to go one day.
Dennis mentioned a early model 17 was brought in. Did anyone get a picture of that one?
Maybe some pictures of the displays too.
Thanks

Picture sent to me from Aaron:

I sent this gentleman into the RKCC room for all to see. Nice Trio!
Capt. Chris

Those are some nice astros. The one on the right looks like a NASA astro that went to NASA with the astronauts knives.
Thanks for posting them.

Notable how lo-o-ng those hilts/cross guards are. Maybe because the astronauts would be wearing gloves.

Were either of these three knives rhodium plated?

Recall discussion on another thread about the plating.

Back when I worked with metallurgists etc., they talked about different plating methods. The flash coating of copper stuck to car bumpers etc. better than nickel or chromium did, and the nickel or chromium stuck to the copper very well.

The exception was hard chrome plating, which put chrome directly onto prepared steel surfaces, as in when they told the DoD how to fix the M16.

But one cautioned me when I said I wanted to hard chrome a 1911, that in small parts hard chroming might cause what they called hydrogen embrittlement and if it did it could cause cracks in the part.

Larry

The guards are long. A feature of early Astros? I don't think the astros are plated. Generally the Randall stamp looks more silvery color than black. These stamps look black so I don't think they are plated.
Looks like the owner has every sheath from the early astro period.
Anyone know who's knives they are? I don't believe I have seen them before.