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Hi everyone.
My voyage into the murky world of knife collecting started five years ago when I noticed a little filler story in the paper during my lunch break at work. The Australian Knife Making Guild (you have got to be kidding me I thought to myself, there's a group called the Australian Knife Makers Guild?) was having a show at the hotel Ibis on the weekend and everyone was welcome. I still don't know why it caught my eye but on Sat. morning, with the wife and kids away for the day, I found myself on the train heading into the city instead of hanging around Bunnings.
I had no idea what to expect, I mean what would people show at a knife show? Oh sure knives, but knives were some thing you picked up at Woolies every six months because the old ones had gone dull weren't they. Well, what I saw blew me away. The artistry, the fit and finish and just the bloody hard work and thought everyone had put into their knives was jaw dropping. I ended up spending a couple of hours going around and talking to ever single knife maker, then I went out and got a beer to cool down a bit. What the hell I thought, what are banking machines for? And went straight back. Ouch.
An hour later I was back on the train with a beautiful little six inch chef's knife by Adam Parker. Ever since my collection has centered around kitchen knives, plus a few pocket/money clip knives, rather than the bush and survival knives that most collectors seem to go for.
So a quick question, will anyone be showing some kitchen knives this year? Last year was almost a total lose for me, I came home with a single paring knife by Michael Fechner. The little white handled one on the bottom of his pictures from last years show here on this forum. But this year, with the kids gone and the mortgage paid off, I was hoping to do some serious, once a year shopping. Oh well, I can but hope.
See you all at the show and for anyone showing this year I'll be the guy with the Canadian accent and the funny shoes.
Chef Knife in use at the moment: ten inch Bob Kramer/Shun, SG2 steel and sharp enough to shave my arm.
My voyage into the murky world of knife collecting started five years ago when I noticed a little filler story in the paper during my lunch break at work. The Australian Knife Making Guild (you have got to be kidding me I thought to myself, there's a group called the Australian Knife Makers Guild?) was having a show at the hotel Ibis on the weekend and everyone was welcome. I still don't know why it caught my eye but on Sat. morning, with the wife and kids away for the day, I found myself on the train heading into the city instead of hanging around Bunnings.
I had no idea what to expect, I mean what would people show at a knife show? Oh sure knives, but knives were some thing you picked up at Woolies every six months because the old ones had gone dull weren't they. Well, what I saw blew me away. The artistry, the fit and finish and just the bloody hard work and thought everyone had put into their knives was jaw dropping. I ended up spending a couple of hours going around and talking to ever single knife maker, then I went out and got a beer to cool down a bit. What the hell I thought, what are banking machines for? And went straight back. Ouch.
An hour later I was back on the train with a beautiful little six inch chef's knife by Adam Parker. Ever since my collection has centered around kitchen knives, plus a few pocket/money clip knives, rather than the bush and survival knives that most collectors seem to go for.
So a quick question, will anyone be showing some kitchen knives this year? Last year was almost a total lose for me, I came home with a single paring knife by Michael Fechner. The little white handled one on the bottom of his pictures from last years show here on this forum. But this year, with the kids gone and the mortgage paid off, I was hoping to do some serious, once a year shopping. Oh well, I can but hope.
See you all at the show and for anyone showing this year I'll be the guy with the Canadian accent and the funny shoes.
Chef Knife in use at the moment: ten inch Bob Kramer/Shun, SG2 steel and sharp enough to shave my arm.
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