I had the pleasure of meeting Bob on Friday. We had a great conversation. A real gentleman.robinetn wrote:See y'all there . I was only able to get 2 tables , but I'm hoping to come up with a couple more by show time .
Bob
His wife and my wife also seem to find some things in common. We are looking forward to seeing them at the Mason Dixon show in Hagerstown, MD at the end of the month.
I also had nice conversations with two custom makers. First one was Rick Simpson and his son of Palmetto Blades. I really liked Rick's work and his son Caleb is also making some knives. Both were super friendly and very engaging, but I was very impressed how Rick's son greeted and talked to the people who stopped at their table. I was serious thinking of buying one of his knives, which would have been my first custom blade, but my wife had spent some of my stash on a cane with a silver handle.
The other custom maker was Tom Heard of Turning Point Knives. He is a retired police officer from Northern Virginia. My wife and myself had actually met Tom 2 years ago at our first SVKS show when my wife bought one of his custom ink pens. His knife making skills have definitely evolved since then. His designs might be considered somewhat, and I'm paraphrasing his our words, "quirky"! He has real artistic skills which he incorporates into his knives.
And lastly, a shout out to Findlay Lotts of Spottswood Farm Store Cutlery Company and his friend Randy Sutton. Both are great guys to talk to. I believe Findlay is fairly new to the knife selling business. He had a nice selection of Bokers and CSC.
I bought two knifes, a Case Seahorse Whittler and a nice German Eye #85 penknife. I'll post them later.