2003 BLADE Show

[Richard S.]

i was in Atlanta this past weekend for the Blade Show and it was incredible. 2 1/2 days of constant drooling. i was lucky enough to meet several of the top makers including Elishewitz,Lightfoot, Hayes and a bunch of others, and the best thing about it, these people are a hell of a lot nicer than you would think. i mean, that kind of creativity and skill and they spoke to me like my neighbor would. i was basically blown away by the whole experience.....truly the highlight of my year so far.........respects to all

[Cthulhu]

Was this the blade show that Guro Dionaldo was to introduce a new kerambit?

I'll have to check his site again.

Cthulhu

[Richard S.]

not that i saw,......the only new kerambit design that i did see was a Michael Janich design made by David Dempsey,sort of a flared ridge on the blade designed to make any wound uh..."gape" for lack of a better term..........respects

[M F]

Jerry Hossom introduce a new Karambit, designed by Guro Ray. It was not heat treated or sharpened, though, just there to introduce the design. I believe Guro Ray also did am impromptu demonstration of Sayoc Kali at some point. I have seen a few still pics of the demo at various knife related forums. I will see if I can get a pic to post.

[Cthulhu]

If you can get some pics, that'd be great.

Cthulhu

[M F]

Cthulhu,
PM sent about this pic. Maybe you can get a pic up here tonight.

[Richard S.]

that figures, Jerry Hossom was at the same set of tables as Mr.Simonich and the Strider guys and they were packed every time we tried to see them. i did see a couple of interesting things happen at Steve Taranis table though.......

[M F]

Richard,
I think you should let us in on what you saw at Steve Tarani's table. :D

[Richard S.]

ok, bear in mind i know jack about kerambit training, but most of what they did involved punch and knife defenses that evolved into a flow of constant cutting--a lot of joint attacking and such. i only saw them do this a couple of times but the cobb galleria is huge and there was lots of other stuff i wanted to check out. so im sure i missed a lot.

[Cthulhu]

Here is a photo of the kerambit in question.

Thanks to M F, who pointed me to the pic's location!

Cthulhu

[Cthulhu]

Originally posted by Richard S.
ok, bear in mind i know jack about kerambit training, but most of what they did involved punch and knife defenses that evolved into a flow of constant cutting--a lot of joint attacking and such. i only saw them do this a couple of times but the cobb galleria is huge and there was lots of other stuff i wanted to check out. so im sure i missed a lot.

You should get in touch with member Palusut. I think he's in N. Carolina and is the representative for Guro Dionaldo's system up there. He hosts Guro Ray a bit and could let you know when he'll be up there next. And you could also get together at other times to train as well.

Cthulhu

[nahkohewalker]

Yes Mr. Dionaldo was there and he did bring one prototype. But it wasn't on display on a table he carried it around in a case.