CKCA Mini-Show; Knives 2011

[Kevin Jones]

Our Third annual CKCA Mini-Knife Show will take place on Thursday Night June 9 as part of our Banquet/Annual Meeting. That's the night before the start of Blade Show. You won't want to miss this.
http://www.customknifecollectorsasso...m/Banquet.html

Announcing our seven makers for this year's CKCA Mini-Show:

Karl Andersen JS
Thad Buchanan
Tommy Gann JS
Don Hanson III MS
Dave Lisch JS
Ron Newton MS
Mike Quesenberry JS

Our paramount goals for our CKCA mini-show are:

To give our CKCA membership the opportunity to purchase very special knives at attractive prices from some of the finest knifemakers in the world who they normally may not have access to.

To give CKCA member knifemakers a chance to meet and present your knives to some of the top custom knife collectors in the world and perhaps to gain new longtime customers.

To give the CKCA another opportunity to offer benefit to both our collector and knifemaker members and to positively promote the CKCA in the custom knife community.

The Process/Rules:

• All CKCA members (those present at our show and not) will be eligible to purchase knifemaker's knives.

• All details of sales/transactions will take place between the knifemaker and the buyer with the CKCA providing promotion and the venue for knife sales.

• Knifemakers, of course, retain 100% of proceeds from all sales.

• CKCA members who will not be present at our show will have until Wednesday June 8th @ 12 noon EST to direct myself (Kevin Jones) in writing via e-mail customknifecollectorsassociation@yahoo.com (copying the particular knifemaker) to deposit a ticket into a particular maker's "draw box". By directing me to place a ticket into a maker's "draw box" the buyer is committing themselves to purchase such knife/knives.

• Since our knifemakers very graciously offer attractive pricing to our members for this annual event, any/all additional services/expenses such as shipping, insurance, custom duties, taxes for non-attending members are in addition to the sales price of the knives.

• ONLY CKCA members are eligible to participate (purchase knives) at our mini-show.

• Any CKCA member found to be purchasing mini-show knives for non-members can have their privileges to participate in future CKCA shows revoked. This rule will be strictly enforced. Any non-CKCA member can easily participate in our show by simply joining the CKCA.

• CKCA members are allowed to deposit a single ticket (1) in each box for knives that they want to acquire for themselves. Please, no help from your friends in depositing tickets on your be haft thus giving advantage over other members.

• CKCA members can place tickets in multiple boxes and if such member wins multiple knives he/she can of course keep all knives or at that time choose not to take a knife and we will go back and re-draw a second winner for the knife they turned down. If by chance there is not a second ticket in the particular box then the knife will be a "no sale".


The above processes/rules are intended to promote fairness for all CKCA members.

A BIG THANKS to Chuck Ward for the beautiful images.
Now for the knives:

[Kevin Jones]

#1 Ron Newton "Damascus & Ivory Slipjoint Folder"

Blade and Bolster steel: Newton forged 15n20 and 1095 mosaic damascus
Backspring steel: Newton forged 15n20 and 1095 twist damascus
Blade length: 3”
Handle length and closed length : 3-7/8”
Opened length: 6-7/8”
Handle material: Stabilized fossil mammoth ivory
Liners: 6al4v titanium
Pins: coin gold
Mechanism: non-locking slipjoint with half stop
Knife accompanied with a Bill’s custom knife case
CKCA mini show offering price: $1600

[Kevin Jones]

#2 Mike Quesenberry "Full Integral"

Blade - 52100 integral forged from 1 1/4" round stock with tapered tang
Handle - Premium Sambar Stag scales with Nickel Silver domed pins
Finish - 600 grit finish on blade, 2500 grit on swedge clip.
Blade length - 6 5/8", OAL - 11 1/2"
CKCA mini show offering price: $750

[Karl B. Andersen]

Exquisite!

[Eli Gautreaux]

Another beauty!!!

[Kevin Jones]

#3 Thad Buchanan "Loveless Design, Baby Bear"

Handle - Pre-act elephant ivory handle. Buyer will receive a copy of the Affidavit of Origin for the ivory, with the USFW reference number.
Blade Steel - CPM 154; Fittings - 416 stainless
Blade Length - 4-3/4"; OAL - 9-1/4"
CKCA mini show offering price: $1200

[Buddy Thomason]

These are terrific! I'm serious man. This will be a fun mini show for sure.

[Bob Betzner]

This is a sweeeet piece I am gonna drop for, fer shur.

Bob

[Kevin Jones]

#4 Tommy Gann - "Four Inch Copperhead Trapper"

Blade and Bolster steel -1084 & 15n20 6 bar twist damascus
Liners - File-worked 416 stainless steel
Handle material - Elephant ivory
Blade length - 3-3/4"
Opened length - 7-3/4"
Mechanism - Slipjoint w/half stop
CKCA mini show offering price: $580

[Kenneth Springer]

WOW!!

Some seriously drop dead gorgeous knives there.

Kevin, I'm afraid you're going to need a bigger box. LOL!