2008 Blade Show & International Cutlery Fair

May 30 - June 1, 2008
Cobb Galleria Centre and Renaissance Waverly Hotel - Atlanta

See over 108,000 square feet of knife exhibits featuring custom knives, antique knives, swords, and manufacturer displays.

• Over 600 tables offering custom-made and antique knives, plus manufacturer booths
  
• American Bladesmith Society annual convention
  
• ABS forging demonstrations and World Championship Cutting Competition finals.
  
• Special Knifemakers' Guild section.
  
• FREE "Super Seminars" on Saturday & Sunday. Watch for schedule!
  
• BLADE Magazine's 2008 Knives of the Year awards
  
• Custom-knife awards
  
• 2008 Blade magazine Cutlery Industry Hall of Fame inductions
  
• The nation's top collections.
  
• All major knifemaking suppliers

Click here to see the 2008 Exhibitors

Click here to see the 2008 Show Floor

2008 BLADE Show Seminar Schedule

Seminar listing is subject to change


Saturday, May 31

8:00 a.m.  Randall Knife Society – Room 103
8:00 a.m.  Buck Collectors Club board meeting – Room 108
10:00 a.m.  30-Min Yoga Intro For Deep Relaxation & Stress Reduction  - Jot Singh Khalsa – Room 110             
10:00 a.m.  How To Protect Your Knife Rights – AKTI, Kniferights.org and Evan Nappen – Room 103
10:00 a.m.  How To Throw Knives & Tomahawks – Bobby Branton – The Courtyard
10:30 a.m.  Secrets of the High-Performance Knife – Ed Fowler – Room 110
11:15 a.m.  How To Grind Knives – Daniel Crotts of Bob Dozier with special guest Ken Onion – The Courtyard
11:30 a.m.  Bladesmithing For Kids – Joe Kesslar, Wes Byrd and Larry Harley – Room 108
12:00 p.m.  Steel on Steroids:  Inside DiamondBlade – Charles Allen – Room 110
12:00 p.m.  Buck Collectors Club – Room 103
12:30 p.m.  How To Forge Knives – Jay Hendrickson & the Tim Carr forge – The Courtyard
1:00 p.m.   Surviving Combat Inside The Kill Zone – Ernest Emerson – Room 108
1:30 p.m.  What To Look For In A Custom Knife – Les Robertson and Bob Neal – Room 110
1:45 p.m.  Japanese Sword Demonstration – James Williams – The Courtyard
2:15 p.m.  Design Folders in AutoCAD – Flavio Ikoma – Room 108
2:45 p.m.  How To Wrap A Handle With Paracord – Mickey Yurco – Room 110
3:15 p.m.  6th Annual BLADE Show World Championship Cutting Competition – The Courtyard
4:00 p.m.  All About Randall Knives – Bob Hunt, Bob Gaddis and Tom Clinton – Room 108
4:30 p.m.  ABS Auction – Room 103

Sunday, June 1

 8:00 a.m.  Worship Service – The Rev. W.D. Pease – Room 103
10:00 a.m.  30-Minute Intro For Deep Relaxation & Stress Reduction – Jot Singh Khalsa – Room 110
10:00 a.m.  The CKCA: Custom Knife Collectors Unite – Kevin Jones – Room 108
10:30 a.m.  Metallurgy: A Bladesmith’s View – Kevin Cashen – Room 103
11:00 a.m.  Museum Knife Maintenance Tips – Jarod Kearney – Room 108
11:15 a.m.  Western Sword Demonstration – James Williams – The Courtyard
11:30 a.m.  How To Wrap Japanese Knife Handles – Wally Hayes – Room 110
12:00 p.m.  How To Sharpen Knives – Wayne Goddard – Room 103
1:00 p.m.   How To Grind – Daniel Crotts, Bob Dozier Knives – The Courtyard