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WE Knife won both Best In Show and Best Folder in the
factory knife judging for the 704DS flipper folder. Blade
length, steel and grind: 3.7 inches, Damasteel damascus
and flat. Handle material: Carbon fiber. Clip: Right hand,
tip up. Lock: Linerlock. Weight: 2.82 ounces. Closed
length: 4.5 inches. MSRP: $550.

atrons and exhibitors alike were
smiling, obviously pleased that
PBLADE Show West was back in
Portland after a decade’s hiatus, this
time in the spacious OregonConven-
tion Cen nter. Comments ranged from
“We’ve m missed you”tothanksforre-
turning to o an area that had been in sore P.H. “Phil” Jacob’s trapper earned Best Folder in the
need of a a new knife show. Sure there custom category. Blade lengths and steel: 3 1/8 inches
and CPM 154 stainless. Handle material: Amber dyed
were som me hiccups—as exhibitor Bill
stag. Rope filework covers the handle spine and the
Claussen of Northwest Knives & Col- first half or so of each blade spine. Approximate closed
lectibles noted, it takes a new show length: 3 7/8 inches. Jacob’s list price for a similar
about thr ree years before it rises to any piece: $1,200.
level of m maturity—but all in all, BLADE
Show West’s return to The City of Roses
Oct. 5-7 w was a successful one.

B
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“THE NEW BLADE SHOWOW
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A
WESTWASAVAST
IMPROVEMENT FROM
THE PREVIOUS ONES.”

—ROD BR EMER

“The consensus here was that the new

BLADE Show West was a vast improve-
ment from the previous ones that were
in Portland,” noted CRKT’s Rod Bremer.

“The venue was really a good choice, the
attendance seemed very solid consider-

ing it’s really the first year for the show,
and you were able to attract a good num-
ber of legit exhibitors.” Big knives had patrons agog at
With over 230 exhibitors roughly a the table of Dark Timber.
quarter of the number at the world’s

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