ABS Bladesmith's in the News

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12/04/06 The Knife Group has posted pictures of the Oklahoma Show

11/05/06 Bill Rice just had a nice article in the Morrow, California paper, Sun Bulletin

6/2/06 Shawn Ellis has a nice article in the June 2006 edition of Knife World.

11/18/05 John Heaney has a knife in Blade Magazine's Knifemaker Showcase this month.

9/16/05  The Nov. 2005 issue of Blade Magazine has an article on ABS master bladesmith Steve Dunn, including a number of excellent photographs of his knives and his engraving.  Ray Kirk has a nice article in Cherokee Nation.
 

8/14/05 Jody Muller, JS, is in the July 2005 issue of Knife World

7/21/05 From B.R. The new October 2005 issue of Knives Illustrated has feature articles on master bladesmith Ed Caffrey and master engraver Billy Bates. Ed served as one of the MS judges in Atlanta at the recent Blade Show, and Billy is a regular fixture at Dr. Jim Batson's Alabama Forge Council.

5/25/05 The brand-new August issue of Blade Magazine gives the ABS some great publicity. The editorial on page 10 praises the ABS for its leadership in the field of cutting competitions, the article on page 12 provides brief profiles of the five cutters who will compete for Blade Magazine's National Championship Competition which will take place at the Blade Show, ABS member Buddy Thomason who also writes for the ABS Journal has an unusual article on "crust busters", a beautiful color shot of a Josh Smith folder appears in a full-page ad on the Blade Show, there are color shots of the ABS Board Knife, the ABS Master of the Year Knife, the ABS Master Folder of the Year Knife, the ABS Journeyman of the Year Knife, and the TOMB Knife of the Year, Joe Szilaski has a column on "Does Forging Really Make a Difference?", there is an announcement on the establishment of the Scott Taylor Memorial Scholarship, there is an article on Logan Sewell who is a staunch supporter of the ABS, plus pictures of a number of knives made by ABS members, and a truly outstanding article with numerous pictures on the ABS Youth Program headed up by Wes Byrd and Larry Harley!
Fantastic! Next time you see Steve Shackleford or Joe Kertzman, thank them for this great coverage. This is the type of advertising that money can't buy, but in closing, there is an ABS ad on page l02.

The latest, August issue of Knives Illustrated has a full-length feature on ABS master smith James Walker complete with a number of color pictures. The same issue has a feature on Tahchee and his guardless coffin handle Bowie written by Dr. James Batson, which throws new light on this fasinating subject. Finally, there is coverage of the 2005 Arkansas Knifemakers Show, which was dominated by ABS members, written by Mac Overton.
 

4/6/05 The new, April, 2005, issue of Knife World has an article on ABS Master Bladesmith James Ray Cook beginning on page one.
 

3/30/05  The new June 2005 issue of Knives Illustrated has an article on Mike Ruth, an ABS journeyman bladesmith. The same issue entitled "Why a Handmade Knife?" featuring photographs of knives made by ABS members Russ Andrews, Bill Moran, Ron Newton, Timothy Portier, and Dickie Robinson, plus a photo of ABS master smith Tim Hancock.
 

3/13/05 The current April, 2005, issue of Knives Illustrated has an article on Wes Byrd, co-chairman of the ABS Youth Program. The new March, 2005, issue of Knife World has a feature on Chuck Richards, who received his ABS journeyman stamp last June in Atlanta. Also, the March 2005 issue of Blade features the late Scott Taylor MS
 

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