“The OKCA Show is the bestshow of all!” That’s theanswer I get whenever I domy annual survey. Phyllisand I attended many of theshows around our great land;and we even got to Paris,that’s Paris in France, notParis, Texas. The secret, wellnot secret… but somethingthat is missing in the others isthe variety that the table-holders bring to the Show. Ifmy memory serves mecorrectly, there were eight ofus at the meeting when weorganized the Cub. (Howmany of you know the first

name of the group that became OKCA?) The most importantthing we agreed on was that all types of knives would beincluded. Dennis said it like this, “Anything that goes cut.” It hasworked out really well.

This is my 50th year of making knives. I’m celebrating it bystarting a collection of my knives, not my old knives, but knivesthat I’ve made in the last year. Here is how it works… I neverhad enough knives so that I could afford to keep a collection. Iloved my work and enjoyed it; but I rarely had any of the kniveslong enough to really enjoy them, hard to say.

The Show was hard work thisyear without Phyllis. Therewere a thousand things thatshe always got done in orderfor us to have a good Show,she only missed the Show onetime, or was it two? Phylliswas there unless she was tooweak or in the middle of sometreatment to get rid of thecancer. I had a good crew offamily members helping. Ittook several of us at differenttimes to get done what Phylliscould have handled herself.She was a strong lady whofought the disease forfourteen years. Oh my, do Imiss her!

It seemed like there weremore new knifemakers thanusual. I wish I would havehad time to get around andshake hands and have a littleconversation. It seems like Isaw more originality thanusual. Did anyone elsenotice that?

The word was outt h a t t h e r ewouldn’t be ano p e n i n gceremony or otherspecia l event .When I heard thebagpipe warmingup, I half-waythought that I’dsee JD Smith

coming down the aisle playing the bagpipe.Fortunately for the crowd there was a real piper onhand by the name of SteveAllely.

KNEWSLETTTERIN A KNUTSHELL

May 2013

Our membership is happily involved withinternational “Anything that goes ‘cut’!”

OKCA Show 2013 By Wayne Goddard

It is AllAbout the Show

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There were 59 entries into thehandmade knife competition. The

winners of the competition:

A - Art Knife

B - Bowie

C - Damascus

D - Fighting

E - Folder

F - Hand Forged

G - Hunter Utility

H - Miniature

I - New Maker

Best in ShowJ. D. Smith

J. D. Smith -

Ben Tendick -

J. D. Smith -

J. D. Smith -

John Davis -

Chuck Richards -

Zac Buchanan -

Dean Ellis -

Jeremy Spake -

Hawk Media

Roxbury MA

Eugene OR

Roxbury MA

Roxbury MA

Selah WA

Salem OR

Eugene OR

Clancy MT

Portland OR

Photography by

AA

FF

HHGG II

BB CC

DD EE

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OKCA Knewsand Musingsibdennis

I have wonderful and fond memoriesstored away of the April 2013 Show. Itfelt very warm and comfortable. I know Ishare these same thoughts with otherswho expressed their feelings during theShow to Elayne and me. The Show wasslightly downsized from 2012, but I donot think many noticed it. Our big worrywas the size of the building, fewer tablesand making the Show pay for itself. Asof today all the bills are not in, but fromour thumbnail view it looks like wemade it financially.

The gate was about the same as last yearwhich was great considering wedownsized our advertising campaign.

stepped up to the plateand handled all the advertising, and shedid a great job. She is our poster child withthe bandage on a knife Show cut shereceived. We eliminated the raffle which,although a fun event, took personnelresources of numerous people and did notcontribute a large amount of revenue.

from Country Knives usedhis influences to get some great donationsfor the Silent Auction. This year’s auctionwas a winner and garnered eight thousandin revenue.Atad better than last year.

When we saw signs last December that wewere headed for a financial disaster, wetried to get a different property venue thatwould be more cost effective. That couldnot happen so we beat the drum to makethe Show as we have known it for the lastthirteen years happen. And it did and itwill again for 2014. Dates and times areset, and all we need now are the table-holders to send in their reservations, andsoon please.Applications can be found onthe website.

To reduce costs we did not have paidShow Facilitators; but the membership,under the guidance of Joshua Hill, filledthe needs of door patrol and peopleguidance. Joshua and Charyse were kepthopping to do this. Next year we will haveto rethink this duty. Opening ceremonieswere usually a contracted event and again

Grace Mikolyski

Brian Huegel

in trying to reduce costs we did notpursue this event. However uppopped who offered todo his bagpipe opening and closingceremony. It was awesome.

In intensifying our efforts to makethe Show happen, we neglectedbeating the drum to get morecontributions of articles for the

. The cupboard isabsolutely empty now, but we do havethree months (summer hiatus) toencourage articles. Please help bywriting as the r is theheart beat of this organization. Thereisn’t a better organizationalknewslettter in the world, and weowe it to the membership thatpossesses infinite wisdom on our interestin “anything that goes cut.”

Of course along with all the otherchallenges, we had to reduce the numberof pages of the due to weightand volume restrictions by our belovedpostal system. Or not and pay more. Butthere is an absolute restriction on totalnumber of pages. We get all the fun stuff.

I personally want to thank all those whostepped up to help the organization moveforward. We named many, but there aremany more unsung heroes that werethere. Some in deed and some in spirit.Thank you. This is a great organization,and Elayne and I are proud to be a smallpart of it.

The Willamette Valley Arms Collectorsbrought up the issue at the 2013 Show thatwe were not honoring reciprocal entryto them. It wast rue becauseseveral yearsa g o t h e ydeclined to dot h i s f o r o u rmembers. Entera new boardi n t h e i ro rgan iza t ion ,and a differenttime. We cannow say we willeach honor entryinto the other’sShows. So in

Steve Allely

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future WVACAevents, show your currentOKCA membership card; and it will getyou into the door. And of course likewisefor them to our events.

The Valley River Inn, which is our partnerin lodging for the Show, had a completeremodel; and, from the reports heard, it isone awesome place to stay. Get yourreservations in early.

Wayne Goddard purchased a 1969Randall kit knife from an estate. A kitknife was offered by Randall with theblade and some handle material so thedo-it-yourself person could make theirown knife. This knife was never toucheduntil 2013 when Wayne Goddardreceived it. His project was to finish itwith me in the wings salivating to have itwhen done. It is done; and it is mine andit does make me smile.

A Smile Knife

May 2013

Al Mar Knives

Bill Amoureux

Don Andringa

Ed Aubert

Don Bell

Browning

Zac Buchanan

Buck Knives

Tom Buffenbarger

Sam & Bob Burtscher

M D Caldwell

Charlie Campagna

Bob Cassidy

Coast Cutlery

Fred Coleman

John Coleman

Columbia River Knife

& Tool

Common Sense Self

Defense - Bram

Frank

Country Knives -

Brian Huegal

Dave Criswell

Dexter Russell

Diamond Machining

Technology

Jose Diaz

Martin Drivdahl

Edge N Knife

Todd Englert

Daniel Erickson

Flexcut Carving Tools

Stan Fujisaka

Ed Schempp

Jim Schick

Mike Silvey

Brian

Siminak

Spyderco

Dale Vincent

Alan Warren

Jim Walker

Wustoff

Trident

Dan Zvonek

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CONTRIBUTIONSMany companies and individuals contribute knife related itemsand financial support to the Oregon Knife CollectorsAssociationAnnual Show.

Silent auction and door prize items are displayed prominentlyduring the course of the Show. Door prizes are awarded byrandom drawing to the public who have paid Show admission.

The contributors to our organization are listed on our web pagehttp://www.oregonknifeclub.org

The following are the people and companies

who contributed to the OKCA 2014 Show:

Glenda Brown, Molly & Elayne

John Russell Cutlery

Grand Forest

Inc

Gary Griffin

Tom & Gwen

Guinn

Greg Haile

Gil Hartl

Bob Hergert

Steve and

Peggy Huey

Ka Bar

Knives

KAI Cutlery -

Kershaw

Gary Kelley

Kikuichi New York

Glenn Klecker

David Kurt

Kyocera Tycom

Michael Luft

Jack Mallory

Gene Martin

Jerry Melton

Chet Moore

Lynn Moore

Jim Pitblado

Peter Pruyn

Neal Punchard

Queen Cutlery

Mark Rotella

Al Mar Knives

Gerry Parmley & Bob Burtscher

John Brown

Karen Luft

Becky Reid & Lisa McCranie (Tootsie Pops) J.D. Smith

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- , Lincoln MT - , Citrus Heights CA -, Bend OR - , Salem OR -

, Molalla OR - , Williams OR -Beaverton OR - , Fall Creek OR -

, Seattle WA - , Grants PassOR - , Grants Pass OR

Don Bell John ColemanGary Griffin Cameron House DavidKurt Gene Martin BrettMathews, Lynn MooreDietrich Podmajersky Peter Pruyn

Sterling Radda

For many years the display award knives have been animportant and fun part of the show. This project takes a blankblade and turns it into an award knife given to the top twelvedisplays at the April Show. This year's knives were the work ofmany talented makers. The blades are based on a Loveless styleclip point utility knife, subject to the interpretation of themakers.

This year's makers were: , Northport WA -, Lincoln MT - , Eugene OR - ,

Citrus Heights CA - , Snohomish WA -, Bend OR - , Tigard OR - , Molalla

OR - Williams OR - , Fall Creek OR -, Grants Pass OR - , Williams OR.

As an extra this year, there was a competition for best of thedisplay award knives. This was based on execution and notreplication. That award was presented to

The event was coordinated by . The blades werecleaned by and milled the guard slots.

donated mosaic pins. Thank you to all whoparticipated.

The 2014 display award knives will be based on a 6-1/2" clippoint, stick tang blade from O-1 steel. I have distributed theblanks to the following makers: , Northport WA

Bill Amoureaux DonBell Zac Buchanan John Coleman

Daniel Erickson GaryGriffin Greg Haile David Kurt

Gene Martin, Lynn MoorePeter Pruyn Mike Turner

Gene MartinPeter Pruyn Mike Turner

Sally Martin

Bill Amoureux

Zac Buchanan.

Display Award Knives By Gene Martin

There were 24 museum quality displays at the 2013 Show. Thefollowing are the displays which were awarded the kniveswhich had been started as blanks at the 2012 Show and werefinished by knifemaker members who had volunteered to finishthem:

Display award knife chosen

Bill AmoueuxDavid Kurt

Gene MartinZac Buchanan

DanielErickson

Don BellLynn

Moore

Individual

Louis ChowDave SchmeidtTom & Gwen GuinnTed FitzwaterDon Hanham

Phil BaileyJim Pitlbado

Title of Display

The Loveless Subhilt FighterIndonesian & Phillippine Swords

Miniature KnivesThe KukriHorticultural Knives of the World

Bowie Blades of WWIIRemington Official Boy Scout Knives

Rick WagnerStanley ChanPhil RodenbergEd HolbrookB. K. Brooks

Swords of the Civil WarCustom Push Daggers

Gerber Legendary BladesScout KnivesThistle Tops and WWII Spring Open Knives

Phil Bailey - B. K. Brooks - Ron & Justin Carriveau - StanleyChan - Louis Chow Buck Collectors Club (Bruce Dollinger -Bill Finney - Joe Houser) - Ted Fitzwater - R Terry Gail - GaryGowdy - Tom & Gwen Guinn - Don Hanham - Ed Holbrook -George Knapp - Barbara Kyle Chuck Morgan - Jim Pitblado -Phil Rodenberg - Dave Schmeidt - Sid Sudemeir - Rick Wagner -James Walker

John ColemanMike Turner

Peter PruynGary Griffin

Greg Haile

We thank the judges who volunteered their time as well as all them e m b e r s w h o d i s p l a y e d a t t h e 2 0 1 3 S h o w.

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This knife is under 2.25”but I don’t think

you should considertaking it on an airplane.

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Each member of our organization is very important, but some go to additional effort on our behalf.The following are recognized for going beyond:Demonstrations and

Seminars

Display Award

Knives

Martin Brandt

Murray Carter

Jose Diaz

Bram Frank

Bob Hergert

Stu Hopson

Howard Hoskins

Joshua Hill

Mike Johnston

Lynn Moore

Dave Rider

Martin Schempp

Dory Silva

Ryan Wooten

Bill Amoureux

Don Bell

Zac Buchanan

John Coleman

Daniel Erickson

Gary Griffin

Greg Haile

David Kurt

Gene Martin

Lynn Moore

Peter Pruyn

Mike Turner

Displays

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Phil Bailey

B. K. Brooks

Ron Carriveau

Stanley Chan

Louis Chow

Bruce Dollinger

Bill Finney

Ted Fitzwater

R. Terry Gail

Gary Gowdy

Tom & Gwen

Guinn

Don Hanham

Ed Holbrook

Joe Houser

George Knapp

Barbara Kyle

Chuck Morgan

Jim Pitblado

Phil Rodenberg

Dave Schmeidt

Sid Suedmeier

Rick Wagner

James Walker

B. K. Brooks

Martin Drivdahl

Paul Miller

Jim Pitblado

Mike Silvey

Rod Smith

Merle Spencer

Ben Tolson

Brad Watts

Sheldon

Wickersham

Glenda Brown

John Brown

Tommy Clark

Ray Ellingsen

Peter Faust

Terry Davis

Wayne Goddard

Robert Golden

Bill Harsey

Jim Hayden

Howard Hoskins

Barbara Kyle

Robin Lucia

Lisa McCranie

Jackie Meadows

Grace Mikolyski

Sue Myers

Mike Silvey

Sheldon

Wickersham

Mark Zalesky

dennis

elayne

Joshua Hill

Craig Morgan

Ole Olson

John Priest

Ben Tolson

And all the

gracious volunteers

who watched the

doors and guided

our visitors during

our event.

Special

Officers

Scout Knives

The Kukri

Moro Edged Weapons

Craig Morgan on TV

Pirkko & Pekka Tuominen

Joshua Hill Rod Smith & B.K. Brooks

Taking a breather

required for the Show tasks. We havepreviously hosted a raffle, but thatrequires a large number of people. Thisyear the Silent Auction was theticket. It was a very successfulevent. We made $8,200.00. That ismore than we have previouslycleared with both the Raffle and theSilent Auction. Thank you to themembers and companies thatcontributed to the event withmerchandise and bids. We have 58tables prepaid for the 2014 Show. Ourcurrent membership is 1122. Wehave not received our billings foradvertising, printing and rental of thefacilities; however I am very assuredwe will have the necessary funds tocover all of our expenses. Thank youvery much for your support andgenerous donations to our event.

During the summer months we willcontinue to have a monthly dinner at theSizzler Restaurant in Eugene/Springfield. Itwill be the third Wednesday of eachmonth. No meeting, just Show-N-Telland knife gossip. Come join us for a funtime.

Just a special reminder: The Postal Service has advised us wemust use 70# paper for our This means we arenot able to mail a of more than 8 pages withoutincurring additional expense. This will be the last

until September. We do need articles for ourPlease forward them to us - email or snail mail.

If you are unable to type, send it to us handwritten; I will typeit for you.

Best wishes. See you at the next knife gathering on May 15.Thank you. Thank you.

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The Seek-re-taryReportby elayne

The countdown for the close of the 2013 Annual OregonKnife Collectors Show has been completed. I know this to betrue because the emails and phone calls have almost beenreduced to zero. It was a success thanks to the contributions byall the members who were table-holders, the members whodisplayed their collections, members who completed displayaward knives, table-holders who entered our handmade knifecompetition, the members who judged our displays and thehandmade knives, members who performed the seminars anddemonstrations, the donators to the Silent Auction, themember/volunteers who stood at the door to direct ourvisitors, the Baron’s Den which provided secure storage forour table-holders, the Valley River Inn who welcomed ourguests and the Lane Events Center Staff who provided for usduring our Show. And then there are those whom I willpersonally thank: and , whodistributed the table-holder packets to our guests,

and , the gatekeepers,

and who were there whenever Icalled. The officers: and

. A special thank you to for his help withthe Silent Auction. A very sincere thank you to all themembers who took the extra time to stop at the head-table andexpress their enjoyment of the event. It is the fuel that keeps usgoing and going.

Of special note are the volunteers who stood at the door andguided our visitors. I hope all of us are now aware the Show isthe result of the efforts and dedication of each member to ourevent. We are all necessary for this special happening to besuccessful.

We made some changes to the 2013 Show. We did our best tostreamline our event and reduce the number of people

Jackie Meadows Sue MyersCindy

Bristol DeeDee Mann Glenda Brown,Barbara Kyle, Robin Lucia, Lisa McCranie, GraceMikolyski Ray Ellingsen

Joshua Hill, Craig Morgan JohnPriest Brian Huegel

The views and opinions implied or expressed herein by authors and advertisers are not necessarily those of the Oregon Knife Collectors Association, its editors, or its officers; and noresponsibility for such views will be assumed. The OKCA, its officers and its editors assume no responsibility for claims of advertisers for the quality of goods and services the advertiserprovides. The act of mailing or delivering a manuscript or advertisement shall constitute an express warranty on the part of the contributor that the material is original and in no way aninfringement upon the rights of others. The act of mailing or delivering a letter or question to the editor shall constitute permission to publish the letter or portion thereof unless the OregonKnife Collectors Association is informed otherwise in that letter. This Knewslettter is devoted to the general interest of the knife community and does not include personal informationsuch as births, deaths and illness. We also strive to use only material that is directed to the world of cut. Our charter mandates that our mailing list of the membership cannot be sold or usedby other than the Oregon Knife CollectorsAssociation.

Craig Morgan

John Priest

Elayne Ellingsen

President (541)345-0152

Vice President (541)517-2029

Sec/Tres. (541)484-5564

OKCA ClubWhot-zits & Whos Zits

OKCAPO BOX 2091

EUGENE OR 97402(541)484-5564

Copyright (C) 2013 Oregon Knife Collectors Association.No part of this Knewslettter may be reproduced withoutpermission of the OKCA. Layout and printing by instaprint- 1208 W. 6th - Eugene, OR 97402 - Phone (541)686-8591

Joshua Hill

Dennis Ellingsen

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Web page

Club email

Master at Arms (503)580-8998

Show Chairman (541)484-5564

by elayne & dennis

http://www.oregonknifeclub.org

okca@oregonknifeclub.org

May 2013

November 2013

2014

Nov 22-24 - New York Custom - Jersey City NJNov 23-24 - Willamette Valley Arms - Eugene OR

Jan 17-19 - Antique Arms/Invitational Knife -Las Vegas NV (B)Apr 12-13 - Oregon Knife Show Eugene Oregon

The KnewslettterOregon Knife Collectors AssociationPO Box 2091Eugene, OR 97402

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Cutlery Events Calendar

Contact Dennis or Elayne (541) 484-5564 for additional information on OKCAevents. For non-OKCA events, contact the sponsoring organization. Additionalinfo = (B)lade Mag. - (KW) Knife World - (TK) Tactical Knives (KI) Knivesllustrated

DINNER MEETING

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

August 2013

September 2013

October 2013

May 31 02 - Blade Show Atlanta GA (KW B-TK)

Jun 12 14 - Belleville Knife Expo IL (KW)Jun 13 15 - Parkers Greatest Knife Show Sevierville TN (KW B)

Jul 12 14 - Belleville Knife Expo Belleville IL (KW B)Jul 26 27 - Queen Cutlery Collectors Pleasantville PA (KW-B)Jul 26 27 - Dutch Land Show New Holland PA (KW B)Jul 26-28 - A.G. Russell’s Knife Event - Rogers AR (KW-B-TK)

Aug 02-04 - Glass City Show - Toledo OH (B)Aug 03 04 - Cumberland County Show Crossville TN (KW-B)Aug 03-04 - Montana Custom Show - Missoula (KW-TK)Aug 16-18 - Professional Knife Makers - Denver CO (KW-B-TK)Aug 23-25 - Central Kentucky Fall Show - Lexington (KW-B)Aug 29-31 - Usual Suspects Gathering Las Vegas NV (KW-TK)

Sep 19 22 - Knifemakers' Guild Show Louisville KY (KW-B-TK)Sep 21 22 - Southeastern Custom Winston Salem NC (KW-B)Sep 28-29 - Lehigh Valley Knife Show - Easton PA (KW-B

Oct 05-06 - Northwest Knife Collectors - Kelso WA (TK)Oct 05-06 - Florida Knifemakers - Lakeland (KW)Oct 11-12 - Northern Lakes - Wauwatosa WI (B)

Wednesday Evening

Across from the Post Office

May 15, 2013

Sizzler Restaurant

Third Wednesday of the Month

1010 Postal WayGateway area

6:00 PM DinnerFollowed by meeting

Come Knife with us!Bring a Show-N-Tell knife