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November 2020 KNEWSLETTTER IN A KNUTSHELL 4 State of the Confusion 4 5160 Club 4 Mystery Knife 4 What Wood is That 4 Knife Maker Story 4 Little Dinky Knife 4 No meetings for awhile Our international membership is happily involved with “Anything that goes ‘cut’!” November 2020 The Oregon Knife Collectors Association The OKCA Board The future of the OKCA In these pandemic times, we need to take a hard look at the future of the OKCA. Without the incentive of upcoming Shows, we need to look at how many members will stick with us as members. Our membership will dictate how we stay together in the next year. We will continue with the Facebook page, the website and Knewslettter; we will even offer our annual Club knife. However, without the interest of the membership, the Club could fold and quit. The 2021 April Show is fighting against a pandemic disease and governmental directives, which are to less than half the funds required to pay for the advertising, resulting in table sales reduction, membership reduction and liability insurance, room rent and supplies. It also means that crowd reduction: a financial disaster. Any dip in any of these many table-holders of past Shows would not get a table. Who makes for no organization, no Knewslettter, or no Show. do we cut out? We must also balance this with the reduced gate Awe nuts receipts. Any financial cut backs could be disastrous. We have had a barrage of suggestions on what to do about this Insurance is a huge expense which protects the organization and that. We are hopeful these words will clarify what we can from liability given an accident. The Lane Event Center and cannot do. The monthly meetings are suspended for two requires it, and common sense for us endorses it. reasons. Our meeting venue has closed; and group gatherings, The organization is financially secure if we are smart in our due to the pandemic, are limited in size and behavior. Finding handling of these operational expenses. Membership fees help an alternate monthly meeting place is a useless task until the all to finance theKnewslettter and miscellaneous mailings. This in clear is given for group gatherings. itself dictates our survival to wait out the pandemic or any other Our April Show calendar is set through 2025. If the 2021 April force majeure. We want to perpetuate the interest in “anything Show is cancelled, a Show later in 2021 is difficult to schedule that goes cut,” but we have to be smart about it. due to availability of the room. If the pandemic disappears or The April Show is controlled, then a room will be even more tough to find. So it is best to stick with our current yearly schedule. The timing As of November 2020, our best-guess crystal ball indicates of our Show has always been a crucial issue, with April being there will be no April 2021 April Knife Show. We need a ideal. Without conflict with other events. Summer is not a good meeting of the Board and of the Lane Event Center to make time nor is hunting season; also later there is the dead of winter this a fully understood decision. As stated, the pandemic is and holiday conflicts. April has always been the prime time to dictating our future. In my opinion. the only ray of sunshine entice knife table sales and visitors to our Show. will be a vaccine that reduces the spread and allows us to carry on as before. The promises to date are political hype. Real The suggestion of table spacing to comply with distancing solutions need to happen to resolve our questions and help us basically means half the tables in the room which translates to make intelligent decisions. OKCA ThankFree you forClassified your personal support Ads to We were not able to have our usual The Seek-Re-Tary further our goals. May meeting to congratulate Report Free classified ads willI have run up issued to three issuespayment and then to bethe dropped. individuals Available onlyourselves to paid members. on the Write job your well ad ondone anything you have handy (except bamboo leaves) and email or snail mail to the OKCA, PO Boxon 2091,the Eugene2020 ORShow 97402. whichThe number did and size of elayne ads submitted by a singlewho memberhad paid will befor accepted, a table or excepted,at the dependentHoliday on available space and the mood of the editors. Show. The cancellation was a very difficult not happen. We have not had any I am unable to compose my Knewslettter decision for me, personally. I admit that Club meetings this Show year report without repeating the same thank it has always been my favorite event. It (September 2020 is the beginning you’s that were written in September gives me the opportunity to interact with of the 2021 Show year). We will and October. Here goes: Thank you to the table-holders on a level not available keep you posted as to any meetings all who have been understanding of the to me during the April Show. The pace is or changes on our Facebook page inconvenience and disruption of our 2020 less rushed and everyone is more relaxed. and our website. Show plans. We are coping, the OKCA is Our spirits are already heightened with Remember to renew your membership. strong; but we need the continued support anticipation for the holidays to come. I also We have been receiving membership of our membership to endure. Be there for take great joy and pride in our participation renewals and table rollover applications. us. You are needed. in the Toys-4-Tots program, which is thanks Your address label (the date in the Thank you to all who have contributed to the work of Michael Kyle. Thank you to upper right hand corner) advises date of articles for publication in our Knewslettter. Bryan Christensen who has coordinated expiration. We do allow a grace period This month we are able to publish the this event in recent years. Please remember and will mail a January 2021 issue even to articles from Michael Kemp, Herb this worthy cause this Holiday Season. expired members. That, however, will be Rockey, Rick Sorrell, and Leon the last issue received if you do not renew Telesmanich. This participation from for 2021. our membership foretells a health to our Roy Humenick has been in contact organization that cannot be measured in with Great Eastern Cutlery to select a dollars. This is the raison d’etre for the 2021 OKCA Club knife. We have been founding of our organization so many very successful with our Club knives. longs ago. Hopefully we will be able to continue with 1. Provide an organization which will unite Please read the front page article to better this tradition. persons with like interests in the field of understand our challenges and concerns. The Remember that you must be a current knives, to gather together for the purpose Board of Directors have been attempting OKCA member to advertise or sell knives of exchanging ideas and fellowship. to keep ahead of the changing directives on our Facebook page. Thank Lisa Wages in Oregon for gatherings. We are trying 2. Further knife collecting as a hobby in for coordinating and monitoring this page. our best to stay positive while obeying the both the antique and modern field, as well It is a very time consuming and challenging directives from the Oregon Governor, Board as the collecting of related items. duty. of Commissioners for Lane County, the 3. To further the general knowledge of Eugene Mayor and our insurance carrier. Stay safe and keep a distance from others the knife field by providing educational (We thought it was bad when we had to obey (especially those we have designated as displays for the members and the general our parents. Cannot begin to compare.) partners). It reduces the arguments and public to see and enjoy. frustration. TheThe views views and and opinions opinions implied implied or or expressed expressed herein herein by by authors authors and advertisers are not necessarilynecessarily thosethose ofof thethe Oregon Oregon Knife Knife Collectors Collectors Association, Association, its its editors, editors, or or its its officers; officers; and noand no responsibilityresponsibility for for such such views views will will be be assumed. assumed. The The OKCA, OKCA, its its officers officers and and its its editors editors assume assume no no responsibility responsibility for for claims claims of advertisersof advertisers for thefor qualitythe quality of goods of goods and servicesand services the advertiserthe advertiser provides.provides. The The act act of of mailing mailing or or delivering delivering a amanuscript manuscript or or advertisement advertisement shall shall constitute an express warrantywarranty onon thethe partpart ofof the the contributor contributor that that the the material material is is original original and and in in no no way way an an infringementinfringement upon upon the the rights rights of of others. others. 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