Founded October 21, 1984 BADGER CLUB Milwaukee, WI Spring 2013 Badger Knife Club 28 Years Strong Club Meeting Sunday, April 28 — 7 p.m. The next meeting of the Badger Knife Club reference resources. (BKC) will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28, At our last regular meeting in October, 2012, the Progres- 2013. The meeting will be at the Three Har- sive Attendance prize is at $20.00 when Barry Brunow, who bors Council, Boy Scouts of America, 330 S. was selected was not present. The regular Attendance Prize 84 St., Milwaukee, WI, lower level Pieper- of $5.00 was won by Mike Kelly . Power Learning Center at 7:00 p.m. (Exit 306 off I-94 at S. 84 A special THANK YOU to the following persons who St.). donated items for the Club Raffle: Ed Brandsey , Bob The last meeting scheduled for January 27, 2013, was can- Schrap, Col. Joe Fox, John Fleming and Roger Wood. celled due to adverse weather. That was the first time ever Your donations of new , books and other cutlery that a scheduled meeting was cancelled. We tried to get the related items are always requested and welcomed. word out to everybody; however, if you ever have a questions concerning a meeting, you can call the BKC cell phone at Come and enjoy an evening of learning, fun and fellowship (414) 379-6819. while you buy, sell and trade knives. Bring the latest addition to your collection or one of your favorite knives to show off The Featured Program for the meeting will be reviewing while enjoying the free coffee, juice and donuts. See you at the the various knife publications. . . books, magazines, catalogs, meeting! etc. . . that are available for new and old knives . . and other

LAST CALL—2013 Badger Club Knife Canal Street Cutlery 2-Blade Swell Center Jack—Pattern Name ______#2136633—Made in the USA—w/ Velour Pouch & Box Address ______Handle: Buffalo Horn—Black with white highlight streaks (Special for BKC) City ______State ______Zip _____ Size: 4 1/8"closed length. 2012 Club Knife @ $99.00 = $ ______Blade: D-2 mirror polished, flat grind large clip main blade Shipping @ $6.00 = $ ______and flat grind small pen second blade. Total enclosed = $ ______Bolsters: Nickel silver. Mail to and make check payable to: Shields: Canal Street (Brass) & Badger Knife Club shields. Badger Knife Club, P. O. Box 511, Elm Grove, WI 53122 Etching: 2013 Badger Knife Club. (Etch will be on main blade.) Serial numbered engraved. Price: $99.00 You must be a current paid-up annual or Life Member to purchase the Club knife. All orders must be paid in advance. The order deadline date is April 30, 2013. Act now to be sure you get this year’s Club knife. This is a beautiful knife that will look great in your collection. MAIL YOUR ORDER AND PAYMENT TODAY ! ! !

Badger Knife Club, P.O. Box 511, Elm Grove, WI 53122 Phone & Fax: 414-479-9765 E-mail: [email protected] www.badgerknifeclub.org

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“Knives on a Plane” It was recently announced that the TSA is partially lift- ing a ban on knives on a plane. It is quite specific, so you have to be very careful. Go to the web site of www.kniferights.org and it will give you graphics of what is and what is not allowed. Very informative. 2013 The 2013 Blade Show will be held from May 31 thru June 2, 2013, at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA. You can visit www.bladeshow.com for more information. Several of our BKC members, including makers and dealers that regularly attend the Badger Knife Show, will be exhibiting at the show. Those attending will include Cory Martin, photogra- pher, who does the photography at the Badger Knife Show. He will be available to work with you at the Blade Show. This is the granddaddy of all knife shows and is defi- nitely worth the effort to attend. See you in Atlanta. B.S.A. Building Security Two Volunteers Needed The Three Harbors Boy Scout Council recently installed a new building security system. It is a coded digital push button that must be entered by the person in charge of the group meeting. The doors can not be blocked open or an alarm will go off. Therefore, we need two volunteers at the meeting to man the upper and lower doors to allow members to enter. The doors must be manned from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. to allow enough time to have the members come in. Please do not arrive any earlier than 6:15 p.m. or you will be standing outside. We will not know the changeable code until the day before the meeting. If you can volunteer to man (or woman) one of the doors, please call Bob Schrap at 414-771-6472 or the club cell phone at 414-379-6819. Newsletter via E-mail For those of you who have computer access, you can view the Club newsletter at our web site at www.badgerknifeclub.org and click on “newsletter.” We want to eventually be able to e-mail your newsletter to you, although we will still continue to mail printed copies to those of you who do not have access to a computer. We are doing this to help reduce the cost of printing Broken Blades and postage of sending out the newsletter by conventional We were saddened with the news that two of our mail. This will be a long-term process, since we have to get long-time members passed away. your e-mail addresses and prepare the database for future e- mail mailings. Life Member Ken Deerwester on March 4, 2013 Therefore, if you have an e-mail address, please Member George Kauffeld on April 5, 2013. advise us by sending an email to badgerknife- We will fondly remember and miss them. Our con- [email protected]. In the subject line, please state “E- dolences go out to their families. mail Newsletter” .

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Please support the generosity of our makers and dealers that donate knives and other items to the Club’s silent auction and Club meeting raffles. We are placing their business card ads at no cost. Thanks everyone. The Club truly appreciates your support.

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Knife Safety Seminar Our BKC member and custom knife maker, Dwight Mason, put together and ran a knife safety seminar for youngsters at the 2013 Badger Knife Show. There was a nice group of youngsters that attended Sat- urday afternoon. The youngsters received instructions on knife safety and upon completion received a certificate and a new knife, courtesy of our BKC member and table holder, Peter Albert . We are hoping to make this a regular feature at our fu- ture knife shows. Thank you, Dwight and Peter, for making this possible. 2013 Badger Knife Show—Comments Had a live two-hour radio feed from the show This year’s 30th Annual Badger Knife Show was truly a WJVL FM and WCLO AM with announcer success. We received many nice letters and emails from Rob West pictured with Bob Schrap. table holders and attendees. I would like to share a few with you: From Joe Seale, table holder from Austin, Texas writes: “Many, many thanks for encouraging me to attend the Badger Knife Show. This past week-end. It was one of the five best knife shows that I have attended over the past thirty-five years. “You and your very capable, friendly, efficient helpers did a most OUTSTANDING job organizing and conduct- ing the show. There was great attendance, good fellowship, fine/rare knives and best of all: REKINDLING OLD FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE BEGUN NEARLY FORTY YEARS AGO! “The hotel facilities were excellent. Their employees were most courteous and helpful. The continental break- Doug Alcorn II did a flint knapping demonstration during the fasts were DELICIOUS. If the Lord is willing, we plan to entire show, drawing much interest from our table holders and be back next year.” attendees! And he sold his first knife at our show! From Dave Eberhart : “My son and I attended the show Saturday and had a great time. Very friendly people at the front door, a mem- ber of the club came over and asked if my son could have a pocket knife, of course! There was a great selection of ex- hibitors and some really fantastic work. They were ex- tremely friendly and encouraged us to handle their knives. To top it off, one of them said he gives a custom knife away each year to a youngster and this year it was for my son. WOW. Great show, thanks.” (Editor: That knife maker is Larry Franklin from Stoughton, WI. Thanks, Larry.)

Thank you Bob Schrap for successfully running 30 BKC Shows! And for organizing Show photos courtesy of Deborah Schulze . the BKC meetings. Job well done!

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Black Hat Award Winner R. W. Wilson Since 2005, the Black Hat Award has been given in the memory of Mick and Judy Koval . Mick and Judy were the owners of Koval Knife Supply and they were well liked and known by many knife makers throughout the country. They both passed away in a short span in time. Mick always wore a black cowboy hat—hence the Black Hat Award. The award was given to persons in recognition of honesty, in- tegrity and fellowship in and outside the world of knives and . This year the Black Hat Award was presented to R. W. Wilson. “R.W.” is a true good-will ambassador of the knife and industry. His positive and upbeat attitude is ever present. He travels extensively in the knife circuit. Past recipients of the Black Hat Award include: Bob Schrap, Col. Joe Fox, Ed and Kathy Wormser, Hank Rummell, Kevin Cashen, Ed Brandsey, Wayne and Pam Robbins, and Bob Stachowicz. Congratulations to R. W., job well done

Winners! Thank You! Thank You! This year’s Custom Makers’ Drawing knife was a 30th Show a Success! Mokume Letter Opener made by Chuck Hawes and the The 2013 Badger Knife Show was a success with most of mokume by Mike Sakmar . the table holders expressing brisk sales. Attendance was ex- The lucky winner of the 2013 Badger Knife Show Cus- cellent on all three days. Special THANK YOUS to Nancy tom Makers’ Drawing was Paul Wuethrich from Maple Schrap , Deb and Neil Schulze, Lisa Schulze, Char Grove, MN when his blue card was drawn on a custom knife Brandsey, Sybil Woodruff, Cecil Douglas, Bob Sta- he purchased from Dwight Mason . chowicz, Jeanette Rochford, George and Marlene Jaeger , The lucky winner of the Win-A-Knife drawing was George and Jean Cooper and all of the award judges . Emily Lindquist from Elkhorn, WI. The knife was a I have no doubt forgotten somebody and, if I have, please Multi-tool furnished by the Club. forgive me. Congratulations and Thank You to our winners for par- ticipating.

Silent Auction Donors! THANK YOU to our winning bidders. We appreciate your support! The Silent Auction went well and THANK YOU to the donors of the many items. They are:

• Tim Adlam • Jeff Haines • Enneth Eugene Miner • Peter Albert • • Doug Ponzio • Bill Behnke • Richard Johnson • Dave Ricke • Ed Brandsey • Dave Kohls • Pam Robbins • Collectible Edge • Jerry Kohls • Wayne Robbins (Gary Glowinski) and CRKT • Diane Martin • Jeanette Rochford • Clarence De Yong • Peter Martin • Mike Sakmar • Col. Joe Fox • Bernice Metry • Marty Witek • Doug Gift • Glen Mikolajczyk

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A. Commemorative Collection / Display Awards B. Knifemaking Awards BEST CUTLERY ARTISTRY – Dale Sandrone 1. Karl Hallberg – “Ivory Treasures” display. Includes custom miniature Bowies and Fighters with all different JUDGES’ AWARD – Tim Adlam kinds of ivory handles. BEST BASIC KNIFE (Table Price $300 or Less) – Peter 2. Keith Jacobs – Factory collections of George Schrade Martin Knife Company and Ulster Knife Company. BEST FANTASY / ART KNIFE – Kevin Cashen 3. Lester Levinson – “Babies” display includes assorted BEST FIXED BLADE KNIFE – Peter Martin miniature knives by many makers. BEST FOLDING KNIFE – Ken Erickson

BEST-IN-SHOW – Peter Martin

BEST-IN-SHOW – Peter Martin . An “AK-47” automatic folder. The blade is ladder pattern BEST BASIC KNIFE (Table Price $300 or Less) mosaic Damascus, the bolsters and exterior lockbar are also Peter Martin. mosaic Damascus; the release is a mokume miniature car- A dropped point with Birdseye Damascus tridge/bullet. Handle material is black lip Mother-of-Pearl. blade, amboyna burl handle, and stainless steel pins.

BEST FIXED BLADE KNIFE – Peter Martin. A with feather pattern Damascus blade; Damascus guard, fer- rule, and butt cap. The handle is African Gemsbok horn. Leather sheath.

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JUDGES’ AWARD – Tim Adlam. Engraving on all four bolsters of a Tom Overeynder folder. BEST CUTLERY ARTISTRY – Dale Sandrone . Playing card theme with each bolster showing an engraving Leather knife sheath with hand-carved buffalo on the front of a different face card; King (of spades), Queen (of and rope-work on the back. hearts), Jack (of diamonds), and Joker (clubs). Lifelike presentation with a multitude of detail shown.

BEST FANTASY / ART KNIFE – Kevin Cashen. BEST FOLDING KNIFE – Ken Erickson. A 16 Th century inspired (left hand) ; double edged A Champaign (or Bartender’s) knife based on an antique blade of 320 layer O1/L6 twist Damascus; wood handle George Wostenholm & Son pattern. The blade is CPM-154 entirely wrapped in twisted iron wire with twisted copper steel, the center liner is coined, and the handle is antique wire accents; matching sheath and cloth slip case. Sole tortoise shell over 22K gold to bring out the highlights. effort by the maker.

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2013 BKC Meeting Dates January 27—April 28 July 28—October 27 Annual Badger Knife Show March 28, 29 and 30, 2014

See you at the meeting!

Club Dues Check the mailing label for your renewal date. If you received a dues statement with this newsletter, please send in your dues right away. You can pay 1, 2 or 3 years at a time at $5 per year. You can mail in your dues or pay at the next meeting. Check made out to Badger Knife Club. Your continued interest and support is truly appreciated. Upcoming 2013 Shows We try to present information on upcoming shows in our area. For additional listing, check out current issues of KNIFE WORLD and BLADE magazines. April 27-28: Wolverine Knife Collectors Club Show at Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, MI. Call Pat Donovan 586-786-5549 May 31—June 2: Blade Show at Cobb Center, Atlanta, GA. Call 877-746-9757 or visit bladeshow.com Sept. 19-22: Knifemakers’ Guild Show at Seelbach Hilton Hotel, Louisville, KY. See knifemakersguild.com Oct 11-12: Annual Fall Knife Show by Northern Lakes Knife Co., Janesville Conference Center. Call Bob Schrap 414-771-6472

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