Founded October 21, 1984 BADGER KNIFE 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 knives, 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 P a ge 2 Badger Knife Club 28 Years Strong Spring 2013 “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 Blade Show 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” . Spring 2013 Badger Knife Club 28 Years Strong P a ge 3 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. P a ge 4 Badger Knife Club 28 Years Strong Spring 2013 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! Spring 2013 Badger Knife Club 28 Years Strong P a ge 5 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.