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PLAZA CUTLERY 2011 IN-STORE SHOW
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Update: 12-29-11
"California Custom Knife Show" sponsored by Plaza Cutlery
The 2012 knife is being made by John Young!
Saturday October 6TH and Sunday October 7TH, 2012 Hours 10am to 4pm both days
Embassy Suites of Garden Grove\Anaheim SHOW IS IN THE BALLROOM 11767 Harbor Boulevard Garden Grove, Ca. 92840
Payment is at the door and is $15 per-person or $25 for a two day pass. Cash only, no credit cards or checks. Parking is FREE, for day parking!!!!
Directions Going North on interest 5: Take interstate 5 north. Exit Harbor boulevard and turn left on to Harbor. Drive about a mile and half past Disneyland, Anaheim Convention Center. The hotel sets back and is just before Chapman avenue. There is an Italian restaurant "Baca Di Beppo" in front of it, but there is a sign that direct you into the Embassy Suites. Easy to see from there. Going South on interest 5: Take interstate 5 south. Exit Harbor boulevard and turn right on to Harbor. Drive about a mile and half past Disneyland, Anaheim Convention Center. The hotel sets back and is just before Chapman avenue. There is an Italian restaurant "Baca Di Beppo" in front of it, but there is a sign that direct you into the Embassy Suites. Easy to see from there.
The "California Custom Knife Show" sponsored by Plaza Cutlery. This was the first major show on the west coast, and has returned to the greater Anaheim\Disneyland area where our show was originally located making it more convenient for attendees from Orange County, as well as Los Angles County. The format will be the same as the first show in 1981. We will feature the best in custom knives, a few hand picked small production companies, as well as suppliers, and engravers. This has always been a fun show with a nice crowd! The Embassy Suites is located in the row of hotels that run down Harbor Boulevard from Disneyland to just past the Anaheim Convention center. The show starting on Saturday morning makes it very easy to attend, and you can be there when the show opens as there should not be much traffic on the freeways Saturday morning. So if you are in San Diego to Santa Barbra you can drive down in the morning, and return home in the evening very easily. But spending $119 for a room with breakfast included, why not spend the night and enjoy the weekend in this resort area? One difference in this show compared to others, is that each knife maker will be asked to sign a pledge that they will not sell any knives till the show opens to the public and then wait 10 minutes so everyone has a chance to get to the knife maker they want to see and possibly buy from. Some knife makers such as John Young, Ernie Emerson and Rick Hinderer will do drawings a later after opening. Each maker at 10:10 will then sell his knives and if more then one person wants the same knife they will do a drawing for that knife using a deck of cards. Each maker will have a deck of "Plaza Cutlery" playing cards which are available for $10 (We still have some of the "Dog Paw cards for 2011 in stock). Hopefully each person gets what they want, if you are there first thing. We will also post the names of the makers below who make the pledge and the one's we know will need to do a drawing below next to their names. (Will be updated in July) Dealers will also be asked to sign a pledge not to try and buy before the show opens. This way the dealers will not buy everything up, me included! :) We want you at the show and to be able to get a knife! This will not included knife makers who are delivering your knife at the show so they do not have to ship it. The show will be held in the ball room and you can enter from the ball room side of the front of the hotel, or from the back side. We will have signs posted and it is a smaller hotel so very easy to get around. Parking for both exhibitors and attendees is free!!! There is no gate so you can park any where around the hotel and there is a lot of parking in the back that hopefully the exhibitors will use so guest can park out front. In addition the "Embassy Suites" offers a full breakfast to the hotel guest, and they are extending it to the attendees for $10 per person. This included an omelet station and all the usual breakfast buffet options. I will post more as it gets closer. Tables are open to knife makers, scrimshanders, engravers, Mid-tech manufacturers, dealers and collectors. No factory knives, or sharing of tables. The show will be a little bigger this year as we will use the full ballroom. So please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested. I will add a couple more dealers, but will be first come, first served as long as you are offering something new to the show. If interested in a table please email me at dan@plazacutlery.com .
POST CARDS have been sent. Most likely to late now to send any more out so fill the slip out this year!. John Young will donated fighter for this years show. This will be the knife in our show ads and flyers! You can win it on Sunday of the show. If you have attend our show in the past, and receive the post card in the mail just bring it to the show, and we will have a special door prize drawing on Sunday. If you have not received a post card for the last show or just attended last year you will be added for the 2012 show. If you have not attened, or did not fill out the slip, please send your name and address to dan@plazacutlery.com and we will add you to the list. All you need to do is attend the show this year, and bring the post card with you , and deposit it the marked drawing box. If you can't make the show, sorry you will miss out! John currently sells this knife at shows for about $950 depending on the cost of the handle material! We will also have regular door prize drawings for new guest to be eligible for, and also past attendees in a separate drawing. Additional door prizes will be posted! Thank you!
Dan Delavan ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you wish to stay at the Embassy Suites a suite with a King is $119 plus tax's or a double bedded suite is $139 plus tax's. Also all rooms have an additional sofa bed, table and television in the front part of the suite separated by the bath room. Breakfast for all guest in the room is also included as well as the "Managers reception form 5PM to 7PM which includes beer and wine. For Hotel reservations at the Embassy Suites. 714-539-3300 ask for reservations. CODE #"PCK"
Please note the rooms with the Large King sell out early! __________________________________________________________________________
Thank you! Dan Delavan and crew! 2012 Exhibitors A few tables are available, email to inquire! All names in BOLD have received the paper work and have contacted me that they will be attending the show this year. Will change as I hear from them. Will add Pledged when a new paper work is returned to me! Some makers missed the looking at all the paper work I sent them. I assume all will wait the 10 minutes.
These are the 2011 exhibitors will update as soon as I can! Bill Ankrom Pledge Jason Brous NEW Pledge Thad Buchanan Pledge Joel Chamblin Bill Coffey Dawson Knives Dave Ellis, MS Pledge Ernie Emerson Drawing Lottery 1PM Saturday Pledge Brian Forrest Pledge Dennis Friedly Pledge Stan Fujisaka Pledge Les George Pledge Koji Hara Phil Hartsfield jr Pledge Rick Hinderer Pledged Lottery 2PM Saturday & Sunday Pledge Steve Hostetler Mitch Jenkins Pledge Carson Jorgensen Pledge Steven Koster Randy Lee Pledge Greg Lightfoot (Canada) Kirby Lambert (Canada) Matthew Lerch Pledge Scot Matsuoka Kansei Matsuno (Japan) Pledge Mike McClure Pledge Ken McFall Jeff Morgan Pledge Bud Nealy Chad Nichols Mel Nishiuchi Pledge Hiroaki Ohta (Japan) Pledge W. D. Pease Pledge Darrel Ralph Pledge Richard Rogers Pledge Bill Ruple Red St. Cyr Pledge Eugene Shadley Pledge David Sharp Pledge Robert Scheppmann Pledge Chris Stanko Pledge Shosui Takeda (Japan) Masao Takahahi (Will not be at show due to illness) Kazutoshi Tanabe (Silver Spooon) NEW Leon Thompson Brian Tighe Pledge Mike Tyre Pledge Al Warren Pledge Melvin Watanabe Pledge Richard Wheeler Pledge John Young Drawing Pledged Lottery Noon Saturday Pledge Tim Zowada Pledge
Steel Flame Pledge Starlingear
Semi production knives invited and attending: Chris Reeve Knives Pledge Pro-Tech (note auto sales to law enforcement and Military only) HTM Knives Strider Knives William Henry Knives Pledge
Suppliers (limited to invited) Abrasives Inc./ HOG Adam Unlimited (Sting Ray) NEW Knife and gun Finishing Supply's Pearl Inc. "Steve Dinh" Charles Turnage (Mammoth Ivory, Brain Coral) Chad Nicichols NEW Pledge
Dealers signed up Duane Weikum\EDC Knives Jon Ukman\EbossHoss Dan Delavan\Plaza Cutlery Jack Alvarez Pledge Dave Nittinger Pledge Louis Chow Pledge
Display Tom and Gwen Guinn Pledge
A few exhibitors can only attend every other year or just can not make this year:
Ryuichi Kawamura Daniel Winkler
Show Awards: Best Knife of Show 2012 Best Semi-Production Knife of 2012 Best tactical knife over all 2012: Presented by Mantis Knives of Anaheim California Best Tactical Fixed Blade of Show 2012 Best Tactical Folder of Show 2012 Best Fixed Blade of Show 2012 Best Multi Blade of Show 2012 Best Art Knife Folder of Show 2012 Best Art Knife Fixed Blade of Show 2012
Link to California Custom Knife Show 2011
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