Belgium knive show (picture heavy!!)

[blackhole]

Here are some pictures i shot yesterday at the knive show in Gembloux, belgium:


Deviant blades:









Mr. Wootz, Achim Wirtz couldn't make it to gembloux, but his work was there, along with a massive blok of damascus, part of the biggest piece of damascus ever made (look here: http://www.7knifedwarfs.com/aw/2006/...ascus-bar.html)



Alex Salsi:





FilipDC:



Gert van Elsen:



Gudy van Poppel:





Eric Parmentier:





Very nice folding knives from south africa, by Thorburn:





Cubereaction:



Kevin Wilkins:





MA knives:











HoiHoi knives:



Beside normal steel knives, also some made out of stone:

[blackhole]

Some more:

There was a lot of material for sale:







Outside there were some demonstrations in forging:







There was some guy who made his own armour: (forged!)





Some more pics without comments:












Hope you liked it!

[Tiffers]

Wow!! It looks like a fabulous show! I wish I could have gone.

Thanks for sharing the piccies with us!

Tiffers

[Ross]

Looks a well-attended show as well, I would have loved to be there!
Thanks for posting the pics.

[ggfh666]

It was a huge success. The hall is far too small for the event imo.

Dave Budd and Cod12ie were in between Gudy Van Poppel and Kevin Wilkins, but only the wood is seen on the pics...

[neill116]

AWESOME!!!
Thanks for taking the time to share the pics.
I think i would have ended up in serious debt if had gone , it's like Alladins cave!!
Did you get yourself something nice?

cheers
Neill

[manofthewood]

Brilliant thanks for sharing your pics, looks like a fantastic day out....

[Underhay]

Great pics, thanks for posting

Looks like a really good show with demonstrations as well as all the static displays.

[Mark228]

Gudy van Poppel:

Some great looking knives on this stall! Thanks for sharing the pics.

[blackhole]

It was a huge success. The hall is far too small for the event imo.

Dave Budd and Cod12ie were in between Gudy Van Poppel and Kevin Wilkins, but only the wood is seen on the pics...

I wish i had more good pictures, but it was difficult to take pictures, it was so busy, people kept bumping into me.. so there are a lot of blurry pics

AWESOME!!!
Thanks for taking the time to share the pics.
I think i would have ended up in serious debt if had gone , it's like Alladins cave!!
Did you get yourself something nice?

cheers
Neill

I got me some nice steel, and some pins, and a lot of ideas!!

Some great looking knives on this stall! Thanks for sharing the pics.

This guy is amazing !! Makes KILLER damascus, and some great swords !

Brilliant thanks for sharing your pics, looks like a fantastic day out....

It was!! well worth the 3,5 hour drive to get there, and after a long day 3,5 hours to get back again !

Looks a well-attended show as well, I would have loved to be there!
Thanks for posting the pics.

You should have been there, there were some UK folks over there, also one who was selling wood.. can't remember his name....

[Otto]

Thanks mate. Thats some very intersestung pic's. I shoiuld have been there.

[ggfh666]

I didn't buy a single knife.
I only got 4 blades, 1 kit, 7 forged but not yet quenched blades, wood, kydex, mosaic pin, firesteel, buffalo rings.
Not a single thing from my needed list was there... and it was quite long. So on the hunt again.

[Wrangler]

I wish i had more good pictures, ...............................
You should have been there, there were some UK folks over there, also one who was selling wood.. can't remember his name....

Chris Barker



BTW thanks a lot for sharing, Blackhole!

Very sad I couldn`t go there this time! But you gave me a good first impression what I`ve missed !

[BorderReiver]

I thought the blurring was due to exitement.

What a great looking show,thank you for the pictures.

I wonder if SWMBO would fancy a week in Belgium next year, round about this time of year.

[mic201m]

Thanks for posting the photo's.

I must try and make it next year.

A good excuse for a christmas shopping/knife show trip .

Did Poul Strande make it this year ??

regards mic