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SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
on: October 23, 2016, 09:08:44 PM
I have been to the Vendor Rep Weekend at the SMKW before and some years have been better than others :tu: A few years ago I was disappointed by it and decided not to go back :facepalm: This year seemed like it may a bit better so I decided to give it a try again :tu: Well I went yesterday and was really impressed  :like: The reps were very friendly and I even had a good chat with a couple of them :cheers: The Vic guy was very friendly and I let my little girl put a set of scales on a Spartan  :tu: It is digicamo pink and I will put some pics up of that :cheers: I talked to the Leatherman rep and after talking a while and me.with my MTO shirt on ;) Told me that November 19th Tim Leatherman is coming to SMKW and going sign tools :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh Needless to saw I was a bit over the moon with this new and will be going back in a month :dd: I also got to meet Neal James from Call of the Wildman and also Dave Canterbury :o I will try later and put some of these pics up as well :tu: Very great day yesterday and was pleased with the way it turned out :like:


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #1 on: October 24, 2016, 09:26:28 AM
Sounds fantastic mate.  Did you take any pics? :pok:
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Reply #2 on: October 24, 2016, 02:44:13 PM
Sounds fantastic mate.  Did you take any pics? :pok:

Yes I do but with my home internet down (hopefully fixed by today or tomorrow) it is more of a chore to put pics up so I just haven't gotten around to it yet :whistle: :D


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #3 on: October 24, 2016, 03:09:50 PM
Officially jealous right now  :salute:.  Do you know which LM tool you would like Tim Leatherman to sign? 

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Reply #4 on: October 24, 2016, 04:15:36 PM
Officially jealous right now  :salute:.  Do you know which LM tool you would like Tim Leatherman to sign?

I told my wife not to be to embarrassed with the box I am gonna take :whistle: :rofl: I have several in mind as of now but I am gonna try to get a couple if the line isn't to bad :tu:


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #5 on: October 24, 2016, 05:14:09 PM
I'm going to try and see if I can make the drive!


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Reply #6 on: October 24, 2016, 06:50:09 PM
I'm going to try and see if I can make the drive!

Would be good to have a mini meet there at SMKW then :cheers:


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Reply #7 on: October 24, 2016, 06:53:41 PM
My little girl and Neal James of Call of the Wildman :cheers: He was a super nice person and all around as normal a person from my area as you can get :tu: He played the banjo and sang a couple songs with my little girl as well :ahhh He signed a few things and since it wasn't really announced who was gonna be there at the Knife Works there was really no line to meet him :o :like:



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Reply #8 on: October 24, 2016, 06:55:45 PM
Here is a pic of my baby girl putting the scales on a Spartan (she picked pink digicamo) :cheers: I got to make one a few years ago and figured she might enjoy this better and she sure did :tu: The Vic guy was really nice as well :like:



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Reply #9 on: October 24, 2016, 07:00:24 PM
My little girl, Dave Cantebury and Me :D I was really excited to see Dave here as well :ahhh He was a really nice guy as well and he brought a crew of people with him and had quite a bit of stuff to buy from him and he was at different counters over the few days and he also done some demonstrations :cheers: I bought the BushCraft 101 book of his and got it signed as well :like: Again if not for FaceBook I wouldn't have known that him or Neal were going to be there and no line really for him either :cheers: Great day and some cool memories :tu:



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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #10 on: October 24, 2016, 10:13:40 PM
 :dd: 2200 miles away from me.  I hope Mr Tim Leatherman will be closer to me at some point.  A signed LM tool(s) would be the ultimate. 
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Reply #11 on: October 24, 2016, 10:54:02 PM
I'm going to try and see if I can make the drive!

Would be good to have a mini meet there at SMKW then :cheers:
:tu: will let you know if I can make it


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Reply #12 on: October 24, 2016, 10:58:53 PM
I'm going to try and see if I can make the drive!

Would be good to have a mini meet there at SMKW then :cheers:
:tu: will let you know if I can make it

I am planning on it and really hope nothing prevents me from going :cheers:


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Reply #13 on: October 24, 2016, 11:00:27 PM
:dd: 2200 miles away from me.  I hope Mr Tim Leatherman will be closer to me at some point.  A signed LM tool(s) would be the ultimate.

I really hope that if nothing prevents me from going that I don't get overly excited and run off and leave my LM at home :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :D Guess I would either buy a new one to get signed or he could sign my Vic :whistle: :rofl:


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #14 on: October 25, 2016, 06:58:26 AM
:dd: 2200 miles away from me.  I hope Mr Tim Leatherman will be closer to me at some point.  A signed LM tool(s) would be the ultimate.

I really hope that if nothing prevents me from going that I don't get overly excited and run off and leave my LM at home :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :D Guess I would either buy a new one to get signed or he could sign my Vic :whistle: :rofl:

Put them in the car now  :tu:.  I don't know which I have him sign if I could only have him sign one  :think:.  I thought the Crunch would be cool to be signed, I wonder how many of those he signed?  I have also thought my JPST would be cool.  Hmm  :think: maybe my Surge.   
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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #15 on: October 25, 2016, 08:10:56 AM
Please, for non USA members:

What is SMKW...???

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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #16 on: October 25, 2016, 01:38:32 PM
Please, for non USA members:

What is SMKW...???

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It is Smoky Mountain Knife Works is Sevierville, Tennessee, USA. World's largest knife showcase. They have pretty much every current LM, Vic, Sog, Gerber, and all knife brands.


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Reply #17 on: October 25, 2016, 01:41:42 PM
I think I read that it is 108,000 sq feet


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #18 on: October 25, 2016, 01:56:24 PM
Looks like a fantastic day mate. :cheers:  I'd love to get the chance to meet Dave Canterbury. 
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Reply #19 on: October 25, 2016, 02:14:08 PM
Thank you for sharing with us your visit to SMKW and the pictures of your special day with the daughter.

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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #20 on: October 25, 2016, 04:22:35 PM
Please, for non USA members:

What is SMKW...???

 :think:

Guess I should have put that in the first post  :oops: :cheers: Thanks gdoolittle for clarifying :tu:


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Reply #21 on: October 25, 2016, 04:24:43 PM
Looks like a fantastic day mate. :cheers:  I'd love to get the chance to meet Dave Canterbury.

It was great but I went all school girl and didn't know what to say and my wife and little girl made fun of me the rest of the day for it :facepalm: :D Seemed like a really nice and genuine guy though :tu:


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Reply #22 on: October 25, 2016, 04:26:16 PM
Thank you for sharing with us your visit to SMKW and the pictures of your special day with the daughter.

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Thanks LC she really enjoyed the day but almost didn't go as she is normally bored out of her mind unless I am actually buying her something ATM :rofl: She said she liked it better than me this time though :cheers:


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #23 on: October 25, 2016, 04:49:07 PM
Looks like a fantastic day mate. :cheers:  I'd love to get the chance to meet Dave Canterbury.

It was great but I went all school girl and didn't know what to say and my wife and little girl made fun of me the rest of the day for it :facepalm: :D Seemed like a really nice and genuine guy though :tu:

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Well maybe you'll have something to say to Tim Leatherman when you get back there.  Dave Canterbury seems to be very down to earth from what I can tell.  What was he carrying?  Could you see anything on his belt?

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Reply #24 on: October 25, 2016, 05:14:21 PM
Looks like a fantastic day mate. :cheers:  I'd love to get the chance to meet Dave Canterbury.

It was great but I went all school girl and didn't know what to say and my wife and little girl made fun of me the rest of the day for it :facepalm: :D Seemed like a really nice and genuine guy though :tu:

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Well maybe you'll have something to say to Tim Leatherman when you get back there.  Dave Canterbury seems to be very down to earth from what I can tell.  What was he carrying?  Could you see anything on his belt?

His flannel shirt was covering his belt and anything he would have been carrying and of course I didn't think to ask :facepalm: am sure he was carrying some sort of sharp though as all his crew seemed to be :like: I think his dad was with them as well as I heard him saying something about his dad being there and they looked a lot alike :tu: He had a neck knife with a stag handle on him :cheers: So you know Dave had a knife as well, of course everyone walking around had 1 or 3 knives on them :D


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #25 on: October 25, 2016, 06:23:22 PM
Sounds like a great day   :like: :like:


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Reply #26 on: October 25, 2016, 09:39:19 PM
Sounds like a great day   :like: :like:

It was an for once nobody was bugging me to leave :rofl:


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Reply #27 on: October 26, 2016, 12:32:42 PM
Please, for non USA members:

What is SMKW...???

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It is Smoky Mountain Knife Works is Sevierville, Tennessee, USA. World's largest knife showcase. They have pretty much every current LM, Vic, Sog, Gerber, and all knife brands.

Thank you

I have navigated through their shop with StreetView and is impressive!  :drool:


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Re: SMKW Vendor Rep weekend
Reply #28 on: October 31, 2016, 02:48:47 AM
Interesting! I would like to go next year if possible, I've just recently moved to TN and learning my immediate area still but I knew SMKW was around here somewhere.   What facebook page were you following that clued you in? just SMKW's page?
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Reply #29 on: October 31, 2016, 07:46:38 PM
Interesting! I would like to go next year if possible, I've just recently moved to TN and learning my immediate area still but I knew SMKW was around here somewhere.   What facebook page were you following that clued you in? just SMKW's page?

Yes just there regular FB page :cheers: It is always sometime in October though :tu: Always on Fri, Sat and Sun as well :cheers: If not for the individual people aboves FB pages though I don't know if they ever tell who is going to be there other than their vendor representatives though :tu: I only knew they were going a day or so before :ahhh


 

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