There were times that I was blocked (especially just before 9:00 PM), but I had surprisingly good connectivity with BladeForums.com last night. However, while I'm not sure where the BladeForums hosts physically reside, that the site is a venture owned by the user "Spark" (Kevin Jon Schlossberg - Owner, BladeForums.com and & OneStopKnifeShop.com).

The physical address of OneStopKnifeShop.com is 245 Hubbards Lane / Louisville, KY 40207. That's within 15 miles of my house, so if the BladeForums.com and & OneStopKnifeShop.com host servers are local to his brick-and-mortar business, then they're also close to me too. The Louisville, KY area is a great place to live if you collect Bussekins -- you're only one state away (and at a major shipping hub) when knives are sent out, it's where Eric (of Swamp Rat) lives, and the Busse crew comes to town every Spring and Fall for Knob Creek.