I'm back from my shopping spree. I met several folks, Barb-B-Q, G19G26, resinguy, and Eric Isaacson among others from the BladeForums crowd. Also, hung out with jforbush and rainwalker for a while. I arrived just before the selling started; when it did, the section of table with CG SNFOs and Hell Razors emptied within seconds -- literally, nothing but bare table left. The NW SAR 5s lasted slightly longer, but within a few minutes, most of them were gone (admittedly, I took more than my fair share), although the last few hung around for almost a couple hours.

There were a few Satin Jacks -- I bought one, not the prettiest of the lot, but an unusual variant. Muddy Satin Jacks were supposed to come with Snakeskin handles, but apparently they ran out of Snakeskin, so one of the batch had Tigerhide (which was designated for LEs) -- that's the one I bought.

They made five SAR 5 color/handle combinations:
1) Olive blade w/ orange/black G10
2) Black blade w/ orange/black G10
3) Black blade w/ green/black G10
4) Sage blade w/ tan Micarta
5) Black blade w/ black Micarta

The crew didn't have any of the Olive SARs at Knob Creek, and they only had eight each of the others. They had a set of Friday boxes and a set of Saturday boxes (so there will still be good stuff tomorrow), but I was told that all of the SARs went out today. Jerry may hate them (I asked if that was just a marketing ploy, and was told that he genuinely does not like them at all), but I think they're OK and they were a terrific bargain. I bought ten of them:
three sage w/ tan Micarta on proxy, with an additional two for me, two black w/ black Micarta, two black w/ orange/black G10 and one black w/ green/black G10.

There were two black (logo-ed) Scrapper 6s, so I grabbed both of them (you can never have too many S6s). Also there were three tan (logo-ed) Yard Hooks -- I only bought one of them. I also bought one more Olive Swamp Warden (because I wanted an olive blade and missed grabbing the single olive w/ black G10 HR Little Mischief). Finally, I picked up a couple reflective lanyards that Eric's oldest daughter makes. Grand total for my purchases was $2410.80 + $156.05 (sales tax) = $2566.85. I'll get some back from the proxies, but still, it's been an expensive day.

jforbush and rainwalker both picked up some good stuff too, but I'll let them tell you about their treasures. Everybody there was great, and it was nice to meet them. If you're going tomorrow and want any SAR 5s, then you better get them from the 411 SARgaza on BladeForums tonight.

WoW! nice job Jim! (better when the gf says that but still) you know we want "PICTURES!"

No, he didn't have the new rat knife, nor did he have pictures of it with him, although he confirmed that it'll be a small fixed-blade. Also, without specifically saying what kind of steel, he indicated that it would be a stainless.

I don't even own a digital camera, so I can't easily take or post pictures, sorry.

Sounds like a great haul and a lot of fun. My Proxy picked up 3 knives for me...

AD in Satin/Black Micarta
SAR5 in Black/BlackGreen G10
BATAC in Brown/Snakeskin

I'm pumped! Thanks Proxy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Great score...........I have a buddy proxy me as well but I told him I only wanted a Green bladed SAR5 if none available, then do not worry about picking me up anything else...Good luck buddy !

Were there any fusion steel hearts hanging around?

I'm glad you guys had a good time and congrats on the score. This sucks I usually never miss going to the Creek but this time I just wasn't able to make it.

Nice scores! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Well.... the daily damage is done. I got there about a hour and half after the doors opened and barely got my SAR's. I was really hoping to get a orange varient but there is always tomorrow.

I ended up picking up 2 SAR's, one in G10 and the other in micarta, both black on black. I also got a SY mojo in tan, a tan Ratmandu, and a tan on tan Battle Mistress. Also picked up a few for my proxy buyers.

Tomorrow is another day and another set of knives to purchase. I really enjoyed meeting some of the guys from the yard as well as the Busse folks.

This was my first experience at a event such as this and all I can say is..... WOW, WOW, WOW. I can't wait to see what they put out tomorrow and who else I will be able to meet.

resinguy, Eric Isaacson, Jim, rainwalker, Drew and Garth Reckner were a few of the guys that I had the pleasure to meet.