EVERY knife enthusiast should attend Blade at least once in their life! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> You have the opportunity to meet the Owners/Manufacturers of knife companies, check out a LOT of custom makers, and best of all meet the Busse Groups and fellow Dogs, Rats, and Hogs. As mentioned in an earlier post, Thursday evening usually has a group of Busse addicts dining at a restaurant, same as Friday. On Saturday night the Busses holds their induction dinner party - a fun and family friendly get-together that the Busses pay for! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The last couple of years it was held at the restaurant in the Waverly Hotel - the Busses reserved the entire restaurant. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> It is really a fun and relaxed time, and you can really visit with fellow Bussekins.

Being as cheap as I am, I stay at an "extended stay" hotel about three miles away - it costs about $100.00 a night less than the Waverly Renaissance Hotel! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I would rather spend the extra money on new knives instead of giving it to the hotel, but to each their own! There are LOTS of less expensive restaurants in the area so you don't have to break the bank if you are taking the family.

I really encourage all of my fellow Dogs to attend if possible! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />