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by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

I wrote a lengthy post about selling knives at gun shows from the perspective of someone who actually sells at gun shows, and then read that you're not willing to do this or that to obtain stock, and you're not interested in competing with whomever. My advice is that you save your money and not bot...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

We still have our tax-id and sales tax exemption / resale credential from our previous gun show business. Just looked at Blue Ridge Knives… that may be my only option (they do offer USA-made knives) - I’m not willing, nor interested, in going to flea markets or auctions, etc to find inventory - I al...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

I have been there and done that, although the conditions were a lot different in the early 1980s. Then the American knife makers were still going strong. I sold Old Cutler (a Colonial brand) and Parker (Japanese at that time) along with some Case, Camillus, Schrade, not the full line but some of th...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

Methinks my idea is DOA… else others would already be doing it

Hence the the tables I see are either the very inexpensive brands or the occasional custom knife maker showing off his/her wares

Without access to dealer pricing on my inventory… I wouldn’t last long, even as a hobbiest
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

To the best of my knowledge, you don’t have to be an Authorized Dealer to sell knives at a knife show or a gun show. Of all the tables of sellers I see at knife shows, only two or three of them have brick and mortar stores. The majority of them are just knife collectors. I could set up a table myse...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

Jim, I'm not sure how much selling you intend to do but knife shows are your best option. No guns or anything else. Only knives and knife related products. Unfortunately, most knife shows are usually only held once a year. There is one in St. Louis this weekend that ends tomorrow but it won't be he...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Re: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

To the best of my knowledge, you don’t have to be an Authorized Dealer to sell knives at a knife show or a gun show. Of all the tables of sellers I see at knife shows, only two or three of them have brick and mortar stores. The majority of them are just knife collectors. I could set up a table myse...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good Morning fellow diners. Currently 72 going to 82. Overcast; maybe we will get some rain. Bob Barker (The Price Is Right) died yesterday at 99 years. RIP, Commonly known is that Mark Twain's birth and death were bracketed by the arrival of Halley's Comet. So I was thinking that because on this d...
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:02 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 1086

Selling knives at Gun Shows - a discussion

Let me start off by saying I’ve never even been to a true knife show… we don’t have them anywhere close. (Well… one per year about 4 hrs away in the middle of winter) I’ve only attended, as a vendor, gun shows and/or so-called ‘gun and knife’ shows My wife and I used to have a small, side business a...
by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: It's In The Mail
Replies: 4863
Views: 509721

Re: It's In The Mail

tvic wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:20 pm Good looking knives, Jim! Love the scrolled bolsters on that Tribal Lock!
Thanks Tim… here’s a look at it when it arrived

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by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: It's In The Mail
Replies: 4863
Views: 509721

Re: It's In The Mail

Ordered this last night from a seller here on AAPK

Lil’ 3 1/4” closed Camillus

Will be on it’s way soon

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by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues-

Happy Anniversary Chris- 24 yrs is awesome!

Not much doin’ today… started the day with this reminder that God is greater than our ups and downs.

And the cup holds lots of coffee as well!
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by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:03 am
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Hear of a Good One Lately
Replies: 2315
Views: 263129

Re: Hear of a Good One Lately

A couple of fun ones…

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by MadeinUSA
Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues-

It’s cooled off and going only to 92 today here in Eastern Iowa

Not much cookin’… just a regular work day
by MadeinUSA
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Birds - personal observations
Replies: 770
Views: 14385

Re: Birds - personal observations

These guys will be gone soon

Hi-res

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Lo-res for AAPK

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by MadeinUSA
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues It’s hot in Eastern Iowa too… dog days. It’s just weather and ‘this too shall pass.’ My wife and I have been strategizing on how and where to add additional housing, and a feeding station, for another stray cat who has adopted us. We want to be prepared before frigid weat...
by MadeinUSA
Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Hear of a Good One Lately
Replies: 2315
Views: 263129

Re: Hear of a Good One Lately

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by MadeinUSA
Mon Aug 21, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues:

Like many… we are having a hot week… just over a 100 for a few days

Just a regular work week here
by MadeinUSA
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues Off to church this morning then home to dink around in my shop Will dig through the gun and knife collections to see if anything else needs to be put on eBay or GunBroker I’ve raised about $10k over the last few months by listing items that I no longer want/use/need in my...
by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues

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Here’s a dang good song to start your weekend with

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by MadeinUSA
Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Recommended listening - This singer/songwriter says it all
Replies: 1
Views: 131

Recommended listening - This singer/songwriter says it all

https://rumble.com/v38jtkh-we-are-one.html https://rumble.com/v38339k-oliver-anthony-rich-man-north-of-richmond.html Both of above are the same song… one has listeners reacting, one is just the song https://www.foxnews.com/media/rich-men-north-richmond-hits-1-apple-charts-struck-chord-america A very...
by MadeinUSA
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues

Another mild day here in Eastern Iowa going only to upper 70s.

Ok… off to work. May God Bless you and your loved ones today.
by MadeinUSA
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Thunderstorms during the morning hours, then skies turning partly cloudy during the afternoon. High around 75º. Areas near this location are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. I'm starting to here the rumble of thunder soooooooo. Got my laundry done yesterday. I was a bit trepidatious about going...
by MadeinUSA
Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: First Cup Diner!
Replies: 50658
Views: 1732968

Re: First Cup Diner!

Good morning FCD colleagues Another perfect day here in Eastern Iowa going just to the low 80s Contractors coming today to being install of doors, trim, baseboard, etc which will complete the work in my daughters basement (finished out a section of their basement with 2 bedrooms, family room and bat...

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