EDC Honeybee wrote:Im not BTG, but there was a fairly wide selection of the fixed blades. I also remember seeing at least one Rock, many kitchen blades, some of the mule team series, etc. I was going to plan to pick some up but as I remember it, the discounts were not as deep as the folders and didnt justify the impulse buy. There seemed to be many fixed blades but I dont remember seeing any of the more EDC-friendly small fixed blades. They may have just been hidden. It seemed like the table with fixed blades was more organized than the folder boxes, so it was easy to compare several of the same knife.
Thanks Honeybee! Honestly, anyone sharing their experience at the sale is appreciated and certainly helps gauge what to expect. Do all the seconds folders come in boxes? and for that matter, do the fixed blade seconds ?
BTG wrote:Last year I got a Jumpmaster and A Temperance 2, can't find anything wrong with the Jumpmaster except no sheath....but 2nds don't come with sheaths, maybe that was the problem though ? T2 had burr on bevel that sharpened right out..one was 100 the other 110 but can't remember which was which, but gives ya a ballpark....I didn't see much of anything over that either....maybeTi Millies, but I think there was only about 6 of those , and I only saw those briefly...#1 guy in line scored those, but even that is hit and miss....soooo many tables, if your up near the front, the first table you hit is probably going to be your gold...if you see something rare grab them all and trade....I was a nubie last year and was clueless...if not trading, look them all over and keep the best and just put the ones that don't make the cut back.....in other words grab everything first, sort and whittle it down later....I could just go in and out later Saturday since I'm not really looking for any seconds this year, I'm planning on mostly the discounted 1st run tables....maybe a bunch of last years forum knives they should priced to move,,,I only do seconds as users not in the collection, and I got 20 or so users now....but I'll be on the look out for a little post sale contest fodder fo sho !! But Im going Friday to hang overnight anyway...just for the fun of it..I just gotta stop on the way this time and get a lawn chair at Walmart or something, I can sit all night no problem.... standing just didn't work out...I was rushing to get there last year, getting in a little earlier this year.
Thanks for the tips BTG, I convinced a friend to come 'chill' for the night
so hopefully together we'll be able to score a couple nice finds. I'll definitely keep trading in mind while I'm there too, I hadn't even considered that as an option :eek: It's also reassuring to here from you guys that theres
plenty of tables to browse!
I'm flying in a few days early just to check out Colorado and be a tourist, but at some point I'll have to make my way to a walmart or something for a chair, good call!