P. O. Box 511
Elm Grove, WI 53122
26 Years Strong
Winter 2010
Elm Grove, WI 53122
26 Years Strong
Winter 2010
Phone and Fax: 414-479-9765
Email: badgerknifeclub@aol.com
Web site: www.badgerknifeclub.org
Email: badgerknifeclub@aol.com
Web site: www.badgerknifeclub.org
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| Club Meeting: Sunday July 25, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Future BKC Meeting Dates 2010 January 31, April 25, July 25, October 31 Hope to see you there! |
The next meeting of the Badger Knife Club (BKC)
will be Sunday, July 25, at 7 p.m. at the Milwaukee
County Council, Boy Scouts of America, 330 S. 84
St., Milwaukee, WI, lower level PieperPower
Learning Center. (Exit 306 off I-94 at S. 84 St.).
The Featured Program will be presented by club
member Keith Jacobs, who will be presenting
information about his visit to the recent Blade
Show, the web site www.allaboutpocketknives.com
(AAPK) and his interest in Schrade knives. A lot of
great information will be shared with you.
The Progressive Attendance prize is at $25.00
because Kyle Jacobs’s name was selected at the
last meeting, but he was not there. The Regular
Attendance Prize of $5.00 was awarded to Glen
Mikolajczyk at the last meeting.
Special THANK YOU to Mark Erickson, Col. Joe
Fox, Keith Jacobs. Paul Hackel, Gary
Glowinski, Jake Jakus, Keith Martins and Mike
Spors for all of the great Club Raffle items they
donated at the last meeting. We are appreciative of
their generous support, as well as to the members
that purchase the tickets.
Lastly, come enjoy the fellowship and free coffee,
juice and donuts while we buy, sell and trade or just
show off our knives. See you at the meeting!
2009 Club Knife
We have two 2009 Schatt & Morgan two blade
English Jack Club knives available for sale at
$84.00 each. These are great knives and would be
nice to add to your collection or buy one as a great
knife to carry and use. Pick one up at the meeting
or call Bob Schrap at (414) 771-6472.
2010 Club Knife
If you ordered the 2010 Club Knife, the Case two
blade Saddlehorn Jack knife, they are in and ready
to be picked up. They turned out very well. You will
be proud to show it off and display it. They are all
sold out. Pick up at the club meeting or call Bob
Schrap at (414) 771-6472.
A New Assault on Knives in New York
Here is one to watch and, hopefully, not spread
beyond New York. The AKTI (American Knife and
Tool Institute) reported that the Manhattan District
Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. has targeted retail knife
sales in Manhattan, including Eastern Mountain
Sports, Home Depot,
Paragon and Orvis by confiscating those stores’
inventories, including legal knives, which they claim
are “switchblade and gravity knives”.
In addition, the retailers have been forced by the
DA’s office to pay more than $1.9 million—an
estimate of their profits on sales of these knives in
the past three years—times 10! They are also
asking for the names of customers and detailed
sales records for each knife from their inventory.
You can watch the progress of this threat by going
to www.AKTI.org.
Club Dues
Check the mailing label for your renewal date. If you
received a dues statement with this newsletter,
please send in your dues right away. You can pay
one, two or three years at a time at $5.00 per year.
You can mail in your dues or pay at the next
meeting. Check to be made out to Badger Knife
Club. Your continued interest and support is truly
appreciated.
Bring dues to the meeting or mail to Badger Knife
Club at P. O. Box 511, Elm Grove, WI 53122.
Please see the membership page of this site to fill
out your application. Thank you.
Club Pins and Patches
The Badger Knife Club pin and patch are
available for $5.00 each. Be sure to get yours at the
next meeting or at our show.
will be Sunday, July 25, at 7 p.m. at the Milwaukee
County Council, Boy Scouts of America, 330 S. 84
St., Milwaukee, WI, lower level PieperPower
Learning Center. (Exit 306 off I-94 at S. 84 St.).
The Featured Program will be presented by club
member Keith Jacobs, who will be presenting
information about his visit to the recent Blade
Show, the web site www.allaboutpocketknives.com
(AAPK) and his interest in Schrade knives. A lot of
great information will be shared with you.
The Progressive Attendance prize is at $25.00
because Kyle Jacobs’s name was selected at the
last meeting, but he was not there. The Regular
Attendance Prize of $5.00 was awarded to Glen
Mikolajczyk at the last meeting.
Special THANK YOU to Mark Erickson, Col. Joe
Fox, Keith Jacobs. Paul Hackel, Gary
Glowinski, Jake Jakus, Keith Martins and Mike
Spors for all of the great Club Raffle items they
donated at the last meeting. We are appreciative of
their generous support, as well as to the members
that purchase the tickets.
Lastly, come enjoy the fellowship and free coffee,
juice and donuts while we buy, sell and trade or just
show off our knives. See you at the meeting!
2009 Club Knife
We have two 2009 Schatt & Morgan two blade
English Jack Club knives available for sale at
$84.00 each. These are great knives and would be
nice to add to your collection or buy one as a great
knife to carry and use. Pick one up at the meeting
or call Bob Schrap at (414) 771-6472.
2010 Club Knife
If you ordered the 2010 Club Knife, the Case two
blade Saddlehorn Jack knife, they are in and ready
to be picked up. They turned out very well. You will
be proud to show it off and display it. They are all
sold out. Pick up at the club meeting or call Bob
Schrap at (414) 771-6472.
A New Assault on Knives in New York
Here is one to watch and, hopefully, not spread
beyond New York. The AKTI (American Knife and
Tool Institute) reported that the Manhattan District
Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. has targeted retail knife
sales in Manhattan, including Eastern Mountain
Sports, Home Depot,
Paragon and Orvis by confiscating those stores’
inventories, including legal knives, which they claim
are “switchblade and gravity knives”.
In addition, the retailers have been forced by the
DA’s office to pay more than $1.9 million—an
estimate of their profits on sales of these knives in
the past three years—times 10! They are also
asking for the names of customers and detailed
sales records for each knife from their inventory.
You can watch the progress of this threat by going
to www.AKTI.org.
Club Dues
Check the mailing label for your renewal date. If you
received a dues statement with this newsletter,
please send in your dues right away. You can pay
one, two or three years at a time at $5.00 per year.
You can mail in your dues or pay at the next
meeting. Check to be made out to Badger Knife
Club. Your continued interest and support is truly
appreciated.
Bring dues to the meeting or mail to Badger Knife
Club at P. O. Box 511, Elm Grove, WI 53122.
Please see the membership page of this site to fill
out your application. Thank you.
Club Pins and Patches
The Badger Knife Club pin and patch are
available for $5.00 each. Be sure to get yours at the
next meeting or at our show.
| Annual Badger Knife Show March 25, 26 & 27, 2011 |
Designed by BAKITUPDESIGNS
Ron Hembrook
Shortly after our last meeting we learned that Life
Member and custom knife maker Ron
Hembrook died on May 6, 2010, at the age of
63 after courageously battling a long health
problem.
Ron was a well known and renowned knife
maker. He was the maker of the 1997 Badger
Knife Club knife and a generous donor of many
knives to the club’s silent auction at the Badger
Knife Shows.
Ron will be deeply missed and remembered by
many people. Our thoughts and prayers for
comfort go out to his wife Joyce, their children
and other surviving relatives and friends.
Stolen Knife
Custom knife maker Keith Johnson had a knife
taken off his table at the 2010 Badger Knife
Show.
It is described as a Swayback single blade
folder with a 3 ½" ATS 34 blade in a Wharncliffe
style blade and had tan Mammoth Ivory scales.
Please observe details of person that may offer it
for sale and contact either Bob Schrap (414-771-
6472) or the Janesville Police Department (608-
757-2244).
Historical Exhibition in Illinois
The Highland Park Historical Society is currently
presenting a very unique exhibition of swords
and daggers.
Swords of the Eastern Hemisphere, covers 3500
years of history (1500 b.c.—1900 a.d.) and
reflects the sharing of ideas and technologies
across tens of thousands of miles in distance
and over thousands of years in time. Advance
reservations are required. For further details:
Highland Park Historical Society
326 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
847-432-7090
www.highlandparkhistory.com
Show Calendar
You can go to knife shows virtually every
weekend of the year somewhere in the U.S. If
you don’t get KNIFE WORLD each month, check
out their web site at www.knifeworld.com for a
complete listing. Here are a few you might want
to checkout:
July 30-Aug. 1: The A G Russell’s Knife Event
2010 at the Hammons Convention Center,
Rogers, AR. Contact A G Russell Knives 479-
571-6161
Sept. 10-11: Chicago Custom Knife Show.
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago, Il.
Contact Ed Warmser 847-757-9926
Sept.17-18: 31st Annual AECA Knife Show. Oak
Lawn Community Pavilion. Oak Lawn, Il. Contact
Marty Witek 630-357-8577
October 1-2: Annual Fall Knife Show by Northern
Lakes Knife Co. at the Holiday Inn Express &
Janesville Conference Center in Janesville, Wi.
Contact Bob Schrap at 414-771-6472
Shortly after our last meeting we learned that Life
Member and custom knife maker Ron
Hembrook died on May 6, 2010, at the age of
63 after courageously battling a long health
problem.
Ron was a well known and renowned knife
maker. He was the maker of the 1997 Badger
Knife Club knife and a generous donor of many
knives to the club’s silent auction at the Badger
Knife Shows.
Ron will be deeply missed and remembered by
many people. Our thoughts and prayers for
comfort go out to his wife Joyce, their children
and other surviving relatives and friends.
Stolen Knife
Custom knife maker Keith Johnson had a knife
taken off his table at the 2010 Badger Knife
Show.
It is described as a Swayback single blade
folder with a 3 ½" ATS 34 blade in a Wharncliffe
style blade and had tan Mammoth Ivory scales.
Please observe details of person that may offer it
for sale and contact either Bob Schrap (414-771-
6472) or the Janesville Police Department (608-
757-2244).
Historical Exhibition in Illinois
The Highland Park Historical Society is currently
presenting a very unique exhibition of swords
and daggers.
Swords of the Eastern Hemisphere, covers 3500
years of history (1500 b.c.—1900 a.d.) and
reflects the sharing of ideas and technologies
across tens of thousands of miles in distance
and over thousands of years in time. Advance
reservations are required. For further details:
Highland Park Historical Society
326 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
847-432-7090
www.highlandparkhistory.com
Show Calendar
You can go to knife shows virtually every
weekend of the year somewhere in the U.S. If
you don’t get KNIFE WORLD each month, check
out their web site at www.knifeworld.com for a
complete listing. Here are a few you might want
to checkout:
July 30-Aug. 1: The A G Russell’s Knife Event
2010 at the Hammons Convention Center,
Rogers, AR. Contact A G Russell Knives 479-
571-6161
Sept. 10-11: Chicago Custom Knife Show.
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago, Il.
Contact Ed Warmser 847-757-9926
Sept.17-18: 31st Annual AECA Knife Show. Oak
Lawn Community Pavilion. Oak Lawn, Il. Contact
Marty Witek 630-357-8577
October 1-2: Annual Fall Knife Show by Northern
Lakes Knife Co. at the Holiday Inn Express &
Janesville Conference Center in Janesville, Wi.
Contact Bob Schrap at 414-771-6472
| Annual Badger Knife Show March 25, 26 and 27, 2011 |