Blade Show 2014, who is going?

[Limpy88]

Sounds like a long way to go for only one or two knives.

I want a t-shirt.

 

[Gabriel]

I want a t-shirt.

I'd drive to Georgia for a shirt.

 

[Limpy88]

10 hrs roughly, 1 way. Not too bad.


Where does most ppl try and stay down there? Which hotel?

 

[Vigilant]

10 hrs roughly, 1 way. Not too bad.


Where does most ppl try and stay down there? Which hotel?

the Waverly is connected to the event, and where a lot of us are staying, and on Thursday night, the USN has their "Pit" in the lobby, that runs most of the weekend I do believe. I will also be at the USN table Sunday at 0900 if any USN'ers or Indiana members want to come by.

 

[Gamez235]

Going, I'll be stealthing around.

 

[Bradsknives]

10 hrs roughly, 1 way. Not too bad.


Where does most ppl try and stay down there? Which hotel?

The Waverly hotel is connect to the Cobb Galleria Centre, but is by far the most expensive to stay at. There are about a half a dozen hotels that are giving special rates for the show and most of them are within walking distance. Below is a link to the hotels associated with the show. You can make your reservations on line through this page to get the show rates.

2014 Blade Show: Atlanta, Georgia

Note: We are staying at the Wingate Inn. It's a nice hotel but not as fancy as the Waverly or the Sheraton Galleria Suites (I have stayed at both of these in past years), but it is considerably less money.

 

[M67]

The Waverly is convenient. Get trashed, bam, hotel is pretty close and you don't have to walk across Atlanta traffic at 1am or worry about a cab ride. Besides that, IMO, WAY overpriced.

No fridge in the room, have to pay for internet, no free happy hour, no free breakfast. Not 1 damn thing.

 

[Vigilant]

The Waverly is convenient. Not 1 damn thing.

Convenience is a lot cheaper than the alternative in ATL, (ie, mugging, cab costs, etc.). The not 1 thing for me isn't quite true, I get an a$$load of Marriott Rewards, and this stay takes me up another level. Not important to so e, but to me very worth the price.

 

[Bradsknives]

Convenience is a lot cheaper than the alternative in ATL, (ie, mugging, cab costs, etc.). The not 1 thing for me isn't quite true, I get an a$$load of Marriott Rewards, and this stay takes me up another level. Not important to so e, but to me very worth the price.

I'd rather walk the two blocks to the show and save over $125.00 for the room that has a fridge (not that I will use it) and have a free breakfast buffet (it's not a skimpy buffet either) and save more money not having to buy breakfast for three mornings. Just more money I can spend on a knife....I'm cheap like that.

 

[M67]

Convenience is a lot cheaper than the alternative in ATL, (ie, mugging, cab costs, etc.). The not 1 thing for me isn't quite true, I get an a$$load of Marriott Rewards, and this stay takes me up another level. Not important to so e, but to me very worth the price.

Blade is in, how do I say this......."a classy part of Atlanta".

That being said too, Georgia recognizes our carry license and I don't walk alone at night either.

I've stayed at the Waverly and thought it was WAY overpriced, and I was even staying with a cop so I wasn't even paying full price for the room and thought I got more bang for my buck at a motel 8 in BFE

 

[Bradsknives]

Blade is in, how do I say this......."a classy part of Atlanta".

That being said too, Georgia recognizes our carry license and I don't walk alone at night either.

I've stayed at the Waverly and thought it was WAY overpriced, and I was even staying with a cop so I wasn't even paying full price for the room and thought I got more bang for my buck at a motel 8 in BFE

........and then there was the INGO member (to remain nameless) that was planning on sleeping in his car the whole time, until I offered him floor space in my hotel room.

 

[M67]

........and then there was the INGO member (to remain nameless) that was planning on sleeping in his car the whole time, until I offered him floor space in my hotel room.

Haha, that's true. Drove 9 hours, spent a couple hours at Blade show, slept in your room which if I recall right he was complaining about the floor being slanted so he would get a hell of a head rush, then drove back home.

Got to love him......I guess

 

[Bradsknives]

Haha, that's true. Drove 9 hours, spent a couple hours at Blade show, slept in your room which if I recall right he was complaining about the floor being slanted so he would get a hell of a head rush, then drove back home.

Got to love him......I guess

Yep...he is one of a kind....got to love him. The floor was not slanted, but after 20 plus beers at the Busse dinner that night, I'm sure it seemed that way to him. Snored like two Stihl chainsaws at full throttle...needless to say, I didn't get much sleep Saturday night.

 

[Corporal D]

At least he didn't pee in the sink there...

 

[grunt soldier]

This nameless person you guys talk about sounds like a hell of a guy. I'd like to party with him

In my defense. I'm a infantry soldier and I have slept in a lot ****tier places than the back of the car and that freaking floor was slanted damn it. Mark I stayed for all 3 days of it though and I partied like a rock star with all my favorite knife makers.

Grunt out!

ps thanks again brad for the slanted floor to sleep on. It was appreciated.

 

[Bradsknives]

^^^^^^^^^^


When I check into the hotel this year, I'll make sure and request the room with the slanted floor....... INGO member Dean Crail has the floor this year.

 

[Gabriel]

Normally I don't like the whe convention thing. Walking around looking at tables and tables of knives I can't afford would just be torturous.




Thats that's what in going to keep telling myself anyway. Maybe I'll go in 2015.

 

[M67]

Yep...he is one of a kind....got to love him. The floor was not slanted, but after 20 plus beers at the Busse dinner that night, I'm sure it seemed that way to him. Snored like two Stihl chainsaws at full throttle...needless to say, I didn't get much sleep Saturday night.

The guy I stay with is the same, has sleep apnea, I've had half a fifth a night and pass out drunker than a skunk and he still manages to wake me up. It's aweful.

Mark I stayed for all 3 days of it though and I partied like a rock star with all my favorite knife makers.

Yes you did, and you were WAY louder than normal. We were both hurting that year. Eat once a day (at night), drink the rest of the time, etc.

You did introduce me to the first Horton folder I ever held that year

 

[Limpy88]

Are ppl drinking at the show or is it all after?

 

[M67]

Both. Last year they were serving beer at least in the show, however if you brought your own they got pissy.