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I see a lot of near term heads up and reviews of past shows, but I thought I'd give a couple of links to see upcoming shows a little further ahead than that. https://gunshowtrader.com/gunshows/tennessee-gun-shows/ https://rkshows.com/events/category/tennessee/ http://www.greatamericanpromotionsllc.com/ https://www.gkshow.org/spring-show-information

A buddy of mine is far senior to me and has a couple of transferable machine guns that he's had since the '60s, but he's not interested in researching them on the net so he's looking for a Nashville (or 50 mile radius) NFA shop that can appraise them and possibly handle selling them.   Who's left in the Nashville area  that you gents would trust to do a good job and treat him fairly?   Thanks!

Helping load in Th AM then trying to get the early view of things if exhibitor traffic doesn't make it too unsafe.  I'll be at 706 most of F/Sa/Su, but wandering around a bit.    I hope folks come by and say thanks to Doug and the Knife Rights folks for their work on getting the laws changed in TN.

Knife Rights booth (706 beside KaBar) with the display of some of the knives in the Ultimate Steel raffle? Killer deal for folks to sign up and buy a ticket for a chance to win custom knives and expensive production pieces (and some firearms).   I'll be there most of the convention helping out and encourage everyone to drop by considering the good work KR did for TN in getting the archaic laws removed about knives in this state.

I pocketed an RKK Swift Striker I with black blade this morning. 

Tossed my 5/97 Socom in my pocket this morning.    

Yes, SMKW, Taylor, and Case were all important in getting the bill passed.    Mr. Pipes is very much aware of the law.    Sadly, no special celebration today.   Supposedly, the sales floor staff were talking about starting 1 July at Ka-Bar day this weekend.

Haslam signed and now all we have to do is wait for it to go into effect!   http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1771

  I would consider anything from Frost to be money wasted that could be better used by putting it back for a better quality product.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/inside-the-knife-rights-movement-20140326   Grrrrrrrr!  

  Any of these would do  :panic:  or  :whistle:  or  :devil:

American "I-talians" http://www.burnknives.com/   OTOH, you'll see plenty of them at gun shows this summer. 

You're gonna have to define what "best for the money" means.   From a using standpoint the Microtech Troodon, Combat Trodon and Scarab were tough enough to be real usable knives.    For quality "value" play OTF the Paragons are a good buy at ~$150.   For an OTF you would have trouble frightening anyone with the MT CA Legal UTXs are fun.    The HKs aren't bad, but they're not worth the bux, in my opinion.    Stick with the "brand name" makers (unless you can score a Robbie Dalton) like BM, HK, MT, Paragon, Piranha   Stay away from the smuggled junk. Cheap barely does them justice and they were brought into the country illegally anyway. 

Perhaps "Mine, mine, mine!" is worthy of consideration also?   Since it was about a piece of legislation I used "4" (legislative) and left a message asking the Governor sign SB1771.

Until the Governor signs it the change won't be law so we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves and start carrying with the full freedom the legislation will allow.