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025 Show Info – Joshua Swanagon Talks Shot Show 2020
Show Topic: Andy Tran of InnerBark Outdoors
Overview: We have a returning guest on the show again today Joshua Swanagon from Knife and Gear Society. In podcast 011 we talked with Joshua about his some of his knife designs, what it is like to be an editor of a knife magazine, how he stumbled into writing about knives, his philosophy about knives, and how he reviews knives! He was fortunate enough to get media credentials and attend SHOT Show 2020. He talks with us about what SHOT Show is and some of the products, companies, and people he enjoyed seeing at the show. Hope you guys enjoy the show!
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Shout Outs / Gear Talk
- JasonCWilliam1978
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- Shawn McIntyre – McIntyre Knives
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- Sam Goldbroch – samgoldbroch – Sam Goldbroch Sharp Co
- A chef and part time knifemaker
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Shot Show
- For us that don’t know, What is Shot Show?
- SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show
- Who puts on shot show?
- National Shooting Sports Foundation – http://www.nssf.org
- Started in 1979 St. Louis Missouri
- Other Locations have been San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta, Dallas, and Las Vegas
- In 2010 Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas and has around 60,000 attendees in Las Vegas
- When is it?
- January
- Who can attend the show?
- Attendance is RESTRICTED to the shooting, hunting and outdoor trade and commercial buyers and sellers of military, law enforcement and tactical products and services ONLY.
- How is the show organized? Knives, rifles, handguns, law enforcement, accessories?
- I have always heard you have to have a game plan, what was your plan
- How many shot shows have you been to?
- What were some of your must see companies before the show
- What was your first impression going into the show this year
- Lots of people / excitement
- Where did you go first
- Favorite booth
- Buck Knives – Old School Feel
- Case Knives – All the sets of knives
- Biggest surprise company
- Biggest surprise product
- CRKT – 3 new Kit Carson Designs
- Coast – Totally submersible flashlights
- Michael Zieba
- Spyderco / Vanquest Envoy-13 messenger bag
- Work Sharp Sharpening Systems
- Tops Knives
- Seax
- XXX Dicer Knife
- Must have knife for this year
- Top knife related accessory
- Who were some of the people you were most excited to meet
- Doug Marcaida
- Jason Johnson – Professional Knife Thrower
- PVK Vegas
Find more about Joshua Swanagon
- Personal
- Website – http://jswanagon.com
- Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jswanagon01/
- Knife-Gear.com
- Website – www.Knife-Gear.com
- Shot Show Articles – http://knife-gear.com/?s=shot+show
- Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/knifeandgearsociety/
- Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/KnifeAndGearSociety/
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