Comments - 24th. Annual Big Sur Jade Festival - iKnife Collector2024-03-28T20:16:28Zhttps://iknifecollector.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3181080%3ABlogPost%3A1359912&xn_auth=noI am one tired guy today afte…tag:iknifecollector.com,2015-10-13:3181080:Comment:13620842015-10-13T17:50:11.551ZSyd Carrhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/SydCarr
<p>I am one tired guy today after five days of manic effort to pull off this event, but I want to share a few photos with you. The first is two custom knives, both with redwood burl handles, the top with a bone butt & cougar teeth. Next is a couple of jade bladed knives with bronze handles, and you can see the jade battle axe at the bottom. Next is the way we start each day, our world famous morning drum circle. We put the kiddies in the middle with percussion stuff and encourage them to…</p>
<p>I am one tired guy today after five days of manic effort to pull off this event, but I want to share a few photos with you. The first is two custom knives, both with redwood burl handles, the top with a bone butt & cougar teeth. Next is a couple of jade bladed knives with bronze handles, and you can see the jade battle axe at the bottom. Next is the way we start each day, our world famous morning drum circle. We put the kiddies in the middle with percussion stuff and encourage them to join in and bang away with the rest of us.The next is one of some of our entertainers on the stage I made myself and my sound system. Lastly is the view of a Pacific sunset from the festival entrance. This is a free event, with all proceeds going to summer camp activities for local school children, (the site is the local K-12 public school). Our attendance was around 6,000 over three days, and it couldn't happen without all the wonderful hard working volunteers. Here is a link to our Facebook Group with lots of other photos: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/BigSurJadeFestival/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/BigSurJadeFestival/</a></p>
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<p>Thanks Jan. One of the ways we raise money is we have a raffle, with local merchants and our vendors donating items for that. and a nice knife would make a fine raffle prize. There will be a few Cherokee Stoneworks and Sante Fe Stoneworks knives at various vendor booths for sale, but we have never had a custom knife as a prize. I've even considered taking the handles off of a 110 myself, then handing it over to one of our world class jade carvers to see what they can come up with, but that…</p>
<p>Thanks Jan. One of the ways we raise money is we have a raffle, with local merchants and our vendors donating items for that. and a nice knife would make a fine raffle prize. There will be a few Cherokee Stoneworks and Sante Fe Stoneworks knives at various vendor booths for sale, but we have never had a custom knife as a prize. I've even considered taking the handles off of a 110 myself, then handing it over to one of our world class jade carvers to see what they can come up with, but that is one of my "round tuit" things, (meaning I haven't gotten around to it). I will be sure to take a bunch of photos, and will post some of them here. The jade carvings and carvers at our show are truly world class, I'll be sure to share those pics with y'all.</p>
<p>Thanks for the kudos, but my volunteers are who make it all happen, they are the real heroes. I'd just be an old fuzzy guy with a guitar and a clipboard, (and a bunch of knives), if not for them.</p> Syd,
This is just awesome! I…tag:iknifecollector.com,2015-10-07:3181080:Comment:13599202015-10-07T01:04:29.221ZJan Carterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JanCarter
<p>Syd,</p>
<p>This is just awesome! It is a lot of work but look at you! Helping the community, growing the knife community and letting kids know the world cares!</p>
<p>I want you to remember this for next year, iKC would love to help!</p>
<p>Jan</p>
<p>Syd,</p>
<p>This is just awesome! It is a lot of work but look at you! Helping the community, growing the knife community and letting kids know the world cares!</p>
<p>I want you to remember this for next year, iKC would love to help!</p>
<p>Jan</p> Why thank you Jeremy, this is…tag:iknifecollector.com,2015-10-07:3181080:Comment:13601792015-10-07T00:14:03.310ZSyd Carrhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/SydCarr
<p>Why thank you Jeremy, this is my 16th year with this event, and if I will have anything to leave behind when I go, I'm glad it will be a legacy of volunteerism and community service, (God knows I won't have any money to leave behind because I buy too many knives!).</p>
<p>Of course yes, it is a HUGE amount of work to put on an event like this. Last year we had an attendance of over 7,000+ over three days, and it requires around 30 volunteers all day every day to make it run, (of course I am…</p>
<p>Why thank you Jeremy, this is my 16th year with this event, and if I will have anything to leave behind when I go, I'm glad it will be a legacy of volunteerism and community service, (God knows I won't have any money to leave behind because I buy too many knives!).</p>
<p>Of course yes, it is a HUGE amount of work to put on an event like this. Last year we had an attendance of over 7,000+ over three days, and it requires around 30 volunteers all day every day to make it run, (of course I am also the volunteer chairman). What keeps me coming back is the grant request letters we get in May from local students asking for a grant for summer educational activities, (our forte). We gave over $6K for those activities last year, and expect to give even more this year. Reading those hand-written letters from 8-10 yr olds is something I look forward to each year. That part is really a very special thing, and it really is what keeps me coming back. We also donate to the local volunteer fire brigade, the local school district, and other community organizations, but our "thing" is giving money to deserving kids for things like volleyball camp, horse camp, scuba camp, or just camp camp. We also help deserving working locals with assistance for summer day care to lesson their load.</p>
<p>Thanks for the good wishes, please pray I hold up to another year of these manic preparations and the chaos during the event. I must admit I find myself wishing it were November already, sometimes I find myself saying <em>"I'm getting too old for this s**t"</em>, but I always get over it and just get on with the job. Thank goodness for like-minded young(er) people who help me make it all happen. I tell them all the time, <em>"It's not my festival, it's yours".</em></p> Thank you for sharing with us…tag:iknifecollector.com,2015-10-06:3181080:Comment:13599152015-10-06T23:13:18.668ZJeremy B. Buchananhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JeremyBBuchanan
<p>Thank you for sharing with us Syd. Looks like a lot of fun. Kudos to you for organizing and putting this on. I hope you have lots of volunteers to help you. I know events such as this takes a lot of work to put on. I am glad to see that you are willing to give up some of your own knives to reward the volunteers. I hope you share some pics with us, of this year's event. Enjoy!</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing with us Syd. Looks like a lot of fun. Kudos to you for organizing and putting this on. I hope you have lots of volunteers to help you. I know events such as this takes a lot of work to put on. I am glad to see that you are willing to give up some of your own knives to reward the volunteers. I hope you share some pics with us, of this year's event. Enjoy!</p>