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The California Knifemakers Association cordially invites the general public to join us on July 23rd, 2011 at 10AM at the Brea Community Center. This one day show will be a unique opportunity to observe and purchase some of the finest custom and hand made knives in the good old USA!! Only custom handmade knives will be presented. Meet the knife makers themselves. Exibitors (as of 6/9/2011) include: Abert Dorado, Alex Felix, Bill Herndon, Brian Forrest, Bruce Oakley, Cristian Bryant, David Sharp, Frank Duncan, Gerald Morgan, Gordin Melin, Harold Locke, Jeff Mutz, Jerry Lindgren, Jim Ferguson, Joe Girtner, John Harris, John Mackie, Marcus Clinco, Mike Butcher, Red StCyr M.S., Rich Orton , Roger Bost , Steve Koster J.S., Val Rosas, Hans Weinmueller, Bill Traylor, Anton Bosch, Bill Cofffey, and Steve Hostetler Addmission and Parking are FREE! Brea Community Center695 Madison Ave Brea, CA 92821CLICK HERE FOR MAP AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Contact: Steve Koster at (714) 907-7250 or
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My first few knives were blades from Indian Ridge Traders in the early 1970s. Then I moved to gringing plainer blades. In 1986 I started forging and attended forging clinics. I joined the ABS in 1999 and passed my Journeyman test in 2003. I like to make bowies with wood sheaths that have tips and throats as well as daggers and hunter styles. 
I am a tech for NASA Jet Propulsion Labratory by day and knifemaker by night. I'm origionally from NY but have lived in CA for 30 years. I enjoy off-roading and fishing. 
Hello. I am Rich Orton. In the mid 1940's, I was born in Covina, California. That's when gasoline was 20 cents a gallon ... we had no freeways, cell phones or computers. Well, in the early 50's, Grandpa first placed a fishing knife in my hand and then told me to clean my own fish. Grandma and Elsie cleaned the doves ... And that's why I create so many bird and trout knives today. 
Red’s specialty is fixed blades, creating his own Damascus and mosaic patterns. In 1995 he became an ABS Journeyman Bladesmith and earned his Mastersmith rating in 1998. He has received numerous awards for his knives including the “Bill Moran Knife of the Year”.
I began to make handmade knives November 2003. I started out using the stock removal method of blade shaping. My first knife was a little full tang hunter with 6 brass pins holding the scales on. Needing a better method than using a blow-torch to heat blades for the heat treatment, I built a forge. With a running forge in my shop I quickly went out and purchased a cheap anvil and started forging blades to shape. I love the freedom forging offers in designing a blade. There is also much less grinding that has to be done to finish a knife.