Just six short months after the very first Milton Sportsmen’s Show we are treated to a second one, and an even bigger one at that!
The show now spans across the main building
A secondary building
And an outdoor area
I’ll start with the beautiful barn
For those who thought there wouldn’t be anything “tactical” here, how about an Akdas Masterkey! I admit, I was not expecting to see that today!
Canfirearm, exclusive distributor for the Akdas, also had a Kodiak K9 and Crusader Crypto on display as well as a Tavor 21 in the original IDF configuration (well not full auto, of course)
Charlie Does Leatherwork had my next favourite firearms related booth. He does all of the beautiful leatherwork by hand, including tanning, stitching, and wrapping.
Check out this beautiful package with matching rifle case
Charlie sourced that piece of coyote fur at the last Milton show!
Even the lever is wrapped
Ok time to visit the second floor for a mini-reunion of the Great Lakes Custom Knife Show that I covered a couple of months ago!
Back for his second Milton show, Todd Bolce
Again, 5400 year old wood handle
More interesting handle materials from Farmboy customs
Sheaths too
Of course, Farmboy uses more traditional materials like Stag as well
Some table shots
Also back at Milton, Buffalo Bones and their great leather goods
This incredible machete sheath/scabbard was my favourite piece
The Man behind Buffalo Bones, Seamus
With Todd Bolce and Matt Metcalfe
More unique pieces, such as this custom dog collar
And lady’s wallet
Nice leather notebooks we are used to seeing from Buffalo Bones
More nice leatherwork and paracord from Matt
Continuing with GLCKS alumni, Wynn Stitt
Again, I like that big stag handled bowie
Good to see KC Forge again as well
More great forged knives from Steve Cornelson – Bad Llama Forge
Fire Drawn Forge mentored under KC Forge
This one is similar in profile to a competition chopper
One of the first knives he ever made with sheath made by his son
Also back at the show, Sharp Sticks customs
This homage to the Canadian military’s issue knife was my favourite
Game calls from Knotty Beaver
I didn’t take many pics in the second building as they were mostly private gun sales but I did find yet another knifemaker from GLCKS, Mark Summers of SM Knives
Had another look at his GLCKS build-along knife
Finally, the outdoor market area where my favourite piece of kit was this 1997 fragmentation vest
Last time I was blown away by the fact that it was the first Milton show, the organizer did such a good job promoting and putting on the show. I came to the same conclusion this time as the show was even better than the first. It feels like this show has been running for years! I think there is a third one in a few months and I highly recommend you check it out.
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