Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Gourmet Retailer, woo!

Nobody tells me about anything!

Look at what I just ran across: There's an article about us in Gourmet Retailer, check it out!

Celebration week!

If you're in the area, I hope you've dropped by the store for our celebration this week.

Today is local chef day! Chef Sam Mudd from Sullivan University will be showing us knife skills while preparing a relish tray from 11 to 1 today. Then Chef Shaw Ward of Jack Fry's will be tempting us with his shrimp and grits from 1:30 to 3. Yum! We've invited a bunch of other people to drop in during the day. If you're reading this, you're invited, too!

Thursday September 15th
Thursday we will be honoring our military men and women. A special gift will be presented to the first 15 active duty soldiers that come by the store. This will include: an on-the-go insulated mug with the Knifemakers Guild logo, free passes to the Guild show (Friday thru Sunday, Sept 16 - 18 at the Seelbach), one of a couple of different t-shirts, and other special items. All you other active duty soldiers will still get free passes to the Guild show (and maybe something special, too). Retired military, don't think we've forgotten about you! Come in to get your show pass and a free knife sharpening coupon. We'll also have a special drawing just for you. The rest of you, come by, sign up for the prizes, and say a special thank you to our men and women in uniform.

Did you know: Any orders shipped to a military post office have free shipping at Heimerdingers.

Friday Sept. 16th
The Knifemakers Guild show starts today! Stop by on the way down to the show or on the way home. We'll be doing our very own oral history project, collecting your favorite stories about visits to Heimerdingers. Stop in to shoot the breeze and tell us all the things we've forgotten (or in my case, wasn't alive for). We are doing this because every now and then we hear about someone special we remember, or a product we produced, or just a fun story. Share them in the comments here or on Facebook, too! Also we are inviting any former employees to come by on Friday to say hello. If you know of someone, please pass the word along. We're really hoping that Kyle Ellison (maker of the fabulous Kentucky Springs salad tongs) will be able to be with us this day.

Saturday Sept. 17th
Our final day is shaping up to be an awesome one. We'll have Ed Bartush from Wusthof Trident and Cindy Milem from Kyocera ceramic knives in the store with us. Also, we'll have another very special guest, Mark Zalesky, the editor of Knife World. Special demonstrations will be the order of the day with Cindy and Ed. There will be quite a few specials that day with Wusthof, including a 'trunk show' special, allowing a one time special ordering opportunity of Wusthof knives at 30% off for prepaid orders (only on regularly priced stuff, no sale items, no other discounts or offers).
While all that's going on, Mark Zalesky will be signing some of the books Knife World distributes, as well as doing knife appraisals (sorry, no written appraisals).


No matter which day you come by, be sure to sign up for the prizes, and remember that the Knifemakers Guild show runs through Sunday. We won't be doing the drawing for the major prizes until next Monday (the 19th).

Come see us!