MAX Show Promoters
LTC (ret.) Thomas M. Johnson and Thomas T. Wittmann

LTC (ret.) Thomas M. Johnson retired from a successful military career in the United States Army in 1981 to pursue a professional writing career. He has been an avid edged weapon collector and researcher since around 1960. His eight-volume series, "Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", has brought him international acclaim, and his series is considered the standard upon which all other hobby references on the subject are based. He recently completed his eighth volume of the series. LTC Johnson has penned eighteen reference books and numerous articles for various hobby and military publications. Since 1986, LTC Johnson has been Chief Exeutive Officer of Johnson Reference Books and Militaria, a mail order wholesale/retail reference book and military ollectible business located in Fredericksburg, VA. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the MAX Show in 1985, and serves as a major stockholder and the president of MAX Promotions, Inc. Under LTC Johnson's outstanding leadership, the annual MAX Show has beome the must successful, and best attended, all militaria event in the world.

Thomas T. Wittmann has been an edged weapon collector since 1966, specializing in the Naval dirks of the German imperial era under Kaiser Wilhelm II. He is the co-author of one of the few references available on the subject, "Collecting the Edged Weapons of Imperial Germany". Moreover, he is the world's foremost authority on German Third Reich edged weapons and is regularly called upon by dealers/collectors/hobbyists worldwide for his expertise. He has been a stong advocate of militaria collecting as a legitimate hobby for many years, being the first to offer authenticity videos on the hobby, beginning in 1987. In addition to publishing a respected militaria edged weapon mail order catalog, his office maintains the most informative website on the Internet for the various categories of edged weapons carried by Imperial and Third Reich Germany, known as Wittman Militaria. Since the mid 80's, Mr. Wittmann has written and published a 4 volume set entitled "Exploring the Dress Daggers of the German ...". This set so far includes books exploring the dress daggers of the German Army, Navy, Luftwaffe (Air Force) and SS. Mr.Wittmann currently serves as advertising and promotion coordinator of the MAX Show, and is Seretary-Treasurer of the organization.