New BLADE® Salutes Military On 9/11
Military heroes past and present and their favorite knives are the focus of the new BLADE® (www.blademag.com) on the 12th anniversary of 9/11—on many newsstands NOW! Featuring a Bob Dozier Freedom...
View ArticleGuild Show: Granddaddy Custom Knife Event
The Knifemakers’ Guild Show will hold its 44th annual rendition—the granddaddy of all custom knife shows—this weekend at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Knifemakers, knifemaking...
View ArticleWhat To Ask/Not Ask a Knifemaker
When you buy a knife from a knifemaker, it’s your money and you have the right to ask him or her any question—within reason—about the knife. However, there are certain questions we recommend you ask...
View ArticleArt Knife vs. Cutting Tool Debate
The art knife versus cutting tool debate of whether knives are, or should be, works of art or cutting tools has always intrigued me. There are those who are a bit “put off” by art knives because they...
View ArticleCutlery Hall Of Fame: Buster Warenski
Any discussion of the greatest custom knifemakers of the modern era must include the late Buster Warenski, a member of the BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame. While best known for his reproduction of...
View ArticleInnovative Knives
Congratulations to Michael Vagnino for winning the 2014 Wooden Sword award, given out to one custom knifemaker each year on page 7 of the KNIVES annual book. The post Innovative Knives appeared first...
View ArticleOhio Classic Knife Show Starts at 1 p.m. Today
The Ohio Classic Knife Show hopes to build on the momentum of recent knife shows as it holds its annual event today and tomorrow. Both the California Custom Knife Show held this past weekend and the...
View ArticleAmerican Bladesmith Society Announces 2014 Hammer-In Schedule
The ABS claims to have had record attendance at its hammer-ins across the country in 2013, and has already announced its 2014 Hammer-In Schedule. The post American Bladesmith Society Announces 2014...
View ArticleThese Daggers Are Dope!
Not many folks have the skills to fashion symmetrically accurate daggers, those with edge-holding blades, comfortable, non-slip grips and protective yet non-clunky or hand-pinching guards. The post...
View ArticleA Surprise Find At BLADE Show: Kit Carson Sword!
Did you known that Kit Carson, renowned for popularizing the flipper-style of folding knife, made swords? Jim Behring of Treeman Knives has two of those swords, a Persian-style dagger, a D-guard knife...
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