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    Where To Net ’em
    Adams Intl Knifeworks - AIK www.adamsknifeworks.com adamsknifeworks.com@gmail.com (618) 656-9868 Automatic & Customized Knife Specialists Admiral Steel www.admiralsteel.com sales@admiralsteel.com Widest Range of Stock for Blade Needs Alaska - Norther
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    Cover Story
    ABS master smith Mike Quesenberry won both Best Bowie and Best Of Show at BLADE Show Texas for his dogbone model. He also won Best Art Knife for a scintillating dagger in mother-of-pearl. For more on his cover knife and other BLADE Show Texas happeni
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    From Whittle to Whack
    KNIFE TYPE: Fixed blade BLADE LENGTH: 3.5” BLADE MATERIAL: 272-layer damascus of 1095 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels BLADE GRIND: Convex HANDLE MATERIAL: Stabilized maple KNIFE TO KNOW: Gimping on the blade spine; handle has an enhanced palm sw
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    Going Golden Conclusion
    As BLADE® looks back at the end of its first five decades, it continues to outline the knives that have transformed and continue to revolutionize the knife industry. Whether a return to the traditional, hi-tech knife materials, a glorification of pas
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    The Knife I Carry
    “I have carried a Buck 425 pocketknife for many years. Its sides are worn smooth. I got it from the PX when I was stationed in Germany after I lost my Leatherman Tool on a parachute jump. The Buck was marked down due to the package being damaged. I g
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    Lean’n Lanky
    There’s a lanky breed of factory folder fueling consumer demand, and several notable entries in the genre are turning heads. Accomplished designers have teamed with knife companies to meld form and function with select materials to accomplish a sleek
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    Win A Knife!
    Tell us what knife you carry. Add a little history or an anecdote. Try to include a photograph—if digital, at least 600 KB but no larger than 2 MB—of you with your knife. We will publish your comments in an upcoming “The Knife I Carry.” Your name wil
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    Readers Respond
    In “Tradition or Convenience?” on page 62 of the October BLADE®, the author reviewed the Hogue Expel. The Expel is a key component of our new Hogue hunting line of knives and hunting accessories. However, the knife has a patent-pending integrated eje
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    Dime Novel Knives?
    George Washington “Nessmuk” Sears spoke ill of the bowie- and hunting-style knives of his era (mid-to-late 19th century), writing of them, “The ‘bowies’ and ‘hunting knives’ usually kept on sale are thick, clumsy affairs, with a sort of ridge along t
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    Texas Strang-twanged
    The 3rd Annual BLADE Show Texas (page 36) was a Texas twister of knives, knifemakers, knife enthusiasts, tall tales and other tidbits. Some behind-the-scenes highlights: A knifemaker’s worst pre-knife-show nightmare was a topic of conversation broach
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    Nessmuk!
    Some patterns stand the test of time and become legendary for a reason, be it a story, movie or book. The Nessmuk-style knife stands out because of its shape. Nessmuk was the pen name of George Washington Sears, a 19th-century American writer, conser
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    Blade
    CARIBOU MEDIA GROUP PUBLISHER JIM SCHLENDER EDITOR STEVE SHACKLEFORD MANAGING EDITOR LAURA PELTAKIAN ONLINE EDITOR ELWOOD SHELTON SR. ART DIRECTOR GENE COO ART DIRECTOR NADIA SVERDLOVA FIELD EDITORS MSG KIM BREED, ABE ELIAS, DEXTER EWING, ED FOWLER,
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    Between BLADES
    When you think of processing game, a skinner is typically the first knife that comes to mind—and rightfully so. At the same time, game shears provide a viable role in the processing equation, particularly with small game like squirrels, rabbits, fowl
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    Knives That Help You Thrive
    A couple of decades ago, attention started turning to the category of bushcraft knives. As usual, custom knifemakers were the ones filling the demand and leading the way. I was proud to be among them, along with such makers as Scott Gossman and other
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    Schnitter
    Benjamin Kamon calls his full-size art cleaver Schnitter, a medieval German name for the death. Translated into English, schnitter means cutter. He captures each translation quite well in his cleaver with an imposing blade and a handle carved in a Gr
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    Back to SHARP School
    The state-of-the-art in all things knife, including the latest in mosaic damascus steel, knife and handle design, and how to sharpen, make a lockback whittler, run a knife business and more will be the focus of the 11th Annual BLADE University. Held
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    Where To Get ’em
    Bear Forest Knives, chiefbearofficer@bearforestknives.com; KA-BAR, www.ka-bar.com, info@ka-bar.com; Knives By Nuge, nuge@knivesbynuge.com; TOPS Knives, topsknives.com, www.topsknives.com Boker Plus, sales@bokerusa.com, www.bokerusa.com; Condor Tool &
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    BIG Show with a SMALL Show Feel
    “BLADE, it seems, has done the impossible—having a successful knife show in Texas!” exclaimed Bill Ruple, BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member and “The Maestro” of custom slipjoint knifemakers. “All of the South Texas Slipjoint Cartel guys had
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    What’s Hot for 2024
    KNIFE PATTERN: EDC DESIGNER: Jim Bruhns BLADE LENGTH: 3.4” BLADE STEEL: CPM MagnaCut stainless BLADE GRIND: Compound hollow BLADE OPENER: Thumb studs HANDLE MATERIAL: 6Al-4V titanium LOCK: ABLE Lock® POCKET CLIP: Ambidextrous, blade tip up WEIGHT: 3.
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    KEYS TO THE BEST POCKETKNIVES Conclusion
    Editor’s note: Last time the author outlined types, materials, brands and more. Among other topics, this time he focuses on specific examples from the perspectives of industry pros. Another pragmatic perspective on the best pocketknives comes from th
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    Show Calendar
    Note: Events with an asterisk (*) have knives and knife accessories as the main/sole focus. Events with two asterisks (**) are knifemaking seminars or symposiums, cutting competitions, auctions, or other knife-related events. APRIL 13-14 IPSWICH, QUE
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    That’s A Nessmuk!
    The Nessmuk-style knife has a unique shape that sets it apart from other models. The 4-to-5-inch blade has a hump on the spine that is closer to the point. The blade also has a deep belly and an upswept point, which makes it ideal for slicing, skinni
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    Next In Blade®
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    Blade
    BladeMag.com E-mail us: steve@blademag.com 5583 W. Waterford Ln., Suite D Appleton, WI 54913 Phone: 920.471.4522 • Fax: 920.471.0031 CARIBOU MEDIA GROUP PUBLISHER JIM SCHLENDER EDITOR STEVE SHACKLEFORD MANAGING EDITOR  LAURA PELTAKIAN ONLINE EDITOR E
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    Show Calendar
    MARCH 15-17 PIGEON FORGE, TN The Spring Spirit of Steel Show, Evergreen Smoky Mountain Convention Center. Call 423-238-6753 e-mail knifeauctions@gmail.com, jbrucevoyles.com.* MARCH 22-24 JANESVILLE, WI The 2024 Badger Knife Show, Holiday Inn Express
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    Where To Net’em
    Admiral Steel www.admiralsteel.com sales@admiralsteel.com Widest Range of Stock for Blade Needs Adams Intl Knifeworks - AIK www.adamsknifeworks.com adamsknifeworks.com@gmail.com Automatic & Customized Knife Specialists American Edge www.americanedgek
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    Not His Everyday Build
    Brian Brown likes a good, pointy tanto. “It’s kind of a straight hollow grind all the way from the choil to the tip in a climbing grind,” he explained of the blade on his Taka v2s dress tactical folder. Grindingest it that way helped him keep the bla
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    Where To Get ’em
    Tim Robertson, robertsonknifeworks@gmail.com; Rhidian Gatrill, rhidianknives.com; Luke Swenson, Dept. BL4, 396 Agte Rd., Plummer, ID 83851 210-722-3227 swensonknives@gmail.com; David Taber, dtaber@winonaortho.com, 507-450-1918 (cell) drtknives.com Ca
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    Give It Up for POCKETKNIVES
    Whether a four-figure custom slip joint (page 12), an inexpensive factory keychain knife (page 50) or what you, if it’s a knife that carries in a pocket, it is a pocketknife. Pocket-knives have a colorful heritage, one that not only represents some o
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    Readers Respond
    The only correct way to pronounce the Japanese blade pattern tanto is tahn-toh (February BLADE®, page 6). Every other pronunciation is incorrect. Japanese vowels are very specific. We Americans are fiercely proud of our freedom to be wrong and will s

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