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An amendment to the authoritarian Federal Switchblade Act provides an exception for assisted openers. The sound of one-handers opening with a crisp snap continues will not fall mute in the Land of the Free. This is great news! Celebrate with BLADE year-round with a subscription.

Had this amendment not been made into law, it's very possible BLADE would have gone under, bringing with it Editor Steve Shackleford. Now that the threat has passed, Shackleford would like to personally thank everyone who fought for knives in his "Unsheathed" column. Click here to read it.

Inside This Issue

• For many, a knife collection is incomplete without commemoratives.

• Indexing provides enhanced handle traction and blade manipulation.

• New tactical fixed blades sport utilitarian design, style.

• Kevin Jones’ approach has lessons for collectors, makers alike.

• Assisteds, one-handers exempted from Switchblade Act.

• All-Forged Blade Expo celebrates ABS, Texas, Bowie and more.

• Ephemera is an integral component of knife presentation.

• World War II military knives have history and value.

• Edwin Forrest, James Bowie and the Forrest Knife.

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