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Featured Knife: Mamba Black Sports Innovative Sheath Release

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Featured Knife: Mamba Black Sports Innovative Sheath Release

Sponsored by Extrema Ratio

Black mamba knife

The lightweight and ergonomic Mamba Black tactical knife from Extrema Ratio comes with a Kydex sheath sporting an innovative, quick-release system. Thanks to its lean shape, the sheath can be easily inserted in the loops of the M.O.L.L.E system. Available in black, desert, HCS and ranger green colors.

Specs

  • Weight: 2.99 oz
  • Blade Length:4.56 in
  • Total Length: 9.33 in
  • Blade Thickness: 0.15 in
  • Blade Material: ACCIAIO BöHLER N690 (58HRC)
  • Blade Finishing: MIL-C-13924 BURNISHING
  • Main Grid: FLAT
  • Handle Material: FORPRENE

Available here from Extrema Ratio.

Quick release knife sheath
The release built into the sheath allows for a quick draw and secure storage.
Knives for molle vests
The Mamba Black is a space-saving option for fixing to a MOLLE vest.

Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners Announced

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Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners Announced

BLADE‘s Halloween pumpkin-carving contest is in the books. Here are the winners. They’ll be contacted separately for their prizes. Thanks to everyone who entered.

Reader’s Choice

heart carving pumpkin

Editor’s Choice

halloween carving contest

Runners-Up

dragon pumpkin carving cat pumpkin carving deer pumpkin carving

Videos: Watch Rusty Knives Restored Back to Life

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Videos: Watch Rusty Knives Restored Back to Life

The hip kids know that the latest knife video craze involves rusty knives, knife maintenance tools and elbow grease. There’s something strangely satisfying about watching a beater knife that couldn’t fetch a quarter at a garage sale return to its former glory.

Here are the best “rusty knife rescue” videos from around the web.

Keep Your Knives Looking Their Best with This Guide

how to sharpen a knife
Remember: A knife saved is a knife earned!

BLADE put together a guide all about knife sharpening and maintenance so you don’t have to perform extreme renovations like these. Get it here.

 

What is Freeze Edging?

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What is Freeze Edging?

“Freeze edging” takes place during grinding, and it involves controlling the temperature on the edge of the blade. This helps retain the hardness following the heat treating, assuring sharpness and durability of the blade.

To check out the results of freeze edging, put the K-1 or K-3 from Reate Knives into your hands. The company uses it in concert with RWL34 steel, an alloy similar to 154CM made by Damasteel. Chromium, molybdenum and vanadium offer greater corrosion resistance, hardness and strength.

Learn more at the Reate website, and check out these models:

 

K-1 knife from Reate Knives
K-1

Ceramic ball bearing system
Blade Length : 3.8”
Blade Thickness:0.157″
Overall Length:8.8’’
Blade Material: RWL34 (Made by Damasteel company)
Hardness: 60-61HRC
Handle Material:6AL4V Titanium
Inlay Material : Marble Carbon Fiber/ Carbon Fiber
Weight:4.93 oz
Locking: Frame Lock

More information about the K-1 from Reate Knives.

K-3 knife from Reate Knives
K-3

Multi-row ball bearing system
3-D machined Titanium handle Blade Length : 4.6″
Blade Thickness: 0.157″
Overall Length: 8.7″
Hardness: 60-61HRC
Handle Material: 6AL4V Titanium
Weight: CF ilay: 5.3oz/Mokuti inlay:6.0oz
Locking: Frame Lock

Visit the Reate Knives website.

2017 Knife of the Year® Award Winners & Custom Knife Award Winners – BLADE Show

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2017 Knife of the Year® Award Winners & Custom Knife Award Winners – BLADE Show

Atlanta, Georgia (June 3, 2017) – Awards recognizing the highest achievement in the custom and factory knife industries were bestowed the evening of Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the BLADE Show in the Cobb Galleria.

2017 BLADE Show Knife of the Year® Award Winners

Representatives from BLADE (www.blademag.com) distributed BLADE Magazine Knife of the Year® awards in 13 categories. Two of the awards—Industry Achievement and Publisher’s—went to a retail knife store and a knife-related organization, respectively, for their contributions to the world of knives.

All entrants in the Knife of the Year® competition were judged on a number of factors, including utility, design, creativity, materials, aesthetics, feel and other traits.

2017 Overall Knife of the Year® – Lionsteel SR-11

2017 overall knife of the year

 

Specs

2017 American Made Knife of the Year® – Spartan Blades Kranos

2017 American Made Knife of the Year

2017 Imported Knife of the Year® – Columbia River Knife & Tool Crossbones

2017 Imported Knife of the Year

Specs

2017 Most Innovative American Design – Tighe Breaker Integral Automatic, by Brian Tighe & Friends

2017 Most Innovative American Knife of the Year

2017 Most Innovative Imported Design – SOG Baton Q2

2017 Most Innovative Imported Knife of the Year

Specs

2017 Best Buy of the Year – Kershaw Dividend

2017 Best Buy Knife of the Year

Specs

2017 Investor/Collector Knife of the Year® – Pro-Tech Cambria Masterpiece Custom

2017 Investor Collector Knife of the Year

2017 Manufacturing Quality Award – Lionsteel Knives

Lionsteel knife awards 2017 blade show

2017 Accessory of the Year – Wicked Edge Go

2017 Accessory of the Year Knife of the Year Awards BLADE Show

Specs

2017 Knife Collaboration of the Year – FOX Knives MK Ultra (Jason Knight & Doug Marcaida)

2017 collaboration knife of the year

2017 Kitchen Knife of the Year® – Kai USA Shun Ayu

2017 Kitchen Knife of the Year

Personal/Professional Achievement Awards

The Knife of the Year Awards recognized achievements in knives at the personal and professional levels in the following categories:

2017 BLADE Show Custom Knife Winners

The 2017 BLADE Show Custom Knife Award Winners were also announced on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.

Best in Show: CAS & Sam Lurquin collaboration
Best New Maker: Phil Jacob
Most Innovative Design: Grace Horne
Best Fixed Blade: CAS
Best Damascus: Mike Deibert
Best Bowie: Jean-Louis Regel
Best Folder: Glenn Waters
Best Fighter: Josh Fisher
Best Handle Design: Ben Seward
Best Miniature: Glenn Waters
Best of the Rest: Lloyd Studios
Best Utility Hunter: Wess Barnhill
Best Tactical Folder: Brian Nadeau
Best Sword: Ron Chen
Best Collaboration: CAS & Sam Lurquin
Best Art Knife: David Broadwell

About BLADE Show

The BLADE Show is the world’s largest, most important knife show, and has taken place every year since 1982 and in Atlanta since 1992. Upwards of 1,000 exhibitors from more than 20 countries display their knives and knife-related items over a three-day cutlery celebration that also features BLADE University knife seminars, knife auctions, custom knife awards, celebrity appearances and much more.

About BLADE

BLADE® Magazine (www.blademag.com) is the world’s No.1 knife publication. It is also the world’s oldest knife magazine, publishing its first issue in 1973. In conjunction with the BLADE Show, it has sponsored the Knife of the Year® Awards annually since 1982. The awards are the most coveted honors in the factory knife industry and are voted on by the booth exhibitors at the BLADE Show, who this year number more than 200. Only BLADE Show booth exhibitors are eligible to enter.

The BLADE Show and BLADE Magazine are the properties of F+W of Cincinnati, Ohio.

See 40 Years of Knives that Changed the World

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BLADE Show, Day 1: The World’s Greatest Knife Show

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BLADE Show, Day 1: The World’s Greatest Knife Show
BLADE Show
Knives, knives, more knives, knives, knives, this knife, that knife, other knives, knives and more knives. It’s BLADE Show time!

If the first day of BLADE Show 2017 could be summed up in one word, it’d be “the line.” That’s actually two words, but it’s fitting for the enormous early turnout of knife enthusiasts waiting for the doors to open. Never before has the line gone literally out the door, and into the parking lot, and probably crossed a few state lines.

Make no mistake, folks. The world of knives is alive and well, and beating expectations on every front. The official tallies will be made later, but this must’ve been a record. A first for a Friday!

Here’s what the show floor looked like moments after the doors opened:

In fact, it was a show full of firsts. How could it not be with the length of those lines? There’s bound to be a few newbies in there.

BLADE Show first-timer Erin Healy, BLADE‘s new managing editor, cut her teeth with a cool Kit Carson sword find. Did you know Kit Carson made swords? Well, now you do.

The learning didn’t stop there. BLADE University opened up a whole new world of knifemaking to attendees with not one, not two, but three classes on knife grinding. Instructors also zeroed in on how to select blade steel, making knives from simple tools, selecting an edge style and more.

How to grind knives for knifemaking
Tom Krein dishes the dirt on knife grinding secrets. He conducted three well-attended sessions.

The Knife of the Year entrants went on display outside of the main show floor this year, as they did for the past few. This not only made it easier to check out these incredible knives, it put some of the best knives in the world front and center for first-time show goers. They’re the first knives they see when they arrive. What could be better?

Best custom knives
Glenn Klecker puts the finishing touch on his display with a pencil eraser before submitting to the Knife of the Year Awards. Knifemakers want their works to look their best, and it shows at every booth and table at BLADE Show.

A second day of all of that and then some, that’s what. Tomorrow will be full of more knife events, and the Knife of the Year Awards will be announced. Online ticket registration is closed, but you can still find BLADE Show information at bladeshow.com.

Featured Knife: Skinner from Ridgeline Knife Works

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Featured Knife: Skinner from Ridgeline Knife Works
Best Skinning Knives
This skinning knife is ready for hard work. It’s made in the USA with USA materials. (Ridgeline photo)

The Skinner from Ridgeline Knife Works was designed with a big skinning belly in the 3-inch blade (think back to the old Dexter skinners), without sacrificing the ability to cut tendons and gut.

The G10 handle provides comfort regardless of the way the knife is held, and jimping adds additional finger grip. With a skeletonized full tang and no heavy bolsters or pommel, the weight is about 5 ounces — just enough to feel good in your hand.

Whether you choose the traditional route with D2 or opt for the advanced S35-VN stainless steel, you can count on a knife that will keep its edge through the job, and the next.

Even better, the knife is made in the USA from USA materials.

“I started this company because I saw a distinct lack of knives that were actually designed for what we do as hunters,” said Zack Waddle, Ridgeline owner. “As an engineer I believe that there should be a knife available to outdoors enthusiasts that has every detail engineered to make tasks faster, more comfortable, and well, more fun.”

Here’s where to get this and other Ridgeline knives.

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