BLADE Staff

Greetings From KnifeBroker.com

With all the excitement of the Johnny Stout knife give away, we have decided to extend the free listing period for an additional 30 days, but that’s not all.
KnifeBroker.com is going to give away another knife in September, each time you list a knife in the month of September you will automatically be entered into a drawing to be held October 1st 2010.
We are giving away a custom made knife by legendary knife maker Gil Hibben with a retail value of 400.00 dollars. The contest starts September 1st and ends September 30th. It’s that simple, just list your knives and your in the drawing, the more you list the better your chances of winning this beautiful Gil Hibben custom made knife.

Thank You,
KnifeBroker Staff

Nothing quite says “retirement” like a pig-chasing contest, and Jerry Lawhorn celebrated his last day of 27 years with Frost Cutlery by being feted with a “pig-chasing contest” this past Friday.

According to Frost’s Patrick Shipley, “Now, since you have seen this, you won’t find it too hard to believe that last week Jim [company owner Jim Frost] put a goat in Bob Johnson’s office as a birthday prank, and I will leave the rest to your own imagination.”

Anyhow, best of luck and happy retirement to Jerry. And soo-eee-eee pig!

Get ready for hunting season! Check out Buck’s new knives on the New Products page. Selected knives on sale!

Announcing the first ever Knives Illustrated “Best in Knives” Reader’s Poll. Categories range from Best Overall knife for the money, Best Camp knife, Best Cowboy knife, Prettiest, Best commemorative of all time, Most Underrated Factory knife, and over 60 categories.

We would like for you to go online to www.knivesillustrated.com and vote for Knives of Alaska. This is an open vote, and there is NO LIMIT on how many times you can vote.

Winners will be announced in the Knives Illustrated Buyers Guide, hitting the newsstands in November.

This is pretty cool. Back in 1996, BLADE compiled a list of knife laws in all 50 states. Bernard Levine kept that list current through 1997. Somehow, that list wound up here: http://www.knife-expert.com/sta-law.htm.

Check it out, it’s interesting stuff.

Apparently one of our favorite knife actors of all time, Paul Hogan, he of Crocodile Dundee fame, cannot leave his native Australia until he pays his taxes. According to Colin Cowherd of ESPN, Hogan was recently detained in Australia and told he could not leave the country until he pays about $36 MILLION (I don’t know what that is in Aussie currency but I’m sure it’s a bunch).

It appears the Aussie tax types have tied Hogan’s kangaroo down.

There’s a new place just for saying “hi” on the Knife Showcase Forum. Click here to meet your neighbors.