The voting is over, and the knife nuts have spoken: The CRKT Caligo will be the official knife of BLADE Show 2018.
That means you’ll be able to pick up a special edition of this hot knife at ShopBlade.com soon. Each Caligo will be serialized and sport the BLADE Show logo.
The annual BLADE Show knives always go quick, so be sure to watch for announcements here and on BLADE‘s social media (Twitter and Facebook are the best).
Each year, BLADE selects an official knife of the BLADE Show, the annual event each June in Atlanta. The knives are stamped with the BLADE Show logo and serialized, making them instant collectibles.
For BLADE Show 2018, BLADE wants YOU to help choose the knife. It’s simple:
Browse the CRKT knives below
Vote using the form at the bottom of the page
One vote per person
Voting closes Feb. 28
The winning model will be available at ShopBlade.com and at the show. Have fun!
Caligo
Blade Length: 3.185″ (80.9 mm)
Blade Edge: Plain Edge
Blade Steel: 8Cr13MoV
Blade Finish: Black Oxide
Blade Thickness: 0.129″ (3.28 mm)
Closed Length: 4.471″ (113.56 mm)
Weight: 3.4 oz
Handle: 6061-T6 Al
Style: Folding Knife w/Locking Liner
IKBS™ Ball Bearing Pivot System
Overall Length: 7.625″ (193.68 mm)
MSRP: $49.99
Designer: T.J. Schwarz
Drip Tighe
Blade Length: 3.106″ (78.89 mm)
Blade Edge: Plain Edge
Blade Steel: 8Cr13MoV
Blade Finish: Satin Finish
Blade Thickness: 0.113″ (2.87 mm)
Closed Length: 4.197″ (106.6 mm)
Weight: 4.2 oz
Handle: Black Weaved Carbon Fiber – 1 Layer & Black G10
BLADE®, the world’s No. 1 knife media brand, announces the all-new BLADE Show West in Portland, Oregon—the Knifemaking Capital of the USA. The 3-day show will open its doors at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.
BLADE Show West is presented by BLADE® Magazine, which also hosts the Annual BLADE Show in Atlanta, Georgia June 1-3 at the Cobb Galleria.
Why Portland?
“There’s no better place to have a new BLADE Show than in the backyard of Blade City USA,” said Steve Shackleford, BLADE® Magazine Editor in Chief. “Knife enthusiasm is at an all-time high, and there are many thousands of knife aficionados and knife makers in the West. We’re eager to see and showcase all the great blades out there.”
Reasons to Attend
The new BLADE Show West will feature the works of prestigious knife manufacturers large and small, as well as handmade knives made by skilled custom knife makers. And Portland is the perfect city.
See knives of all types and designs—fixed blades, folders, automatics, swords, daggers, tactical knives, throwing knives, art knives and more
View custom knives designed, forged, and finished by individual knife makers, and new models by renowned manufacturers
Visit knife dealers, purveyors, collectors, and knife enthusiast organizations at more than 200 booths and tables
Shop for knives priced from $10 to more than $10,000, knifemaking supplies and machinery, and accessories from sharpeners to cases
Vote for the Best Knives of BLADE Show West
See knives entered in the Weirdest Knife Contest—in line with the region’s unique Keep Portland Weird! slogan
Does This Change Anything About the BLADE Show in June in Atlanta?
Nope! The BLADE Show in Atlanta that takes place every June will continue as it has in years past.
BLADEShow.com is ready to rock ‘n’ roll with online ticket purchases, exhibitor information, travel arrangements, schedules, and more. BLADE Show 2018 takes place June 1 to 3 in Atlanta, Georgia, but you don’t want to wait. The earlier you lock in, the better.
Words can’t do justice to some knives. Here’s one of them.
The American Bladesmith Society (ABS) selected Terry Vandeventer to make the Master Smith of the Year Knife for 2018. He didn’t disappoint.
Vandeventer posted these photos of the knife to Facebook:
You can get your hands on this incredible knife when it’s auctioned at the BLADE Show June 1-3 in Atlanta. Get tickets and show information at bladeshow.com.“It was a pleasure to make and it’s going to a good and worthy cause,” Vandeventer wrote.
Proceeds from the auction of the knife will benefit the ABS.
Features
Feather-pattern damascus steel blade
Damascus fittings
Argentium silver and copper ornamental filework
File-worked frame handle
Museum-fitted woolly mammoth ivory
How You Can Get This Knife
“Professional photos will be taken, and it will be auctioned at the BLADE Show in Atlanta next June. Proceeds going to the ABS.,” Vandeventer wrote in this post.
The BLADE Show in Atlanta will enter its 37th year come next June, and that comes with one of those “good problems to have” problems. The BLADE Show is too popular. It’s maxed out on capacity, and the Cobb Galleria isn’t too keen on hosting exhibitors on the roof.
That means the BLADE Show is looking at adding a second edition in 2018, likely in the Portland, Oregon, area. If that sounds familiar, it’s because there used to be a BLADE Show West in Portland several years back. What’s old is new again.
How You Can Help
However, there’s still a big question mark over this expansion. Want to help? Here’s what we at BLADE need you to do:
BLADE Show 2018 will host the 5th BLADE University with instruction from such teaching pros as ABS master smith Timothy Potier (right), here giving a few tips to budding knifemaker Zander Nichols.David Broadwell won Best Art Knife at BLADE Show 2017 for The Wanderer. (Ward image)The BLADE Magazine Knife-Of-The-Year® Awards will be named at BLADE Show 2018. The BLADE Magazine 2017 American-Made Knife Of The Year is the Kranos by Spartan Blades. (Ward image)BLADE Show 2017 hosted the Men’s and Women’s World Champtionship Cutting Competition. Nicole Worden shows her championship form in winning the Women’s Title for the second consecutive year.
BLADE Show 2018 will return to the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, June 1-3 for the 37th annual rendition of what has become the seminal event in the world of knives. More exhibitors and patrons attend the BLADE Show than any other knife event. Every continent in the world with the possible exception of Antarctica will be represented. Custom and factory knives in all categories—tactical, kitchen, EDC, art, utility, combat, commemorative, antique, bowies, hunters, skinners, daggers, camp knives, assisted openers, flippers, balisongs, neck knives, folders, multi-tools, swords, tomahawks, sharpeners, knifemaking equipment, displays—if it cuts, BLADE Show 2018 will have it.
BLADE Show 2018 will be many events within the event. The most comprehensive array of classes on how to make, use, appraise, collect, sharpen and otherwise do most everything concerning knives will be presented in the 5th Annual BLADE University held the day prior to the show and show Friday and Saturday. Free demos including a balisong-flipping competition, the BLADE Show World Championship Cutting Competition coordinated by BladeSports International, on the use of swords, knife and tomahawk throwing, what to look for in custom knives and many more will be offered show Saturday and Sunday. The annual meeting of the American Bladesmith Society, a special knife collection
BLADE Show 2018 will welcome back the balisong-flipping competition.
Make plans to attend the 37th Annual BLADE Show now. For hotel and other information click here. For the BLADE Show newsletter with regular show updates, click here.
