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2026 HOF Inductees group

7 Join BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame®

New inductees span the world of custom and factory knives.
Blade Show Texas Custom Knife Awards

2026 BLADE Show Texas Custom Knife Award Winners

See who took home the hardware from the BLADE Show Texas Custom Knife competition. With deep roots in fine custom knifemaking, BLADE Show Texas consistently...
Blade Show Texas Factory Knife Awards

2026 BLADE Show Texas Factory Knife Award Winners

See which factory knives took home the coveted hardware from the BLADE Show Texas Factory Knife Awards. The BLADE Show Texas, held March 20-21 at...
Brion Tomberlin will be among the top ABS master smiths exhibiting their edged wares at the show. His Persian fighter in W2 tool steel with hamon and a Ratalox wood handle is a for instance. Overall length: 16.75 inches. (Jocelyn Frasier image)

2026 BLADE Show Texas: Get Lone Star Sharp

BLADE Show Texas will kick off the ’26 show slate in style.
Blade Tactical 2025

BTAC Recap: Knives and Guns Rule

BLADE Tactical Knife Show joins forces with CANCON Carolinas.
Blade Show West 2025

2025 BLADE Show West Recap: Flying High In The Rocky Mountains

BLADE Show West ’25 leaves them smiling in Salt Lake City.
Blade West Custom Awards

2025 BLADE Show West Custom Knife Award Winners

Discover the winners of the 2025 BLADE Show West Custom Knife Awards—nine categories of world-class craftsmanship.
Blade West Factory Awards

2025 BLADE Show West Factory Knife Award Winners

Discover the winners of the 2025 BLADE Show West Factory Knife Awards. See which knives earned top honors at the premier blade event.
Show director Alicia Newton (center, right) gives the high sign for patrons to enter as the show opens Friday morning.

Photo Gallery: BLADE Show 2025 in Pictures

We captured in film the knives, knife people and lots of fun that marked another great show.
“The Twinkie Guys,” well-armed with Twinkies outside the BLADE Show, from left: Martin Gerling, an important friend of UG-Tools, and company founders Philipp Utsch and Jan Gierse. (UG-Tools image)

Twinkies, Tattoos & The Pit: BLADE Show 2025 Highlights

From UG-Tools’ snack-fueled award sweep to Rick Dunkerley’s full-circle Hall of Fame moment, this year’s show didn’t disappoint.
The show hall got crowded in a hurry on Friday.

2025 BLADE Show Recap: What Happened At The Edge-Stravaganza

Get a look at everything that went down at the world's largest knife show.
Demko Knives AD20XL Double-Wide

2025 BLADE SHOW Factory Knife Drops: New And Hot Blades

See what's soon to be cutting up the scene with the new knives debuted at the 2025 BLADE Show.
After being inducted earlier in the proceedings, Rick Dunkerley (right) inducted his good friend Harvey Dean (left).

BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame®: Largest Class Ever Full Of Iconic Names

BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame® inducts most members ever.

BLADE SHOW 2025 Custom Knife Award Winners

Craftsmanship Crowned: Winners of the 2024 Custom Knife Awards at BLADE Show
Thanks to its innovation and performance, the TiNy won both Imported Fixed Blade Knife of the Year and Knife of the year honors. It’s also stuck into some of its handy work, as the guys from UG Tools hacked through fence posts to demonstrate the knife’s resilience.

2025 Knife Of The Year® Award Winners

The 2025 BLADE Magazine Knife of the Year® Awards proved tougher—and tighter—than ever before.
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