The new knives for this weekend’s blockbuster debut of Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables 2, the Blade Magazine 2012 Knives Of The Year®, a recap of the 2012 BLADE Show and much more highlight the latest issue of the November BLADE®, on most newsstands NOW!

Made by Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© member Gil Hibben with input from Stallone, the Legion Fighter is the Hibben knife fashioned especially for Expendables 2, and it graces the cover of the November BLADE. Read about it and much more concerning the movie and its knives this issue.

Meanwhile, the Kai Group—which includes Kershaw, Shun and Zero Tolerance—took home four Blade Magazine Knife-Of-The-Year Awards during the 2012 BLADE Show, and its winners and the balance of the factory knife industry’s finest are highlighted in the November BLADE.

The BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) was one of if not the most successful renditions ever of the world’s largest and most important knife show. The November BLADE tells you all about it, including the winners of the custom knife awards, which knives sold, the latest trends and a whole lot more.

Other stories include Kit Carson’s induction into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall Of Fame; the growing trend of the Japanese hamon appearing on an increasing number of Western knife styles; Spyderco’s “Upside-Down Lock”; knifemaking how-to’s; knife tests; the latest knives and much, much more.