Tomorrow it all begins: the 31st Annual BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) June 8-10 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. To see all 900 exhibitors and thousands of knives and knife accessories, you’d better bring your best, most comfortable walking shoes. Some people bring two pair, switching out one for the other for the second half of the day’s walking and standing.
   Show hours are 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Daily ticket prices are $15. As part of our “Welcome Home Troops” theme for the show, all active military will be offered a discounted show ticket rate of $8. The discount applies to law enforcement personnel, too. An active I.D. card must be presented onsite to receive the discount.
   See you soon!
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You will have the chance to vote online for the first-ever BLADE Magazine People’s Choice Award during the BLADE Show June 6-8.
Held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, the BLADE Show is the world’s biggest and most important knife event, showcasing the latest in factory, custom, antique, military, tactical and other knives—as well as all things that cut and the people and companies who make them.
Vote online for the BLADE Magazine People’s Choice Award, the latest addition to the Knife-Of-The-Year® Awards sponsored by New Graham Knives, during the 2014 BLADE Show June 6-8. Above is the Microtech D.O.C. Kill Switch, the BLADE Magazine 2013 Most Innovative American Design. (PointSeven photo)
The BLADE Magazine Knife-Of-The-Year® Awards sponsored by New Graham Knives also will be presented at the show, and the People’s Choice Award is the latest addition to the Knife-Of-The-Year lineup.
Unlike the other 13 Knife-Of-The-Year honors—11 of which are voted on by BLADE Show booth exhibitors and the other two selected by the BLADE® Magazine staff—the People’s Choice Award will be voted on by knife enthusiasts online here at blademag.com.
Here’s how it will work. Prior to the Friday night (June 6) of the show, the BLADE Magazine staff will busy itself photographing the entries in the Knife-Of-The-Year competition, all of which will be displayed in the Knife-Of-The-Year Display area in the hall of the BLADE Show. Those photographs will be posted on this site as soon as possible after that time so you may view them and vote on your favorite. Only one vote per person, please. To vote, visit http://blademag.com/vote.
The winner will be announced at the BLADE Magazine Awards Reception the Saturday night of the show (tickets required) and posted here, along with the rest of the winners. The winner’s name also will be posted with the balance of the award winners outside the BLADE Show office in the Cobb Galleria Centre the Sunday morning of the show.
June 8, 2010, OREGON CITY, Ore. – Benchmade Knife Company is proud to announce a partnership with custom knife maker Charles Marlowe. Mr. Marlowe has a great passion for knives and began designing his own models eighteen years ago.
“I’ve really enjoyed developing a relationship with Benchmade,” says Mr. Marlowe. “Their attention to detail and respect for the integrity of the original custom design are what excited me about working with the company.”
The first Marlowe-Benchmade design is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with such a talented knife designer,” says Rob Morrison, Benchmade’s Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning.
“Through our association with world’s best custom knife makers, we continue to bring innovative and functional designs to market. This partnership with Charles will help Benchmade continue in our mission of manufacturing superior edged tools.”
Co-designed by R. Lee “The Gunny” Ermey, the Gunny Folder (top) from SOG sports a 4-inch blade of VG-10 stainless steel and a cocobolo handle with The Gunny’s image inset in a nickel-plated coin. (Above) The Gunny and SOG CEO Spencer Frazer at last year’s BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com). (Point Seven image)
Celebrate R. Lee “The Gunny” Ermey’s birthday today, March 24, with his Gunny Folder from SOG Specialty Knives & Tools. It comes with a leather pouch for easy carry. The cocobolo handle includes rayskin inlay. Limited to 1,000 pieces.
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Ernest Emerson talked about his knives, his seminar and more for the upcoming BLADE Show on Armed American Radio over the weekend.
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Emerson (pictured), who also will display his factory knives at his show booth, extolled the virtues of the BLADE Show and his seminar, “Countering Terrorism: Get Your Mind Right,” which will be BLADE Show Saturday at 1 p.m. Originally slated for Room 110 in the host Cobb Galleria Centre, the seminar will be held at the same day and time in Room 104 instead.
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According to Emerson, Armed American Radio has 166 radio affiliates and recently picked up a new one in Phoenix, Arizona, the country’s fifth largest market.
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The BLADE Show will be June 10-12 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. For more information, click “BLADE SHOW” on the bar at the top of this page.
The American Bladesmith Society has a Forum that you can read. It features many educational tips for the knife maker and details of upcoming ABS hammer-ins and events.
In my posts on the Greatest Loveless Knife Designs, I’d be remiss if I didn’t include a matching camping knife and skinner set. The Bob Loveless Lawndale-made crooked skinner at right in the Hiro Soga photo features a 4.5-inch skinner blade, a nickel-silver guard and ebony handle. The camp knife is wrought from 1/4-inch stainless steel stock with a 6.5-inch clip-point blade, full tang and ebony handle.
The knives are in the John Denton collection, and were showcased stretching from top to bottom on page 149 of the book Knifemaking With Bob Loveless.Â
   Tomorrow it all begins: the 31st Annual BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) June 8-10 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. To see all 900 exhibitors and thousands of knives and knife accessories, you’d better bring your best, most comfortable walking shoes. Some people bring two pair, switching out one for the other for the second half of the day’s walking and standing.
