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Knife Book Of The Day I

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     If you’ve ever seen Murray Carter give a sharpening display at his knife show table, shave his beard—or someone’s head—with one of his knives at a BLADE Show seminar or just talked to him in person, you know what a genuine, engaging person he is. If you haven’t seen him up close, his new book, Bladesmithing with Murray Carter, is the next best thing. In some ways, it’s better.

     The first in our Knife Books Of The Day series, Bladesmithing with Murray Carter takes you through the Carter process of making knives as only he can tell it. Design, steel selection, forge welding, lamination techniques, heat treating, grinding, finishing, handles, sharpening, sheaths–it’s all here in 160 pages of hundreds of color pictures, diagrams, knifemaking tools and equipment, how-to’s, safety tips, and much more.

     And, if you act now by clicking on http://www.shopblade.com/product/bladesmithing-with-murray-carter/?r+ssfb201211 #W1852, you can buy it for only $18.47—$9.52 off the regular price.

Knife Of The Day VII

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A strong, reliable, feature-packed folder designed for everyday carry, the Timberline Workhorse in a 3.25-inch blade of 440 stainless steel and a black textured G-10 composite handle is our Knife Of The Day for Dec. 12

     The gently curving handle spine is comfortable in the hand and the textured G-10 ensures slip resistance. The blade is titanium nitrate coated to enhance rust resistance and reduce glare. Ambidextrous thumb studs combined with Timberline’s Teflon™ spacer pivot system provides silky smooth action. A left/right reversible clip is included. Approximate closed length: 4.5 inches. Your price: $31.99.

 

     For more information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/timberline-workhorse-combo-edge-4301/?r+ssfb121211#Y3337

 

Knife Of The Day XI

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     Designed for great looks and solid performance, the Kershaw Echelon is our Knife Of The Day XI. The folder features SpeedSafe assisted opening and opens with a thumb stud that seems to “float on air,” hovering in the middle of an over-sized blade cutout. Kershaw used natural G-10 to create a semi-translucent handle that allows you to see the operation of the SpeedSafe mechanism inside. The Echelon also features Kershaw’s new reversible deep-carry pocket clip for discreet pocket carry.

     Blade steel: Sandvik 14C28N stainless. Blade length: 3.25″. Closed length: 4″. MSRP: $89.95. For more information, visit kershawknives.com or Facebook.com/KershawKnives.

     For more on the latest knives, knife trends, knifemakers and much more, subscribe to BLADE® Magazine. For information on how to subscribe to BLADE, click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscription-us/?r+ssfb271211#BL1SU

Alaska Pro-Knife Bill Vote Today—Contact Now!

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According to Knife Rights, the Alaska House will vote today on House Bill 33 which, if passed, would ensure one-hand and assisted-opening knives are not considered gravity or switchblade knives. If you live, work or travel in Alaska, please contact your representative(s) and ask them to vote in support of HB33.

Yesterday, Knife Rights Director of Legislative Affairs Todd Rathner testified at a hearing of the Alaska House Judiciary Committee on HB33 “Definitions of Gravity Knives and Switchblades,” referred to by primary sponsor Rep. Mark Neuman as the “Knife Rights Bill.”  The bill also includes Knife Rights’ requested Knife Law Preemption. HB33 advanced out of committee without dissent and now goes to the full House for a vote.

House Speaker Mike Chenault and Rep. Max Gruenberg co-sponsored HB33. The bill is nearly identical  to last year’s HB55, which was passed by the House but was not heard in the Senate. “With changes to the Senate after the 2012 election, we are anticipating better luck in affecting change in Alaska’s knife laws this time around,” Knife Rights reported.

Preemption ensures citizens can expect consistent enforcement of knife laws everywhere in a state. Preemption prevents the creation of or eliminates a patchwork of local ordinances and laws more restrictive than state law, which serves to confuse or entrap those traveling within or through the state.

When contacting the representative, all that is necessary is to simply ask him/her to vote in favor of HB33. Keep it short and to the point.

For more information visit www.kniferights.org.

Tennessee Knife Rights Bill to Senate Vote—Contact Today!

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Knife Rights reports that Tennessee Senate Bill SB1015, which would enact the state’s Knife Law Preemption, repeal Tennessee’s antiquated ban on automatic knives (switchblades) and repeal the the state’s 4-inch knife length limitation, has been voted out of committee with a 7-1 vote of recommendation for passage. Requested by Knife Rights and sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell, the bill now moves to the full Senate.

Preemption ensures citizens can expect consistent enforcement of state knife laws everywhere in a state. Preemption prevents the creation of, or eliminates, a patchwork of local ordinances and laws more restrictive than state law which serve to confuse or entrap those traveling within or through the state. Knife Rights has helped pass similar Knife Preemption Laws in Arizona, Utah, New Hampshire and Georgia and helped repeal knife bans in New Hampshire, Washington and Missouri.

If you live, work or travel in Tennessee, please contact your senator and ask him/her to vote Yes on SB1015.

Whether writing or calling, all that is necessary is to simply ask them to vote in favor of SB1015. Keep it short and to the point.

For more info visit www.KnifeRights.org.

Claim Gray’s Knife Illegal Appears False

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Claim Gray’s Knife Illegal Appears False
CRKT assisted opener
An arresting officer claims Freddie Gray’s assisted-opening knife was illegal but state and city law say otherwise. The CRKT Mini My Tighe is an assisted opener.

A claim by one of the Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray that Gray was arrested because he was carrying an illegal knife appears to be baseless, according to interpretations of Maryland and Baltimore knife laws provided by Knife Rights.

Gray died while in police custody and his death prompted the recent Baltimore riots. The six arresting officers are on trial for his death on an array of charges, including that they unlawfully arrested Gray. However, one of the officers, Edward Nero, said the arrest was lawful because Gray was carrying an illegal knife.

Court documents state the knife was a “spring-assisted, one-hand-operated knife,” otherwise known as an assisted opener. In an assisted opener, the blade must be opened part way manually before the spring assist engages and opens the blade the rest of the way.

Marc Zayon, Nero’s attorney, argued in a motion filed Monday that Gray’s knife is illegal under state law. He said Maryland law defines a knife as unlawful if it opens automatically by pushing a button, spring or other device in the handle—in other words, an automatic, aka a switchblade. However, according to Knife Rights, while Maryland law prohibits concealed carry of switchblades, open carry and possession are not illegal. Court documents indicate the knife was visibly clipped to Gray’s pocket, so the knife was not concealed. Nonetheless, even if the knife was concealed, it is an assisted opener, not a switchblade.

According to Knife Rights, Baltimore’s city code bans the sale, carry or possession of “any knife with an automatic spring or other device for opening and/or closing the blade, commonly known as a switch-blade knife.” To include an assisted opener under this part of the city’s code would “conflict with virtually all other switchblade definitions throughout the country,” Knife Rights noted.

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Cool Knife/Sheath Combos By John H. Davis

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John H. Davis’ knives, from top: oosic/ivory bowie, twist damascus of 1084/15n20, copper guard, spacers and butt, 13 inches overall; India stag bowie, ladder-pattern damascus, copper guard, spacers and butt; India stag and buckeye burl drop point, 1084/A203E damascus, nickel-silver fittings; mammoth ivory boot dagger, 1084/15n20 damascus, nickel-silver fittings; and a mammoth tooth ivory and snakewood locking-liner folder, 1095/nickel damascus. Davis’ sheaths, from top: the first two are belt-loop pouch types in custom leather with python inlay; a pouch type in custom leather with cobra skin; and a belt-loop-and-snap pouch model in custom leather with snakeskin inlay. The maker’s list prices for similar outfits, from top (the prices include sheaths where applicable): $500, $400, $350, $350 and $350. (Point Seven photo)

John H. Davis offers nice knife-and-sheath combinations—and don’t forget the folder!

Some makers do not offer sheaths with their fixed blades. ABS apprentice smith John H. Davis is not among them.

    His selection of damascus fixed blades includes handsome sheaths, including one in a cobra-skin inlay he said “a couple of guys do back flips over.” Other sheaths have python and snakeskin inlays. A computer field engineer by day, Davis also has a background in metal fabrication, which helps explain the copper he uses for guards on some of his models. “I’m one of the few who uses it for guards,” he noted. “I love working with it. It’s an underrated material.”

    In terms of offering the total package of knife and sheath, underrated also would seem an appropriate way to describe Davis.

For more information contact John H. Davis, 33842 Picciola Dr., Fruitland Park, FL 34731 209-740-7125 [email protected], www.custom-knifemaker.com.

 

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