The BLADE Blog w/Steve Shackleford

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New BLADE On Newsstands Now!

The new BLADE showcases the hottest knives of the SHOT Show—including the new Kershaw/Emerson CQC-6K on the cover—the inside scoop on knife lotteries, field tests of the latest skeleton knives and more.

June BLADE hits newsstands today!
Check out the June BLADE, on newsstands today!

Held this past January at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, the SHOT Show is the annual coming out party for the latest in knives, guns, deer stands, sharpeners and everything that has to do with shooting and hunting. The movers and shakers of the cutlery industry were there to present the newest in tactical, outdoor, kitchen, sporting, bushcraft and just about any knife you can think of. BLADE was there to scope it all out and you can be too in the pages of the June issue.

Knife lotteries are one of the hottest tickets in the industry. Knife enthusiasts who normally can’t even sniff buying the knives of some of today’s hottest makers due to long waiting lists have an equal chance at the makers’ new knives through the lotteries. But are the lotteries really all they’re cracked up to be? Find out the good and the bad of an industry juggernaut in the new BLADE.

Bare-bone cutters, skeleton knives are cool tools that offer a minimalist approach to design but maximum cutting output for blades their size. Find out how some of the newest models perform in this issue.

The Buck 110 is one of the icons of the knife industry and this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. Get the lowdown on the history of the famous folding hunter and all the various sweepstakes surrounding the knife’s golden anniversary in the new BLADE.

Open through June 22, “A Sure Defense: The Bowie Knife In America” is a celebration of perhaps the world’s most famous American knife. Held at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock, the exhibit features some of the world’s oldest and most valuable antique bowies from the 19th century. Read all about it this issue.

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11-11-11: Here’s To U.S. Service Personnel Everywhere

Blademag.com, BLADE® magazine and everyone at F+W Media and Krause Publications would like to take this opportunity to thank all American service personnel and veterans for their service to their country.

It goes without saying that without the sacrifices they have made and continue to make, we would not have the privilege of living in the greatest country the world has ever seen. However, we can never say it enough.

Thank you active duty personnel and veterans everywhere!

Knife Of The Day VI

Award-winning knifemaker Brian Tighe adds to his long line of stunning folders with this blue-streaked flipper model sporting a lock designed by Glenn Klecker. The custom folder is our Knife Of The Day for Dec. 10, 2011.

     For Brian’s contact information, visit his website at www.briantighe.com.

     For the latest on the hottest knives, knife trends, knifemakers, knifemaking how-to’s, knife shows and much more, subscribe to BLADE®, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. For subscription information, click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscription-us/?r+ssfb101211#BL1SU

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