New Knives August 2025

BLADE Staff

August 27, 2025

Hot factory drops that made their debut at BLADE Show 2025.

From sexy folders to indispensable knife accessories, BLADE Show 2025 saw a ton of new drops. Nearly two months since the shindig, they’re still coming out. This is our last installment of the new show debuts for the summer and there’s definitely some lookers and doers in this crowd.

Kansept Hazard Bail Lock

Knife type: Folder
Designer: Steven Dunnuck
Blade length: 3.67”
Blade steel: Stainless
Rockwell hardness: 58-60 HRC
Blade grind: Flat
Blade finish: Satin/blackwash
Handle material: Titanium
Lock: Friction-actuated swing cam lock (no springs)
Pocket clip: Tip-up, right-handed
Weight: 5.78 ozs.
Closed length: 4.54”
Country of origin: China
MSRP: To be announced
Available: August 2025

Wicked Edge Venture Portable Sharpener

Sharpener type: Hand-held
Designer: Wicked Edge
Abrasive type(s): Diamond, ceramic, leather
Grit assortment: 500-grit diamond stone, fine ceramic
Angle option: 20 degrees
Edges sharpened: Plain
Dimensions: 7” x 1.5” x 1”
Construction materials: Recycled ABS plastic
Weight: 4 ozs.
Special features: 20-degree knife guide holds your knife steady as you go across the stone
Country of origin: USA
MSRP: $40
Available: Preorder now, full launch late summer

McNees Knives Dixon Folder

Designer: Jonathan McNees
Blade length: 3.75”
Blade steel: MagnaCut stainless
Rockwell hardness: 63-64 HRC
Blade grind: Hollow
Blade pattern: Clip point
Blade finish: Atomic Stonewashed
Construction: Screw
Handle material: Titanium
Lock: “Reeve/Walker Frame lock”
Blade opener: Hole
Pivot: Ceramic ball bearings
Pocket clip: Titanium, tip-up
Weight: .34 oz.
Closed length: 4.5”
Country of origin: USA
MSRP: $625
Available: NOW

Spyderco Shaman Lightweight

Knife type: Folder
Designer: BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Sal Glesser
Blade length: 3.58”
Blade steel: CTS® BD1N stainless
Blade grind: Full-flat
Blade pattern: Leaf shape
Blade finish: Satin
Construction: Screw construction w/nested, skeletonized stainless steel liners
Handle material: FRN (fiberglass-reinforced nylon)
Lock: Compression Lock®
Opening mechanism: Manual one-hand open w/fully accessible Trademark Round Hole™
Pivot materials: Phosphor bronze washers
Pocket clip: 4-position, stainless steel, tip-up/tip-down, left/right
Weight: 4.8 ozs.
Closed length: 4.7”
Special features: Finger choil w/added gimping, pebbled textured FRN handles, a reduced weight of 9 percent from original Shaman, and available in both PlainEdge™ and SpyderEdge™
Country of origin: USA
MSRP: $230
Available: Fall

Poikilo Blade Vader

Knife type: Folder
Designer: TASKnives
Blade length: 3”
Blade steel: M398 stainless
Rockwell hardness: 60-62 HRC
Blade grind: “V”
Blade pattern: Reverse tanto/modified sheepsfoot
Blade finish: Dark Stonewash
Construction: Sandwich
Handle material: A proprietary titanium
Lock: Axis
Blade openers: Thumb stud and thumb hole
Pivot materials: Bushing and phosphorous bronze washers
Pocket clip: Titanium, right-hand carry
Weight: 4.76 ozs.
Closed length: 4.3”
Special features: Screw-less design from PKB
Country of origin: China
MSRP: $420 (standard/base finish)
Available: September/October

Browning South Slope

Blade length: 3”
Blade material: D2 tool steel
Rockwell hardness: 60-62 HRC
Blade finish: Black stonewash
Blade openers: Flipper and hole
Pivot: Ball bearing
Handle: Synthetic; burnt bronze; Cerakote® finish
Pocket clip: Ambidextrous, tip-up
Lock: Framelock
Closed length: 4”
Country of origin: Offshore
MSRP: $79.99
Available: NOW

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