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BLADE Show 2026: Thriving At 45

Forty-five shows in, the edge-travaganz’s remains the beating heart of the knife world. Each year, the BLADE Show draws thousands as the knife industry's perennially...
Women With Knives and other organizations have been established in recent years with the goal of recruiting and growing the sport with women.

Competitive Knife Throwing: Girl Power On The Fly

Women leading the rise of knife throwing across the country and world.
Keith Derrick Ouye folder open in profile

Remembering Hawaiian Knifemaker Keith Derrick Ouye

Remembering a dedicated craftsman of the Fujisaka lineage known for his tactical precision and collaborative artistry.
2026 HOF Inductees group

7 Join BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame®

New inductees span the world of custom and factory knives.
Ed Fowler cradles one of his trademark sheep-horn handle knives at his shop bench at his ranch in Riverton, Wyoming.

Ed’s Quest For Excalibur

Remembering Ed Fowler’s 80 Years of Knifemaking.
Screen Shot of the Bark River Knives website after the company shut down.

Bark River Knives Shuts Down Amid Steel Controversy

Bark River Knives owner Mike Stewart took to Facebook to admit to closure and the use of Chinese steel in Made-in-U.S.A. labeled knives. Bark River...
Blade Show Texas Custom Knife Awards

2026 BLADE Show Texas Custom Knife Award Winners

See who took home the hardware from the BLADE Show Texas Custom Knife competition. With deep roots in fine custom knifemaking, BLADE Show Texas consistently...
Blade Show Texas Factory Knife Awards

2026 BLADE Show Texas Factory Knife Award Winners

See which factory knives took home the coveted hardware from the BLADE Show Texas Factory Knife Awards. The BLADE Show Texas, held March 20-21 at...
Spyderco used the second prototype heat of MagnaMax in a series of its Mule series knives. After doing extensive cutting tests with one of the Mules, a Spyderco Forum member known as vivi indicated the “steel has the best edge retention of any steel I’ve tried.”

MagnaMax and Pop’s ProCut: The Next Super Steels?

Specially engineered for knife blades, the two alloys are at the cutting edge of metallurgy. Editor’s note: The genius behind MagnaCut—arguably today’s most popular blade...
Zachary Taylor Bowie

50 Years Ago In BLADE: Taylor, Bowie & Sheffield Knifemakers

The 12th president was and is a hot knife commodity. See what we said about the Zachary Taylor bowie.
Sniper Bladeworks and Mossy Oak Partner, show by the camo pattern on the knife.

Sniper Bladeworks And Mossy Oak Team Up

Sniper Bladeworks announce a new collaboration, a collection featuring Mossy Oak camouflage patterns on its hard-use knives.
Robert holds the Tiny Fighter in the palm of his hand, giving some perspective as to the scale of this pint-sized project.

Cool Custom: Robert Logan’s Tiny Fighter

Robert Logan had a scrap to pull off his Tiny Fighter. ABS apprentice smith and member of the Texas Knifemakers Guild, Robert Logan, has developed...
BLADE® editor Steve Shackleford (left) and heat-treating legend Paul Bos (right)

Steve Shackleford: It’s Been a Whole Buncha Fun!

After more than 40 years at the helm, "Mr. Blade" hangs it up. It had to happen sometime and that time is now. After over...
Is there any present as special as a high school graduation gift a father makes by hand for his child—in this case a banana skinner Bob Loveless fashioned for his daughter, Robin Askew? “It has a stag handle with intricate engraving that he had done by a silversmith,” Robin said. “It is absolutely beautiful.” (Dave Ellis image)

Bob Loveless’ Influence Still Touches Those Closest To Him

Robin Askew moves on, but her father (Bob Loveless) remains there for her.
Taken in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1956, this image shows a young Bob Loveless with his two daughters, 1-year-old Robin at right and 3-year-old Alison at left.

Growing Up Loveless: Reflections On The Master From His Daughter

Robin Askew reflects on being the daughter of Bob Loveless.
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