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Designed by Clarence “Bud” Holzmann, the Gerber MK II gained legendary status during the Vietnam War and is still highly sought after today. Its defining feature was its wasp waist, a design adding to its penetration prowess. (Rock Island Auction Company image)

U.S. Military Daggers: Blades That Have Taken Point

Daggers have struck home the U.S. military's point from the trenches of Europe to the jungles of Vietnam. Through the years, the military dagger has...
Robert Wayman quips that he packed a lot into his 14-inch pattern damascus cleaver, mainly in the handle. The grip features a damascus collar, stainless steel and G-10 spacers, cross-cut carbon fiber, green malachite and blue coral accents, stabilized amboyna burl, and a damascus butt cap with stainless mounting pins inset with blue coral, framed with green malachite. (SharpByCoop image)

Custom Cleavers That Have Culinary Chops

Four custom makers push the boundaries of the tried-and-true cleaver. An inclination toward the kitchen and a desire to design and deliver cutlery used on...
Michael Deibert Wakizashi

Custom Gallery: Customs That Demonstrate Martial Mastery

From historic clashes to modern conflict, these fierce custom blades prove there is still a profound amount of art in the tools of war.
Designed to be kept undercover and provide a potent second defensive option, the Contingency Dagger from Colonel Blades is a wicked little tool. (Elwood Shelton image)

Colonel Blades Contingency Dagger Review: Sharp Little Backup

Daring little dagger takes a stab as a defensive secondary.
Lead image of Harvey McBurnette article.

50 Years Ago In BLADE: Big Bucks Bowie

Harvey McBurnette etched his name in high-dollar knife sales.
Bob Earhart’s 5-bar Turkish twist damascus fighter is an absolute head turner, with a 7.5-inch blade and mammoth ivory handle. (Bob Earhart image)

Knife Shows: Preparing For The Best

Tips and tricks to get the most out of attending a knife show.
The pistols customized by legendary knifemaker Bob Loveless.

Rare Bob Loveless Customized Guns Up For Auction

Three highly coveted firearms modified by the Cutlery Hall of Fame® legend—including his "de-fanged" Colt Commanders—head to Rock Island Auction. While the late Bob Loveless...
Jesse Hu (inset) is a fan of Vinland Saga anime, but was convinced to tackle the series’ most famous blades—Thorfinn’s daggers—at the insistence of his fans. The project was challenging, almost every instance of the blades in the series differed in some minute, but important detail. (Jocelyn Frasier image)

Cool Custom: Jesse Hu’s Thorfinn Daggers

Hu takes the Vinland Saga’s famous daggers from screen to steel.
Lloyd Custom Knives’ Osprey is a flipper folder featuring a 3.5-inch hollow-ground blade of "Coat of Arms" Damascus. This 7.5-inch masterpiece utilizes a titanium frame, intricate mosaic Damascus bolsters, and premium mammoth ivory handle scales. (SharpByCoop image)

Custom Flipper-Folders: Art Of The Flip

Aesthetically and mechanically challenging flipper designs that shine.
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.
Raymond Richard’s bowie took Best Fighter at the 2018 Oregon Knife Collectors Association Show. Fifteen inches overall, it’s big and enhanced with a frontier-style sheath—with genuine badger claw, buffalo tooth and rattlesnake skin inlay—crafted by Grey Leather Co. (SharpByCoop image)

Bowie Knives: Lingering Legacy Of The All-American Design

Truly an American design, the bowie continues to inspire today’s makers
A reproduction of a Bob Loveless chute knife by Corbet Sigman is a super-rare vintage custom find indeed.

Magical Decades: Custom Knives Of The 1980s And 1990s

Custom knives came of age as collectables in the ’80s and ’90s.
The cut-out in the blade located before the scales of the Rebel tactical EDC fixed blade by Piotr Gosciniak provides additional control for either a thumb or forefinger.

Tactical Fixed Blades: EDC With An Edge

Don’t overlook small tactical fixed blades for everyday carry.
Dave Goldberg traveled to Japan years ago to study traditional sword blades under the iconic Yoshindo Yoshihara, whose family has practiced the art for no fewer than 10 generations. If David’s katana in a 34-inch blade of a five-bar construction go-mai and all the appropriate accouterments is any indication, he learned well. (SharpByCoop image)

Japanese Swords: Can Tradition Outperform Modern Tech?

There is plenty of lore surrounding traditional Japanese Swords, but do the master makers' time-tested methods equal modern steel advancements?
Buster Warenski was making covetable art knives as far back as the 1970s, low-crowned Stetson, “the look” and all. (Richard Barney image)

50 Years Ago In BLADE: Buster Warenski

BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Buster Warenski was the subject of an extensive six-page profile a half century ago in the January/February 1976 issue...
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