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NEW BLADE ON NEWSSTANDS TODAY!

Steve Shackleford

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October 9, 2012

What do many of today’s custom tactical folders have in common? Find out in the latest issue of BLADE® Magazine, on most newsstands TODAY!

Featuring the DMF tactical folder by Sniper Bladeworks on the cover, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication covers the globe’s sharpest knives from all angles, including:

•A special 25th anniversary salute to the Sebenza by Chris Reeve Knives, one of the most influential folders in modern knife history;

•Part one of a two-part story on how to polish a Japanese sword by sword guru Leon Kapp;

•The top annual knives of the American Bladesmith Society as determined at the 2012 BLADE Show (www.blademag.com);

•A rundown of the latest and greatest factory hunting knives;

•A profile of one of Brazil’s hottest knifemakers, Gus Cecchini;

•BLADE field editor and ABS master smith Wayne Goddard’s four shop tips and quick fixes covering grinders, drill-bit sharpening, holes in hard tangs and more;

•A short history of the K.I.S.S., the knife that helped make Columbia River Knife & Tool a major player on the world knife stage;

•And all the latest in everyday carry knives, the results from the 10th Annual BLADE Show World Championship Cutting Competition, a test of A.G. Russell’s “Super Storm Knife” and much, much more.

For information on how to subscribe to BLADE, click on http://www.shopblade.com/blade-magazine-one-year-subscription-us?lid=SSfbbl100912

The Hunter’s Edge: 3 Hot Fixed Blades

Steve Shackleford

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October 8, 2012

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You can’t beat fixed blades for down-and-dirty, heavy-duty hunting knife use, and three hot factory examples from ShopBlade are more than ready for the woods.

Designed for fish and small game, the Buck 102BR Woodsman (second from top) boasts old-time Buck styling in an affordable ShopBlade price of $39.99. Overall length: 7.75. inches.

For more click on www.shopblade.com/buck-102br-woodsman-knife-y4511?lid=SSfbbl100912

The Medium Hunter “O” Style (third from top) by Scagel Knives features a 5.5-inch blade of A2 tool steel heat treated to 58 HRC. Sporting the convex grind—the favorite grind of Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© member Bill Moran—the blade is designed for all types of hunting uses.

For more click on www.shopblade.com/scagel-design-knives-medium-hunter-o?lid=SSfbbl100912

Speaking of Moran, Spyderco’s Bill Moran upswept hunter (top) boasts a VG-10 stainless blade and a comfy palm swell handle of fiberglass-reinforced nylon (FRN) at a ShopBlade price of $99.96. For out-of-the-box sharpness, this one is hard to beat.

For more click on www.shopblade.com/bill-moran-black-frn-w-kraton-inlay-upswept-plainedge-w8522?lid=SSfbbl100912

Tools for Silver Wire Inlay by Joe Keeslar, Master Smith

Knifemaking

BLADE Staff

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October 8, 2012

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Master Smith Joe Keeslar describes the tools needed for Silver Wire Inlay work on knife handles and sheaths.

Win a Young Knife at Cal Knife Show Oct. 6-7

Steve Shackleford

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October 5, 2012

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Meet some of the world’s leading custom knifemakers at Dan and Pam Delavan’s California Custom Knife Show tomorrow and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, in Anaheim.

While there, enter to win the repro of a Bob Loveless New York Special by John Young (see accompanying picture). The drawing will be the Sunday of the show.

In addition to Young, other exhibiting makers will include Ernest Emerson, Rick Hinderer, Les George, Jason Brous, Kirby Lambert, Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© member D’ Holder, Darrel Ralph, Bill Ruple, Brian Tighe, Daniel Winkler and many more.

Held at the Embassy Suites of Garden Grove/Anaheim South, the show will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

For more info click on http://www.plazacutlery.com/PLAZAcutleryKnifeSHOW2011.htm

For the latest knives, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, and much more, subscribe to BLADE® Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. Click on http://www.shopblade.com/blade-magazine-one-year-subscription-us/?lid=blss100512

Heft & Freestyle Form Define Hossom “Tanto”

Joe Kertzman

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October 5, 2012

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Unusual? Yes, it would be no stretch to say that Jerry Hossom’s “Vengeance Tanto” takes an unbeaten path from pointy tip to pointed pommel. But all along the way it’s so groovalicious! Check out the handle half, or third, in this case. Integrated into the design of the black-canvas-Micarta® grip there’s a place for the palm, all the fingers, and a sweet guard that angles just a little back toward the butt. The knife is featured in the “Fiery Fighters” chapter of the Knives 2013 book, but it is actually tough to categorize.

And oh, yeah, the blade. Let’s see, the CPM-3V blade is high-hollow ground, ends in what could be the world’s most modified tanto tip, has a swedge along the spine, and a line stretching horizontally along he length of the blade where the hollow grind ends, the flat starts, and the swedge eventually meets. Don’t forget the finger notches just North of the handle, on the spine of the blade, for extra traction. Mosaic pins round off the piece.

It’s an “Editor’s Favorite from the Knives 2013 Book,” by the way. SharpByCoop.com is credited for the photo.

Get Digi-Version of Current BLADE® Newsstand Issue NOW!

Steve Shackleford

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October 4, 2012

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Looking for a digital version of the current newsstand issue of BLADE®? Look no further than ShopBlade for the special military annual ish.

Get it now for only $5.95!

For more info click on http://www.shopblade.com/blade-dec-2012-digital-issue ?lid=blss100412

Who Doesn’t Love A Mermaid … Sculpted Into A Knife?

Joe Kertzman

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October 3, 2012

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Some of the finest artists in the world would have trouble achieving the mermaid scene carved and sculpted into the titanium grip of the Arpad Bojtos fixed blade. For that reason alone it is one of the “Editors Favorites from the Knives 2013 Book.” The carved and sculpted grip is inlaid with gold, silver and mother-of-pearl, the latter also creatively carved, and attached to a Damasteel blade.

The knife image, by SharpByCoop.com, ran in the “High-Art Handle Work” chapter in the “State Of The Art” section of Knives.

BLADE Magazine

NEW BLADE ON NEWSSTANDS TODAY!

The Hunter’s Edge: 3 Hot Fixed Blades

Tools for Silver Wire Inlay by Joe Keeslar, Master Smith

Win a Young Knife at Cal Knife Show Oct. 6-7

Heft & Freestyle Form Define Hossom “Tanto”

Get Digi-Version of Current BLADE® Newsstand Issue NOW!

Who Doesn’t Love A Mermaid … Sculpted Into A Knife?

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