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Knife Sharpener Of The Day II
Brainstormed by former BLADE® Ad Manager Steve McCowen, who developed it in concert with knifemaker Charles Kain, the Slide Sharp by Columbia River Knife & Tool is an ingenious angle-guide sharpener.
To sharpen, pull the blade through a sharpening guide slot, pressing down lightly with a circular “locomotion” action. Repeat the same action as needed in the opposite slot. Two sharpening guides are included. One has a slight angle for putting an edge on sport, work, tactical and kitchen knives. The second has a steeper angle for heavier tools such as choppers and machetes.
Metal Museum To Feature Work Of Virgil England
The National Ornamental Metal Museum announces a solo exhibition of knifemaker, sculptor and artist Virgil England’s work to run from June 8 to Sept. 2, 2012. England has dedicated his exhibition to Daryl Meier and Bob and Jenny Willis.
England, who lives in Anchorage, Alaska, is a visionary in several respects. As a talented artisan and smith he creates unique knives and edged weapons which, at the same time, are perfectly interwoven with figurative allusions and details. All his works are part of the environment of a fantastic place, which he calls “Het Lands,” at sometime in the universe where an archaic civilization is confronted with the apparition of the “Seth Daemon.” But also actual antique eras inspired him to these fantastic ideas and to exactly these pieces of work. In 2004, he designed the “Empire Sword,” a series of Yatagan swords with reference to the powerful ancient Iranian kingdom of the Achaemenidic kings Cyrus and Darius, approximately 2,600 years ago. Since the 1970s, England worked as a knifemaker and started to increase his interest in intricate, multipartite projects of art. However, he never abandoned the knife blade.
Founded in 1976, the National Ornamental Metal Museum is the only Museum in the Americas dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the art and craft of fine metalwork. The Metal Museum is funded in part by ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission. Located at 374 Metal Museum Drive, the Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm, and Sunday noon – 5 pm. For more information, call 901-774-6380 or visit www.metalmuseum.org.
Knife Of The Day XIII—1st One for 2012!
Our first Knife Of The Day for 2012 is the Benchmade Presidio. Sporting a 3.42-inch drop-point blade of 154CM stainless steel and an AXIS locking mechanism, the Presidio is a Mel Pardue design with a black anodized, machined 6061 T-6 aluminum handle, 420J stainless steel liners, and a reversible tip-up pocket clip. The handle features a multi-directional positive grip. Blade thickness: .125 inch. Weight: 5.62 ounces. Closed length: 4.87 inches. MSRP: $200.
For more information contact Benchmade, attn: Alicia Hunt, 300 Beavercreek Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045 503-655-6004 www.benchmade.com.
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Knife Purveyor Of The Day I
The first in our Knife Purveyors Of The Day series is Neil Ostroff (shown above with a Darrel Ralph Madd Maxx folder at a past BLADE Show) of True North Knives in Williston, Vermont. Formerly based in Canada, TNK is now U.S.-based and brings you some of the finest in tactical and utility custom knives, a number of which are exclusives, from such makers as Kirby Lambert, Strider Knives, Darrel Ralph and others.
For more information, click on www.truenorthknives.com.
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Knife Of The Day XII
Our Knife Of The Day XII is Joel Worley’s tapered-tang straight knife with a 5.5-inch fileworked blade of a raindrop-pattern damascus forged from 1080 and 15n20 carbon steels. A flared finger groove doubles as a guard. The handle is sheep horn and the belt sheath features pit viper inlay.
For more information contact Joel Worley at [email protected] or visit jaworleyknives.webs.com.
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