See which factory knives took home the coveted hardware from the BLADE Show Texas Factory Knife Awards.
The BLADE Show Texas, held March 7-8 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, saw an intense factory knife competition. With an excellent turnout of competitors and a high-level of execution on the knives, it was most definitely a showcase of the top-tier production knives at the show.
With such an impressive lineup, the three-judge panel faced a tough challenge in determining which blade best represented each of the seven categories. In short, competition was hot. With the dust settled, here are the winners who claimed top honors, including Best in Show.
Best In Show & Best Imported Knife: Poikilo VK Zen
What The Judges Had To Say: “It’s a well thought out knife in both design and function.”
Best American Made Knife: Dauntless Manufacturing Clifft
What The Judges Had To Say: “The details and craftsmanship in [the Clifft], you don’t expect to see that in a factory knife.”
Best EDC Knife: Dauntless Manufacturing Moss
What The Judges Had To Say: “It’s the entire package. The company has an attention to detail and the knife has one of the best sheathes [we’ve] seen.”
Best Fixed Blade: QSP Viper
What The Judges Had To Say: “It comes with an excellent and functional sheath. It’s ergonomics and carriablity come together to create a complete package.”
Best Folder Knife: Pro-Tech/Vero Engineering Synapse Auto
What The Judges Had To Say: It won, “Because it’s badass!”
Best Of The Rest: Vero Engineering Vortex TI Maintenance Kit
What The Judges Had To Say: “Far too many bit drivers have thin handles. This one is made to fit the hand and torque down on.”
The technological advancements that have redefined the pocketknife as we know it.
When I stumbled onto the knife scene in 1985, the only pocketknives I had carried up to that point were slipjoints and lockbacks. Of course, slipjoints weren’t called slipjoints back then but simply pocketknives. Today, as far as BLADE® is concerned—not that it’s any major newsflash or anything—any knife you can carry in your pocket is a pocketknife.
All of which brings me to the subject at hand: my picks of the five most important pocketknife developments of the modern sporting knife era. In rough chronological order they are:
•The pocket clip:BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Sal Glesser’s introduction in 1981 of the Spyderco pocketknives with the hole in the blade and the pocket clip would turn the genre on its head. While the hole in the blade was a masterstroke in and of itself, it was the pocket clip that forever changed the way people would carry their pocketknives. Rather than rattling around in the bottom of a pocket with change, car keys and what have you, the closed knife was held on the pocket lip by the clip, free from pocket-bottom scratches and poised at the ready to be deployed to cut whatever needed cutting.
•The linerlock: Cutlery Hall-of-Famer Michael Walker invented the linerlock in 1981, but it would take a few more years before custom knifemakers—and shortly thereafter, factory makers—began readily adopting the lock that made one-hand manual opening and closing of the pocketknife an easy reality rather than an exercise in hand contortions. Today, the argument can be made that the linerlock is used on more sporting folders than any other lock.
•The flipper: While exactly who made the first folder with the flipper tab that manually deploys a folding blade with the tap of a finger may be up for debate, there is no debating that the person who popularized it was Cutlery Hall-of-Fame knifemaker Kit Carson. A simple addition to the pocketknife on its face, the flipper tab opens a blade as fast and easy as any other manual method—probably faster.
•The Ikoma Korth Bearing System (IKBS): Pivot systems that helped open folding blades quickly and smoothly had been around before, but it was the IKBS conceived in 2002 that took blade opening to a new level of quick and smooth. In conjunction with the flipper especially, the IKBS transformed one-hand pocketknife opening from fast to just this side of automatic. Developed by Brazilian custom knifemakers Flavio Ikoma and Ricardo “Rick” and Paulo Lala (the latter two collectively known as Korth), the IKBS is another masterstroke of design and invention.
•Material upgrades: These cover a number of materials and years, from Walker’s switch to titanium for his linerlock spring in 1983, to a wide array of other hi-tech substances in subsequent years for pocketknife handles, including titanium, thermoplastics, Micarta®, G-10, carbon fiber and other state-of-the-art materials that not only were super strong and tough but also were lightweight, reducing the weight of pocketknives to the point that they were basically unnoticeable in a pocket. Meanwhile, the advances in blade steels over that same stretch are too many to mention.
How about you? What are the most important pocketknife developments? Tell us in the comments.
Bradford Guardian 3.2 in MagnaCut is a rope-eating animal.
EDC fixed blades are very popular, small enough to avoid unwanted attention yet able to do most jobs. They often range from 2-to-4-inch blade lengths and 3-to-4-inch handles. Usually carried in a cross draw or pocket sheath, in a pinch they can be used for self-protection (if you have training).
In general, it is a very useful tool that is always on you. I carry one constantly. The Guardian 3.2 in CPM MagnaCut stainless blade steel from Bradford USA definitely fits the bill. As to how well it works, let’s see if it holds up to everyday carry uses.
Guardian Light-Duty Cutting
I started with a 20-pound bond paper slice to check the fresh edge. The Guardian 3.2 was scary sharp. I nicked my fingernail three times by being slow. The blade made smooth, forceful slices with very little pressure. I did all push cuts with nary a snag or rolling of the paper.
Very aggressive slicing into the 8-ounce leather resulted in nice crunching noises.
Single-walled cardboard was next on the menu. The results weren’t much different from the bond paper, though there was a slight drag when the thicker part of the blade encountered the cardboard. That didn’t stop the Guardian 3.2 from doing its job. It sliced the cardboard as fast as I could move my fingers out of the way.
Guardian Medium-Duty Cutting
It was time to skive 8-ounce leather. Very aggressive slicing into the leather resulted in nice crunching noises. The handle provided positive control of blade depth and angle during the skiving. I even did some end-grain slicing to keep the crunching going. This is a very sharp knife indeed.
The pouch sheath of 6-to-7-ounce leather holds the knife securely. (BLADE® staff image)
Springtime means camping so I needed to whittle lots of fire sticks. Using leftover pine, I whittled a bunch of excellent curlicues. The Guardian cut very smoothly. The thumb notches on the spine aided in control of cutting depth. Deep cuts or fine cuts, it can do both.
I used the Guardian to baton cut and it split the pine nicely, providing a nice pile of kindling. The handle felt comfortable. There was just one small point by the lanyard hole that was sharp when I rotated my grip. The knife does excellent wood work.
Guardian Heavy-Duty Cutting
As expected, after 30 hard whacks, the MagnaCut blade had a couple of very small nicks along the edge. It would be no big deal to work out the nicks with a very fine diamond hone.
Using leftover pine, the author whittled a bunch of excellent curlicues. The Guardian cut quite smoothly.
To show that the small nicks are not that big of a deal, I went back to the 20-pound bond paper slice. There was only one snag when I tried to start a cut on the edge nick. Otherwise, the edge sailed through the paper without tearing. I was impressed the edge didn’t have more issues.
Final Cut
The thumb notches on the spine aided in control of cutting depth. (BLADE® staff image)
Some softening at the back of the handle is in order. This knife is designed for slicing every day. The Guardian 3.2 is an impressive fixed-blade EDC.
Guardian 3.2 Specs Company: Bradford USA Blade length: 3 1/8” Blade steel: CPM MagnaCut stainless Rockwell hardness: 63-64 HRC Blade finish: Stonewashed black Blade grind: Saber Blade pattern: Drop point Scales: Jade-green G-10 Construction: Full tang Weight: 4.5 ozs. Overall length: 7 1/8” Sheath: Pouch type in 6-to-7-oz. leather Country of origin: USA MSRP: $229
Robert Young reinvents a classic Loveless fixed blade in flipper form.
Robert Young reproduces BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Bob Loveless’s New York Special fixed blade in a flipper folder format, and it’s something that would probably please even Bob himself.
Young also makes a standard fixed-blade repro of the knife. He holds it and the folder—when the folder’s open, both knives are the same size—side by side at shows to see if customers can tell which one’s which, and nine times out of 10 they can’t. Around 1976-77 when he was 16 and a California resident, he learned a man making knives lived three doors down from a friend’s grandfather’s house. Robert visited the man and it turned out to be Loveless. He had no idea who Bob was until later and then visited him about a dozen times.
Robert Young, 64, has been making knives off and on since 1976 and has been full time for two years now. He moved from California to Arkansas in 1993. He’s made about a dozen of the New York Special flippers and also reproduces Loveless City Knife, Junior Bear and Big Bear fixed blades, the latter with a 1-inch-wide sub-hilt. At press time he was working on a folding version of the City Knife and a less expensive version of the New York Special folder. Loveless, of course, never made a custom folder. (Jocelyn Frasier knife image)
“He taught me and I improved a lot real quick,” Robert said. “I wished I’d stuck around there more than I did but I was kind of embarrassed once I found out who he was. I didn’t want to bug him a whole bunch, but he did teach me quite a bit.”
New York Special Flipper Specs Blade length: 3” Blade steel: RWL-34 stainless Rockwell hardness: 62 HRC Blade grind: Double hollow on a 3-inch wheel Blade pivot: Ceramic bearings Scales: Stag Liners: 416 stainless, integral Closed length: 4.25” Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,500
A whole passel of knew knives that will set you wish list to overflow.
Eyes always peeled, we’re on the look out for the latest and the greatest. We think we’ve found a bevvy of them this February. So, with out further adieu, here’s our latest round of new knives.
Cowboy Szymanski M4 bayonet
Blade length: 6.75” Blade material: Battleship blister-plated 15N20 nickel alloy steel Blade grind: Flat double edge Scales: Turned deck wood (long leaf pine) from the USS Texas BB-35 World War I dreadnought class battleship Bolster: Same material as blade Overall length: 11.75” Sheath: Standard leather Knife to know: Cowboy Szymanski donated the knife to the Battleship Texas Foundation through the Battleship Texas Artisans project to raise funds to refurbish the USS Texas. Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $1,997 Maker: Cowboy Szymanski (SharpByCoop image)
Robert Appleby Tillotson-Inspired Sheffield Bowie
Blade length: 10” Blade steel: CPM 154 stainless Blade grind: Hollow (36” radius) Blade finish: 2,000-grit satin Blade pattern: Clip point Scales: Mother-of-pearl Handle frame, guard & front bolster: 410 stainless Overall length: 14.5” Sheath (not shown): Wet-molded leather w/410 stainless throat and tip Knife to know: The half-horse/half-alligator rear bolster cast in white bronze is in a style made famous on classic 19th-century bowies; Robert Appleby is no longer accepting custom orders Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $3,200 Maker: Robert Appleby, applebyknives.com (SharpByCoop image)
Randy Caston Bowie No. 1
Blade length: 13.5” Blade material: 1075 carbon steel Scales: Walnut burl Furniture: Sterling silver Overall length: 19” Knife to know: Randy Caston’s Bowie No. 1 is a reproduction of a 19th-century bowie some believe was made by James Black; Randy is a past Forged in Fire champ (season six, episode 16) Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,750 Maker: Randy Caston (SharpByCoop image)
Jordan Danz Nessmuk
Blade length: 4.5” Blade steel: AEB-L stainless Blade grind: Scandi Scales: Butterscotch Micarta® w/Maple Valley Richlite Spacers: G-10 Lanyard: Leather w/bead of butterscotch maple and G-10 spacer Overall length: 9.75” Sheath: Leather w/belt loop Maker’s price for a similar knife and sheath: $400 Maker: Jordan Danz, jdcustomknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Lee Parsons Texas Republic Bowie
Blade length: 12” Blade material: 1095 carbon steel w/hamon made via the clay method Blade grind: Flat Blade finish: Hand sanded to mirror polish Blade pattern: Clip point Scales: Bog oak w/blue and yellow Micarta® Fittings: Brass Overall length: 17.5” Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,500 Knife to know: The knife was made for a collector who is a huge fan of Texas; lettering is hand engraved and the hand-inlaid Republic star is 24k gold; March 2, 1836, is the date Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico; Lee Parsons is an ABS apprentice smith Maker: Lee Parsons, skmoknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Larry Chew/TiKnives Covert Dual Action
Blade length: 3.5” Blade steel: CPM MagnaCut stainless Blade grind: Hollow on first run Blade finish: Satin or bead blasted Scales: Laser-engraved titanium & carbon fiber Handle frame: Titanium Pocket clip: Laser-engraved titanium & carbon fiber Closed length: 4.5” Makers’ price for a similar knife: $975 and up Knife to know: Features the Covert Lockout mechanism in which the upper left-hand gimping slides forward to release the spring-loaded release button; dual thumb studs; options include Chad Nichols damascus blade steel and titanium, Timascus™ and ironwood scales, and a 3D-machined damascus clip (check w/makers for pricing on options); a collaboration between Larry Chew and Scott Self of TiKnives Makers: Larry Chew/TiKnives, tinivesoriginal.com (SharpByCoop image)
Levi Graham Ancient Woolly Frontier Field Knife
Pattern: Camp knife Blade length: 6” Blade material: 1084 carbon steel w/copper cladding forged by Adam Deville Blade grind: High flat Scales: Mammoth ivory Construction: Full-tapered tang Bolster: Copper textured wrap and rawhide Overall length: 11.25” Sheath: Deer rawhide w/braintan fringe, mammoth bark center dangler w/copper tacks, cones, beads, rattlesnake vertebrae and horsehair Maker: Levi Graham, levigrahamknives.com (SharpByCoop image)
Tanner Couch Saddlehorn Trapper
Blade length: 2 7/8” Blade material: Vegas Forge stainless steel Virus damascus Blade grind: Hollow Scales: Stag Bolster: Chad Nichols Wasp Nest damascus Maker’s price for a similar knife: $3,000 Knife to know: The saddlehorn trapper was one of the favorite patterns of BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Tony Bose, iconic American custom knifemaker Maker: Tanner Couch, Tilden, (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Marc Josef Knives Pizza Cutter
Blade diameter: 2.76” Blade material: 52100 carbon and 410 stainless nickel alloy steels forged in a san-mai construction by Brook Turner Scales: Ebony Overall length: 9.1” Maker’s price for a similar piece: $750 at press-time exchange rate Maker: Marc Josef Knives, marcjosefknives.com.au (Rod Hoare image)
Nicholas Orr Coffin-Handle Bowie
Blade length: 8.5” Blade material: Feather-pattern mosaic damascus Blade grind: Full flat w/a double clip Blade pattern: Clip point Scales: African blackwood Handle frame & spacer: Twisted & blued mosaic damascus Guard & pommel: Mosaic damascus Construction: Full tang Overall length: 13.5” Maker’s price for a similar knife: $4,000 Knife to know: Nicholas Orr is an ABS journeyman smith Maker: Nicholas Orr, (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Sam Roddy Bowie
Blade length: 10” Blade material: Mosaic damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels Blade grind: Flat Blade pattern: Clip point Scales: Ironwood w/nickel silver and brass spacers Guard: Stainless steel Overall length: 15.5” Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,400 Knife to know: Sam Roddy is an ABS apprentice smith Maker: Sam Roddy (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Jacco VandeBruinhorst San Francisco Gentleman’s Knife
Knife type: 19th-century dress bowie Blade length: 5.5” Blade material: Mosaic damascus Blade grind: Flat Scales: Mother-of-pearl Handle frame: Mosaic damascus Overall length: 12” Knife to know: Full takedown construction; engraving by Wolfgang Loerchner Maker: Jacco VandeBruinhorst, jvbknives.ca (SharpByCoop image)
If your knife is a damascus folder, all eyes are on it when you pull it from your pocket and deploy the blade. Is that damascus? Is it sharp? Who forged it? What’s the pattern? The questions flood in and the conversation starts. Enjoy the discussion!
Bob Hook: Dress Locking Folder
ABS journeyman smith Bob Hook employs a damascus of 1080 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels forged by Salem Straub for the clip-point blade of his dress locking folder. The scales are Alaskan mammoth ivory and the bolsters are mokume gane. Blade and closed lengths: 2.75 and 3.25 inches.
David Kramp: Navy Rope Knife
Rose pattern damascus from Damasteel comprises the sheepsfoot blade of David Kramp’s Navy Rope Knife. The slipjoint is modeled after a Sheffield, England-built U.S. Navy rope knife likely issued around the time of the Spanish American War of 1898. A frame of 410 stainless steel supports the stag scales. Bolster: 416 stainless. Closed length: 4.5 inches.
Dirk Loots: Engraved
Dirk Loots opts for Fracture pattern damascus by Bertie Rietveld for the 3.5-inch hollow-ground blade of his exotic folder. Scales and liners/bolster: Mammoth ivory and bronze. Inlays: 24k gold and fine silver. Closed length: 5.5 inches. Dirk also did the engraving.
Tom Overeynder: Dagger
A 3.62-inch blade and 4.66-inch frame of Gysinge pattern damascus forged by Damasteel highlight Tom Overeynder’s folding dagger. The spanner bolts used in the construction of the knife are Blue Tongue pattern damascus, also by Damasteel.
Ted Moore: Hollow Grind
Larry Donnely forged the damascus for the blued, hollow-ground blade of Ted Moore’s folder engraved by Madeline Crumling. The frame and liners are 416 stainless steel and the inlay is black pen shell. Blade and closed lengths: 2.5 and 3.5 inches.
Manuele Messori: Halo
Damasteel forged the Thor pattern damascus for the 4.13-inch blade of Manuele Messori’s Halo. The blade inlay is white and black-lip mother-of-pearl, and the handle is zirconium, Timascus®, mother-of-pearl and Gibeon meteorite. Liners: Timascus. Closed length: 4.9 inches.
Andrew Takach: Harpoon
A damascus blade in a harpoon pattern, crosscut mammoth ivory handle in a bird’s-beak-butt pattern, and a flared damascus bolster with 24k-gold inlay complete a dress locking folder by Andrew Takach.
The first big knife show of 2025 also is the Longhorn State’s biggest—BLADE Show Texas.
What: BLADE Show Texas 2025 Where: Fort Worth Convention Center When: March 7-8 Days and Times: Friday, March 7, 10-10:30 a.m. Early Bird Pass Holders Only Friday, March 7, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. General Admission Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. General Admission
The first big knife show of 2025 also happens to be the biggest knife show in Texas—BLADE Show Texas, to be exact—where the world’s best knives and knifemakers await you March 7-8 in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The show will host 420 exhibitors from around the world, including Australia, Brazil, China, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and elsewhere, not to mention top American custom knifemakers and ABS master smiths; all returning winners of the BLADE Show Texas ’24 custom and factory knife judging awards; and other of the world’s leading factory knife companies, including current and past winners of BLADE Magazine Knife-Of-The-Year® Awards.
Over 70 makers and companies that did not exhibit last year will do so this year, including though not limited to South Africa’s Bertie Rietveld; Winkler Knives; Sweden’s Anders Hogstrom; ESEE; ABS master smith David Lisch; GiantMouse; ABS master smith Steve Randall; Demko; Darrin Thomas; Dozier Knives; Liam Hoffman/Hoffman Blacksmithing; and Peter Kohler/Dark Timber Custom Knives.
South African Bertie Rietveld will help headline the international contingent at BLADE Show Texas in the Fort Worth Convention Center. His curvaceous integral features a blade of his Dragonskin damascus and black jade inlays. Overall length: 11.8 inches. (SharpByCoop image)
The Fort Worth Convention Center will be a hotbed of blades, with thousands of custom and factory knives—from low end to high end, stock removal to forged, fixed blade to folder—tomahawks, swords, sharpeners and more. And if the exhibiting makers don’t have what you’re looking for, the exhibiting custom knife purveyors and factory retailers probably will; and if they don’t, they can put you in touch with someone who does.
For knife hobbyists and novice and veteran makers alike, the show’s diverse selection of knifemaking supplies and suppliers will have the materials, tools and equipment you need to make the knife of your dreams. From the latest steels, handle materials, hardware, sheath materials to most every knife part extant, the show’s suppliers should have it.
Knife Awards
ABS master smith Mike Quesenberry returns to defend his titles in three categories—Best of Show, Best Bowie and Best Art Knife—of the show’s custom knife judging competition.
The knife judging competitions will recognize the best of the show’s custom and factory knives. The custom award categories, with last year’s winners in parentheses:
Best of Show: Mike Quesenberry
Best Bowie: Mike Quesenberry
Best Fighter: Franco de Souza
Best Damascus: Franco de Souza
Best Hunting Knife: James Rodebaugh
Best Folding Knife: Jared Oeser
Best Kitchen Knife: Harvey Dean
Best M.A.C.K.: Princeton Wong
Best EDC: Karis Fisher
Best Art Knife: Mike Quesenberry
Best of the Rest: Jason Knight and Mark Winburn
Best Slipjoint: Tim Robertson
There were also three Best Contender winners:
Franco de Souza (Bowie)
Peyton Ramm (hunting knife)
P.H. Jacob (slipjoint)
The factory award categories, with last year’s winners in parentheses:
Best Of Show: ESNYX/Reate
Best EDC: ESNYX/Reate
Best American Made: Heretic Knives
Best Imported: Les George and Allen Elishewitz design for Ketuo
Best Fixed Blade: Vero Engineering
Best Folder: Vero Engineering
Best of the Rest: Reate
As noted, all of last year’s winners are returning for this year’s show.
The custom and factory knife judging is reserved exclusively for show exhibitors, all of whom received packets with complete details on category descriptions, judging rules and more prior to checking into the show.
Leading Factory Exhibitors
The factory section looks to entertain knife enthusiasts of all interests and ages.
Included among the leading factory knife exhibitors will be:
Artisan Cutlery Bastinelli Knives Big Idea Design Boker USA Bradford USA Brighten Blades W.R. Case and Sons Chaves Knives CobraTec Knives Condor Tool & Knife CRKT Demko Knives Dozier Knives; Emerson Knives, Inc. ESEE; ESNYX Knives Fox Knives GiantMouse Glow Rhino Hawk Knife Designs Heretic Knives Hogue Knives Jack Wolf Knives Kansept Knives Ketuo KeyBar Knafs LATAMA Cutlery
Liong Mah Designs McNees Knives Medford Knife & Tool MKM/Maniago Knife Makers OCASO Knives; Olamic Cutlery Poikiloblade Pro-Tech QSP Knife Reate Knives Rike Knife RMJ Tactical Rosecraft Blades Santa Fe Stoneworks Smoky Mountain Knife Works Spyderco Squid Industries Stroup Knives Tactile Knife Co. Three Rivers Mfg. (TRM) TOPS Knives ULTICLIP Vero Engineering WE Knife Co. White River Knife & Tool Winkler Knives
Knifemaking Suppliers/Equipment
Scott Gallagher will be among a strong contingent of ABS master smith exhibitors. His Vest Bowie boasts a 4.5-inch mosaic damascus blade.
Included among the leading knifemaking/equipment suppliers will be:
Abrasives, Inc./Hog Brand Alabama Damascus Steel Alpha Knife Supply American Metal Xchange Inc. CamoCarbon Current Composites Damasteel AB Evenheat Kiln Fine Turnage Productions Imperial Leather Works Jantz Supply Knife & Gun Finishing Supplies Knifesupplies.com Knight’s Stabilized Woods Maker Material Supply
Jack Wolf Knives will exhibit its distinctive brand of slipjoints with such models as the Benny, here in the Fat Carbon Mars Valley edition. MSRP: $349.99.
Among the top custom makers exhibiting at BLADE Show Texas will be:
Allen Elishewitz Allen Newberry Ben Seward Bobby House Bruce Barnett Bertie Rietveld BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-of-Fame® member Bill Ruple Bob Merz Brad Zinker Lucas Burnley Peter Carey; Chuck Gedraitis Corey Dunlap Tanner Couch Bubba Crouch Peter Kohler/Dark Timber Custom Knives Darrin Thomas D. R. Davis Eric Fritz Dennis Friedly Duane Dwyer Evan Nicolaides Brian Fellhoelter Burt Flanagan Gary Langley Les George GTC Knives/Gustavo Cecchini Herucus Blomerus Liam Hoffman/Hoffman Blacksmithing Anders Hogstrom Jeremy Yelle
Johnny Stout Keanison Knives Kelly Vermeer Tom Krein Andrea Lisch Mardi Meshejian Erik McCright Messori Knives Mick Strider Customs Jared Oeser Nick Orr P.H. Jacob Enrique Pena Tom Ploppert Princeton Wong Jerry Moen Ricardo Vilar Peyton Ramm Scorpion 6 Stanley Buzek Suprlativ Knives Luke Swenson Tim Robertson Tobin Hill Tony Baker W.D. Pease Will Stelter Tom Overeynder Will Zermeno
BLADE Show Texas will be the first of three BLADE-Show-sponsored events for 2025, the other two being the grandaddy of them all, the 44th Annual BLADE Show June 6-8 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, and BLADE Show West 2025 at the Salt Palace Convention Center Oct. 10-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
