Tag: Knife Collecting
First Family of Swedish Steel
“Mammoth Spider” by Thomas Lofgren features a blade of a net-pattern mosaic damascus forged by Mattias Styrefors, a mammoth ivory and mosaic damascus handle,...
Colorado Dreamin’: Western Cutlery
A rare Twin Set of Western Cutlery knives consists of a red-handle P48A (top) and P28 (bottom). The P28 has a sabre-ground blade instead...
What’s Your Steel I.Q.?
According to BLADE® subscriber surveys, one of the topics subscribers request BLADE cover most is steel—specifically, steel for knife blades. It is not much...
Waki Talk: What’s Hot in Wakizashis
The wakizashi may be the most sensible and useful Japanese sword. Between a katana and tanto in length, the “waki” is long enough for...
Balisong: The Fixed Blade That Folds
There are no locks to fail in the balisong—other than “letting go”
The sleek lines of the balisong, a.k.a. the butterfly knife, draw collectors and...
Vacation Knives: Something Borrowed, Something Blue …
Summertime colors for knife handles just seem right, especially when you're going on vacation to Florida or some other sun n' fun locale and...
Knife Handles: As Wood As It Gets
ThereIn the burl category, redwood (left) and black ash (right) are among the more popular woods. Lloyd Harner uses each for the handles of...
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Knifemaking 101 – Read This Before You Make a Knife
by Wayne Goddard
My experience has taught me that there's nothing like digging in and getting started. I've often said the hardest part of the...
