Tag: Steve Shackleford’s Blog
Custom Knife Ambassador Lobred Passes Away
Custom knife ambassador Philip Carl "Phil" Lobred, the man who commissioned the reproduction of the King Tut Dagger by Buster Warenski and along with...
Eggly Bids Knife Photography Farewell
Eric Eggly is saying goodbye to knife photography. The longtime knife photographer and founder of PointSeven Studios is taking a job in a different...
Beware BLADE Show Hotel Scammers!
It's that time of year again, time when Internet, telephone and other scammers misrepresent themselves as so-called "official" agents of the BLADE Show in...
Cut, Handle or Chop It in BLADE’s Guide!
Cut, handle or chop it—or lock it or look it up—in BLADE's Complete Knife Guide 2017, on newsstands now!
The knife industry's only annual buying...
Prime Cutters Are Good To Go
Small-to-medium-sized fixed blades make excellent cutting tools, and today's prime cutters are good to go. Here are five of the hottest in this sharp-looking...
Distinguishing Elephant from Ancient Ivory
Distinguishing elephant from ancient ivory is challenging and becoming more and more important for the owners of knives with handles of ancient ivory. However,...
Tomahawks Are Top Chops in BLADE
Tomahawks large and small continue to take the world of knives by storm and four of the latest models are top chops in the...
Must Read Articles
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...
