Blade (magazine)

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*Blade*
Editor	Steve Shackleford
Categories	knives, knife collecting
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	40,000
Publisher	F+W Publications Inc.
First issue	1973
Company	F+W Media
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	www.blademag.com
ISSN	0744-6179

Blade is a long-running consumer magazine about knife collecting.

First published in 1973 under the title American Blade by Southern House Publishing Co. with Blackie Collins as the editor, the magazine's title was changed to Blade in 1982 after its purchase by Jim Parker and Bruce Voyles. In the 1980s, the magazine served as the launching point for an annual convention for knife collectors, the Blade Show; established a Cutlery Hall of Fame; and spun off a trade magazine, Blade Trade. In 1994, Voyles, then the sole owner, sold the publication and its properties to Krause Publications,^[1] which increased its frequency to monthly. F+W Publications Inc. purchased Krause Publications and Blade in 2002^[2] and published it under its brand beginning 2004-10.

Coverage in the magazine ranges across the knife hobby, including military knives, kitchen cutlery, and manufacturing and legislation issues. The magazine publishes several identification columns and values for collectible knives.^[3]

Blade sponsors two annual knife shows every year. The Blade Show, held in Atlanta, Georgia every Spring and the Usual Suspect Gathering held in Las Vegas, Nevada in September.^[4]^[5]

Cutlery Hall of Fame

Every year, Blade enters a new person into the "Cutlery Hall of Fame". The Cutlery Hall of Fame is composed of knifemakers, authors and persons who promote knife making, Bladesmithing, and Knife collecting. Each year, the living members of the Cutlery Hall Of Fame nominate and vote on the latest inductee to join their ranks.^[6]

Henry D. Baer - Knifemaker, President of Schrade Knives and namesake of the "Uncle Henry" brand of pocketknives.
Dewey Ferguson - Author
Bo Randall - Knifemaker
James B. Lile - Knifemaker
M.H. Cole - Knifemaker and Author
Al Buck - Founder of Buck Knives
William R. Williamson - Scholar and collector of Bowie knives
Pete Gerber - Founder of Gerber Legendary Blades
Bob Loveless - Knifemaker
William F. Moran - Bladesmith
Jim Parker - Knifemaker
George Herron - Knifemaker 1932-2007
Frank Buster - Knifemaker
Frank Forsyth
A.G. Russell - Knifemaker
Ken Warner - Author
Jim Bowie - Father of the Bowie knife
Maury Shavin
Hubert Lawell
William Scagel - Knifemaker
Gil Hibben - Knifemaker
Harry McEvoy - Author
Buster Warenski - Knifemaker
Albert M. Baer - Founder of Schrade Knives
Col. Rex Applegate - Knife designer, author
B.R. Hughes - Author
Bruce Voyles - Author
Bernard Levine - Author
Houston Price - Author
Bill Adams - Author
Jim Weyer - Author and photographer
Chuck Buck - Knifemaker - Buck Knives
Blackie Collins - Knifemaker
Frank Centofante - Knifemaker
Ron Lake - Knifemaker
Sal Glesser - Designer, Founder of Spyderco
Joe Drouin - Knife Collector
Bob Schrimsher - Knifemaking Supply
Rudy Ruana - Knifemaker
D¹Alton Holder - Knifemaker
Michael Walker - Knifemaker, Inventor of the Walker linerlock
George "Butch" Winter - Author
Tim Leatherman - Inventor of the multi-tool knife and founder of Leatherman Tools
Dan Dennehy - Knifemaker, Founding Member of the Knifemakers' Guild
Ken Onion - Knifemaker and inventor of the SpeedSafe Mechanism
Al Mar - Knifemaker, founder of Al Mar Knives
Paul Bos - Master heat treater - Buck Knives
Kit Carson - Knifemaker
Wayne Goddard - Knifemaker^[7]

References

↑ "Krause cuts a trail to blade enthusiast", Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management, 1994
↑ Baker, Don (2002). "F&W INC. TO ACQUIRE PUBLISHER KRAUSE". The Cincinnati Post. Cincinnati, OH. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
↑ Kertzman, Joe (2003). Knives 2003, 23rd Edition. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-87349-448-9.
↑ Ewald, Chase (2003). "Getting an Edge". American Cowboy (Active Interest Media, Inc.) 10 (4): 86.
↑ Searson, Mike (2011-04-01). "The Best Knives of G2". Blade (FW Media Inc.) 37 (5): 80–84.
↑ "Mr. SpeedSafe Joins the Club". Blade Magazine. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
↑ Shackleford, Steve. "BLADE Show Names Top Knives". Retrieved 04 June 2013.

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List of daggers List of blade materials

Types of knives	Aircrew Survival Egress Knife Athame Balisong/Butterfly Ballistic Ballpoint pen knife Bayonet Boline Bolo Boning Boot knife Bowie Bread knife Cane knife Cheese knife Chef's knife Cleaver Clip point Combat knife Commander Corvo CQC-6 Dagger Deba bōchō Diving knife Drop point Electric knife Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife Gerber Mark II Ginsu Grapefruit knife Gravity knife Gunong Hunting dagger Hunting knife Jacob's ladder Karambit Kīla Kirpan Kitchen knife Kukri Laguiole knife Machete Mandau Mezzaluna Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Nakiri bōchō Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife Palette knife Pantographic knife Parang Penknife Penny knife Pocket knife Putty knife Puukko Rampuri Rondel dagger Sabatier Sami knife Santoku SARK Scalpel Seax Sgian dubh Sharpfinger Shiv Sliding knife Smatchet SOG Knife Straight razor Strider SMF Survival knife Swiss Army knife Switchblade Taping knife Throwing knife Tomato knife Trench knife Tumi Ulu Utility knife Warrior knife X-Acto Yanagi ba Yatagan

Types of daggers	Anelace Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife Arkansas toothpick BC-41 Bagh nakh Baselard Bichawa Bollock dagger Cinquedea Dirk Ear dagger Emeici Facón French Nail Hachiwara Hunting dagger Janbiya Kaiken Kalis Kard Katar Khanjar Kris Mark I trench knife Ocean Edge Knife Parrying dagger Poignard Push dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Tantō Marine Raider stiletto V-42 stiletto Yarara Parachute Knife Yoroidōshi

Knife manufacturers	Aitor Al Mar Knives American Tomahawk Company Bear MCG Benchmade Böker Buck Knives Caber Camillus Cutlery Company Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Chris Reeve Knives Cold Steel Columbia River Knife & Tool Cuisinart Cutco Cutlery DOVO Solingen Dexter-Russell Eikhorn Ek Commando Knife Co. Emerson Knives Erizo F. Dick Fällkniven FAMAE Fiskars Füritechnics Gerber Legendary Blades Global Golok Hanwei Imperial Schrade J. A. Henckels KA-BAR Kershaw Knives KitchenAid Korin Japanese Trading Company Kyocera Leatherman Mad Dog Knives MercWorx Microtech Knives Morseth Murphy Knives Ontario Knife Company Opinel Pro-Tech Knives Randall Made Knives Ranz Rigid Knives Rösle SOG Specialty Knives Sabatier Aîné & Perrier Spyderco Strider Knives Survival Aids TEKNA Thiers Issard Victorinox W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. Walther arms Wenger Western Knife Company Wilkinson Sword Windlass Steelcrafts Wüsthof Yarara Ltd

Knifemakers	A.G. Russell American Bladesmith Society Rex Applegate James Black Blackie Collins John Nelson Cooper Ernest Emerson Jerry Fisk Phill Hartsfield Bill Harsey, Jr. Gil Hibben Knifemakers' Guild Zanjan Knifemakers Jimmy Lile Bob Loveless Bob Lum William F. Moran Ken Onion Ralph Osterhout Walter Doane "Bo" Randall, Jr. Chris Reeve Jody Samson William Scagel Robert Terzuola Michael Walker Buster Warenski Daniel Winkler

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