''Blade'' is a consumer magazine about

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collecting. The magazine is based in

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History and profile

First published in 1973 under the title ''American Blade'' by Southern House Publishing Co. with Blackie Collins as the editor. The headquarters was in

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. 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 The Blade Show is an annual tradeshow for the cutlery industry. It is the largest event of its type in the world. The show is owned by Caribou Media Group and is hosted by Blade Magazine. The event has over 1,000 exhibitors and is the host for i ...

; 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 Krause Publications is an American publisher of hobby magazines and books. The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232016) in 1952 and published '' Numismatic News''. In the coin collecting community the company is best known for its ...

, which increased its frequency to monthly. F+W Publications Inc. purchased Krause Publications and ''Blade'' in 2002 and published it under its brand beginning in October 2004. In 2018, Gun Digest Media LLC acquired ''Blade'', Blade Show and all related properties. 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. ''Blade'' sponsors two annual knife shows every year. The Blade Show, held in Atlanta, Georgia every Spring and the Usual Suspect Gathering held in

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in September.

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. *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 Buck Knives is an American knife brand and manufacturer founded in San Diego, California in 1947 as H.H. Buck and Son, and now located in Post Falls, Idaho. Company founder and family patriarch Hoyt Buck made his first knife in 1902, but did no ...

* 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

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* 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 Spyderco is an American cutlery company based in Golden, Colorado, producing knives and knife sharpeners. Spyderco pioneered many features that are now common in folding knives, including the pocket clip, serrations, and the opening hole. Spyder ...

* 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

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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 Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and United States Army, U.S. Army officer. He became an American frontier legend in his own lifetime ...

- Knifemaker * Wayne Goddard - Knifemaker * Chris Reeve - Knifemaker

References

External links

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