Merely because you possess or carry a knife, knife law enforcers may try to justify their existence by turning you into an accused “law-abiding” criminal. The post 3 Things to Do if You’re Arrested for a (Possible) Knife Crime first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post 3 Things to Do if You’re Arrested for a (Possible) Knife Crime appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

Rebooting collections works wonders. OK, so not everyone does it, but many who have done it one or more times seem to enjoy their collecting more. Chris Nolen has successfully rebooted his knife collection several times since he started collecting. He began in his pre-teens, fueling his cutlery appetite by mowing lawns, and he even […] The post Rebooting Collections Works Wonders first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Rebooting Collections Works Wonders appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

You need a knife. Everyone needs a knife. You know those plastic zip ties that you can’t get the scissor blade under that are lashing down the new grill spatula? Yeah, those. You need a knife for that. You know how it aggravates your sense of order when you’re forced to tear into the plastic […] The post 27 Star-Spangled, Flag-Waving Knives That Cut Great first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post 27 Star-Spangled, Flag-Waving Knives That Cut Great appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

John Gomes, the 51-year-old Cohoes, New York, resident and alleged “amateur knifemaker” who started a fire that damaged 32 buildings and displaced approximately 20 people, will not appear in court today as scheduled. He was charged with felony reckless endangerment and misdemeanor arson on Friday, Dec. 1 while the 200 block of Remsen Street smoldered, […] The post Was “Forged In Fire” a Scapegoat For The Cohoes Fire? first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Was “Forged In Fire” a Scapegoat For The Cohoes Fire? appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

Whether it’s blood relatives or your inner circle of friends, all of them need family gift knives. Here are 10 examples of some really sharp gifts you can give to those closest to you this holiday season. Kitchen knives make good family gift knives for just about any adult who likes to work with food. […] The post 10 Family Gift Knives Sport Holiday Spirit first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post 10 Family Gift Knives Sport Holiday Spirit appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

The best blade steels, latest handle materials, blade shapes, knifemaking suppliers and most everything else it takes to make a knife the sharpest it can be populate the BLADE 2018 Complete Knife Guide, on newsstands now! What’s the best knife steel for one application can be a disaster for another. However, there exists a happy […] The post Best Blade Steels Unleash The Sharp first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Best Blade Steels Unleash The Sharp appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

Santokus are Thanksgiving cutters, Japanese style. A design that originated in the Land of the Rising Sun, the santoku is a specialized tool well suited to preparing holiday meals. From cutting meat to dicing veggies and cutting fruit for creative holiday salads and such, santokus are perfect for Gobbler Day. Santokus have a wide blade […] The post Thanksgiving Cutters, Japanese Style first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Thanksgiving Cutters, Japanese Style appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

Is a U.S. Army Ranger made or is he born? Is it the training he receives that makes him a Ranger, or is there some innate quality in him that draws him to Ranger training in the first place? If you tell former U.S. Army Ranger Sergeant Kyle Gahagan (pronounced guh-HAY-gan) that he doesn’t have […] The post Never Tell An Army Ranger He Can’t Make A Knife first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Never Tell An Army Ranger He Can’t Make A Knife appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

If you could apply a motto to VMX Knives it would be: Let’s have some fun. At least that’s the impression you get after talking with co-owners James Robert Buckley of Maverick Customs and Kyle Vallotton of three-generation-strong Vallotton Custom Knives. Rob and Kyle became friends online. For BLADE Show 2017, Kyle—sporting a new do—invited […] The post Of Blue Mohawks, Butterfly Knives and Buddies first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post Of Blue Mohawks, Butterfly Knives and Buddies appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more

If there’s such a thing as the First Family of Knives, the Buck family is it. Buck Knives has been run by a member of the Buck family—Hoyt, Al, Chuck or CJ—since “H.H. Buck and Son” set up shop in 1945. Since that time, the name Buck has become synonymous with fine hunting, sporting and […] The post First Family of Knives? first appeared on BLADE Magazine. The post First Family of Knives? appeared first on BLADE Magazine ..read more