''Blade'' is a consumer magazine about

knife A knife ( : knives; from Old Norse 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced ...

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 Walter Wells "Blackie" Collins (1939 – July 20, 2011) was an American knife maker who designed and popularized the assisted opening mechanism and various automatic knife designs within the art of knifemaking. He is cited by other knifemakers a ...

as the editor. The headquarters was in

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

. 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, 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 Knife making is the process of manufacturing a knife by any one or a combination of processes: stock removal, forging to shape, welded lamination or investment cast. Typical metals used come from the carbon steel, tool, or stainless steel fami ...

Bladesmithing Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to those used by blacksmiths, as well as woodworki ...

, and

Knife collecting Knife collecting is a hobby which includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining knives. Some collectors are generalists, accumulating an assortment of different knives. Others focus on a specia ...

. 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 Bo Randall (September 27, 1909 – December 25, 1989) was an American knifemaker who founded Randall Made Knives in Orlando, Florida. Early life Randall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 27, 1909. His family moved to Orlando, Florida ...

- Knifemaker * James B. Lile - Knifemaker * M.H. Cole - Knifemaker and Author * Al Buck - Founder of

Buck Knives Buck Knives is an American knife manufacturer founded in Mountain Home, Idaho and now located in Post Falls, Idaho. The company has a long history through five generations of the Buck family from 1902 to the present day. Buck Knives primarily man ...

* William R. Williamson - Scholar and collector of Bowie knives * Pete Gerber - Founder of

Gerber Legendary Blades Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knives, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Gerber is owned by the Finnish outdoors products company Fiskars. Gerber was established in 1939 by ...

* Bob Loveless - Knifemaker * William F. Moran - Bladesmith * Jim Parker - Knifemaker * George Herron - Knifemaker 1932-2007 * Frank Buster - Knifemaker * Frank Forsyth *

A.G. Russell A. G. Russell (August 27, 1933 – October 12, 2018) was an American knife maker. He was born in Eudora, Arkansas where his great-grandfather taught him how to make knives when he was nine. Russell went on to make knives as a hobby and profes ...

- Knifemaker * Ken Warner - Author *

Jim Bowie James Bowie ( ) ( – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave smuggler and trader, and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of h ...

- Father of the Bowie knife * Maury Shavin * Hubert Lawell *

William Scagel William Wales Scagel or Bill Scagel (February 12, 1873 – March 26, 1963) was an American knifemaker whose style had a profound impact on the cutlery trade, influencing it for over 100 years. Early life Born near Alpena, Michigan and raised in Ca ...

- Knifemaker *

Gil Hibben Gil Hibben (born September 4, 1935) is an American custom knifemaker from Wyoming who is based in La Grange, Kentucky. Hibben designed the first line of Browning hunting knives in 1968, the American Kenpo Knife for Ed Parker, and the Rambo K ...

- Knifemaker * Harry McEvoy - Author *

Buster Warenski Buster Warenski (June 5, 1942 – July 31, 2005) was an American custom knifemaker from Kimberly, Nevada who made "Art Knives" utilizing gold and other precious metals. Warenski is best known for making a reproduction of King Tut's dagger with a f ...

- 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 *

- Knifemaker *

Frank Centofante Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cur ...

- 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. Spyd ...

* Joe Drouin - Knife Collector * Bob Schrimsher - Knifemaking Supply * Rudy Ruana - Knifemaker * D¹Alton Holder - Knifemaker * Michael Walker - Knifemaker, Inventor of the

Walker linerlock The Linerlock is a locking mechanism for folding pocket knives. A Linerlock is a folding knife with a side-spring lock that can be opened and closed with one hand without repositioning the knife in the hand. The lock is self-adjusting for wear. ...

* 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 The Knifemakers' Guild is an American organization, based in Richfield, Utah, made up of knifemakers to promote custom knives, encourage ethical business practices, assist with technical aspects of knife making, and to sponsor knife shows. The Guil ...

Ken Onion Ken Onion (born January 16, 1963) is an American custom knifemaker based in Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States who invented the "SpeedSafe" assisted opening mechanism for Kershaw Knives. Ken Onion was the Premier Knife Designer for Kershaw Knives. ...

- Knifemaker and inventor of the SpeedSafe Mechanism * Al Mar - Knifemaker, founder of Al Mar Knives *

Paul Bos Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

- Master heat treater - Buck Knives *

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

- Knifemaker * Wayne Goddard - Knifemaker *

Chris Reeve Christopher Stanley Reeve (born December 4, 1953) is a South African-American knife maker, recognized as one of the most influential people in knife making history.Shackleford, Steve, Blade Magazine, “30 Most Influential People in Blade His ...

- Knifemaker

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