Indice dei contenuti per September 2019 in Blade

BILL RUPLE WINS THE FINAL LORENZI AWARD  Custom knifemaker Bill Ruple was presented with the BLADE Show 2019 Aldo and Edda Lorenzi Award during the BLADE Magazine Awards Reception June 8 in the Garden Court Area of the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. Sponsored by Edda and Aldo Lorenzi, owners of the old G. Lorenzi retail knife store in Milan, Italy, the award goes to a knifemaker who excels in terms of teaching and mentoring his fellow makers in the art of knifemaking. It includes a cash prize of $1,000 and an award plaque, both donated by the Lorenzis. This is the fifth and final year of the Lorenzi Award, and BLADE Magazine and the BLADE Show salute the Lorenzis for their generosity and kindness in providing it all. Having…

There’s a mystique surrounding blades with a Far East flair. Some of the designs date back to the medieval period and have withstood the ultimate test of time. Today, the Asian influence remains strong in the knife market and helps the resulting knives be top sellers in their categories. From traditional styling and cord-wrapped handles to modern materials and construction blended with heavy Far East overtones, they sell well thanks to visual panache mixed with high function. The Kwaiken from Emerson Knives, Inc. is what happens when two worlds collide: Far Eastern bladeware and contemporary Western tactical folder design. The modern interpretation of the venerable kwaiken of Japanese medieval lore features the state-of-the-art in design and materials, including a 3.9-inch blade of 154CM stainless steel, dual titanium liners, textured G-10…

BLADE SHOW RECAP P. 12 A.G. Russell Knives, attn: Debbie Myers, Dept. BL9, 2900 S. 26th St., Rogers, AR 72758 479 631-0055 debbiem@agrussell.com www.agrussell.com; Tanner Couch address n/a; Bubba Crouch, Dept. BL9, POB 461, Pleasanton, TX 78064 210-846-6890 tommyc@sbslp.com; Burt Flanagan, Dept. BL9, POB 594, Tom Bean, TX 75489 214-236-5333 flanaganknives@yahoo.com; Trae Gaenzel, Dept. BL9, 218 N. Smith, Pleasanton, TX 78064 210-887-0644 tgaenzel@sbcglobal.net; Tobin Hill, Dept. BL9, POB 714, Pleasanton, TX 78064 210-414-9982 toby@ricksinsurance.com; Bobby House, https://www.facebook.com/bobby.house.96; Enrique Pena, Dept. BL9, 10504 New River Drive, LAREDO, TX 78045 956-771-7749 ep3757@yahoo.com; Tom Ploppert, Dept. BL9, 1407 2nd Ave SW, CULLMAN, AL 35055 256-962-4251 tomploppert3@bellsouth.net; Rusty Preston, Dept. BL9, 33840 S. Garcia Street, Unit 100, PORT ISABEL, TX 78578 956 371-6082 meerspeck@sbcglobal.net; Kendal Schorsch 830-570-9805 schorschknives@gmailcom , http://www.schorschknives.com/; Luke Swenson, Dept. BL9,…

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HUGH BARTRUG BEST OF SHOW AND BEST FIXED BLADE HARVEY DEAN MODEL NAME: Dogbone Dagger DESIGNER: Harvey Dean KNIFE TYPE: Fixed blade BLADE LENGTH: 10.25” BLADE MATERIAL: Feather-pattern damascus forged from 1075 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels BLADE GRIND: Flat BLADE FINISH: Satin HANDLE MATERIAL: Ancient walrus ivory SPECIAL FEATURES: Rear bolsters, which are not usually seen on this type of knife; 24k-gold inlay by maker; ssole authorship OVERALL LLENGTH: 15.25 ” SHEATH: Leather w/metal throat-and-tip scabbard MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $17,500 YVON VACHON BEST MINIATURE KNIFE ISAO OHBUCHI MODEL NAME: Sportsman’s knife KNIFE TYPE: Miniature multi-blade folder BLADE LENGTHS: .8” BLADE STEEL: 440C stainless BLADE GRIND: Flat BLADE FINISH: Hairline FOLDING MECHANISMS: Slip joint and friction HANDLE MATERIAL: Mother-of-pearl KNIFE TO KNOW: Inspired…

A.G. Russell Knives, Inc. www.agrussell.comag@agrussell.com Adams International Knifeworks - AIK www.adamsknifeworks.comCustomized Automatic Knife Specialist Admiral Steel www.admiralsteel.comterry@admiralsteel.com Widest Range of Stock for Blade Needs Alaska - Northern Knives www.northernknives.comA Real Store & Working Knife Shop! Andre de Villiers - Facebook email - adv44sales@gmail.com www.advtactical.co.zaButcher SOB folders. Arizona Custom Knives Largest selection in the world of new and consigned knives on the internet. Let us help you find the perfect knife. www.arizonacustomknives.comsharptalk@arizonacustomknives.com Arkansas Made Dozier, Inc. www.dozierknives.cominfo@dozierknives.com Artknives.com www.artknives.comfred@fredeisenleather.com BladeGallery.com www.bladegallery.com www.bladeconnection.com www.epicedge.com BladeJunkee www.bladejunkee.combladejunkee73@gmail.com BladeOps, LLC www.bladeops.comtrevor@bladeops.com Bocki Custom Knives www.bockiknives.comeshword@aol.com Buckeye Engraving www.BuckeyeEngraving.comStamps@BuckeyeEngraving.com Manufacturer of Custom Hand Stamps, Dies and Brands CRKT www.crkt.cominfo@crkt.com Culpepper & Co., Inc. www.knifehandles.com www.oldschoolknifeworks.com www.stingrayproducts.cominfo@culpepperco.com Custom Knife Gallery of Colorado www.customknifegallery.combob_glassman@yahoo.com Cutlery Specialties www.restorationproduct.comdennis13@aol.com Renaissance Micro-Crystalline Wax/Polish, Dennis Blaine D. Hoskin's Hand-Made Combat Knives www.dhoskinsknives.comdhbladeisland@twc.com Bob Dozier Knives www.dozierknives.cominfo@dozierknives.com Emerson Knives www.emersonknives.cominfo@emersonknives.com Faneema Cutlery…

Few people in any field achieve the status BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member Buster Warenski reached at the height of his custom knifemaking career. The reasons are simple. Yes, he was gifted beyond belief. However, in addition, he was inventive. Then, perhaps most of all, he was relentless. For most of the custom knife world, when the name King Tut is uttered, people conjure up images of the breathtaking dagger that Warenski labored for seven years to produce. It is not the boy pharaoh of Egypt whose mummified body lay undisturbed in its tomb for 33 centuries before its discovery in 1922. It’s quite an achievement when, among his peers, a knifemaker supplants a legendary historical event with something of his own creation. Warenski’s road to, for lack of a…

Based loosely on a Scandinavian leuku, Matt Paul’s fixed blade combines features of both bushcraft and chef ’s knives. The leuku part comes in the 7-inch blade of a feather-pattern damascus of 1095 carbon and 15N20 nickel alloy steels forged by the maker and Greg Cimms. The leuku-style blade features a Scandinavian grind and the belly toward the front for bushcraft chores. The chef ’s knife influence is reflected in the handsomely carved and contoured handle of stabilized box elder burl with black G-10 and sterling silver spacers. Paul sculpted the handle using needle files, incorporating flats on top and bottom. Matching grooves on the butt and bolster taper into the handle’s horizontal mid-line, and a groove extends completely around the spacer. For more information contact Matt Paul, order@mpknives.com, mpknives.com.…

An inch long closed, the spectacular 40-blade miniature cover knife by Japan’s Isao Ohbuchi won the Yvon Vachon Best Miniature Knife Award in the custom knife judging competition of BLADE Show 2019. Along with all the other knives in the competition (page 24) except Gabe Mabry’s winner of the Best Kitchen Knife Award judged by Ethan Becker, a select panel of three custom knife authorities judged Ohbuchi’s award winner. Including Becker, all three judges were chosen by the BLADE® staff. Ohbuchi calls his tiny folder a “sportsman’s knife” and stated it is inspired by the legendary Joseph Rodgers & Sons of Sheffi eld, England, which made fantastic folders and fixed blades in the 19th century. The maker also listed the multi-blade mini as a “horseman’s knife.” The blade lengths are…

Nicole Warden won an unprecedented fourth straight title in the women’s division and Donavon Phillips won his first-ever men’s division crown in the 17th Annual BLADE Show World Championship Cutting Competition. Conducted by BladeSports International, the competition was moved inside due to inclement weather in the Galleria Specialty Shops area of the Cobb Galleria Centre. It was the first time the event was held indoors. Robin Berry and Jonni Jo Carothers placed second and third behind Warden in the women’s division, respectively, and the respective second- and third-place finishers in the men’s division were Dan Keffeler and Ben Propst. Other placers in the women’s division in order were Chandee Smith and Shanna Kemp, and the balance of the finishers in the men’s division in order were James Clifton, David Moore,…

RADIUS from FOX KNIVES DESIGNER: Denis Simonutti KNIFE TYPE: Folder BLADE LENGTH: 2.95” BLADE STEEL: M390 stainless ROCKWELL H HARDNESS: 59-60 H HRC BLADE FINISH: PVD coating HANDLE MATERIAL: Copper ccarbon ffiber BACK SPACER: Titanium w/black PVD coating LOCK: Patented Finger Safe OOpening System KNIFE TO KNOW: TThe Finger Safe OOpening System permits you to open and close the knife without touching the blade thanks to the button positioned between the blade and the handle (Patent No. 102019000007731); button is anodized titanium WEIGHT: 4.05 ozs. CLOSED LENGTH: 4.33” MSRP: $420 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy AVAILABLE: END of NOVEMBER SOCOM ELITE AUTO from MICROTECH BLADE LENGTH: 3.98” BLADE STEEL: Carpenter CTS 204P stainless BLADE GRIND: Flat BLADE FINISH: Two-tone Type II anodized HANDLE MATERIAL: 6061 T6 aluminum w/…

SPEC CHART KNIFE: Damascus Hunter Tribe COMPANY: Sarge Knives BLADE LENGTH: 3.75” BLADE STEEL: Stainless damascus HANDLE: Rosewood POMMEL: Brass w/ lanyard hole and beaded lanyard FITTINGS: Stainless steel, including a single guard WEIGHT: 7 ozs. OVERALL LENGTH: 8” SHEATH: Basketweave leather pouch w/belt loop and snap closure MSRP: $129.95 SPEC CHART Knife: Damascus Hunter Suna Company: Olamic Cutlery Blade length: 5” Blade steel: Carbon damascus Handle: Maroon Micarta® Fittings: Damascus Weight: 7.5 ozs. Overall length: 10” Sheath: Leather pouch w/ dangler belt loop MSRP: $645  Both the Damascus Hunter Tribe by Sarge Knives and the Damascus Hunter Suna by Olamic Cutlery are gorgeous. As a result, I was not looking forward to putting wood smears on the blades. However, it had to be done! Besides, knives can be beautiful…

SPEC CHART KNIFE NAME: Coffin-Handle Folding Dagger BLADE LENGTH: 3.25” BLADE STEEL: Damascus forged by Mareko Maumasi HANDLE: Hot-blued steel w/gold-lip mother-of-pearl inlay LINERS: 15N20 nickel alloy steel KNIFE TO KNOW: Blue-twisted backspacer, twisted 14k-gold wire wrap, 14k-gold Dellana Dots on the blade CLOSED LENGTH: 4” MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,300 MAKER: Mark Bartlett, c/o Bartlett Custom Knives, Dept. BL9, 102 Finn Cir., Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 931-477-5444 Bartlettcustomknives@gmail.com, Facebook/Instagram: @bartlett_custom_ knives/Mark Bartlett KNIFE TYPE: Fixed blade BLADE LENGTH: 7.25” BLADE MATERIAL: 190-layer raindrop damascus pattern forged of 1095 carbon and 15N20 nickel alloy steels HANDLE: An orange, black and navy Alumilite material cast by Kurtis Baylor and secured w/carbon fiber pins and a copper lanyard hole OVERALL LENGTH: 12.25” KNIFE TO KNOW: The maker is hearing impaired…

AUGUST AUG. 16-17 BOISE, ID The 6th Annual Idaho Traditional and Tactical Knife Show, Wyndham Garden. Contact Idaho Knife Association, Dept. BL9, POB 561, Meridian, ID 83680 Ikaknifeshow@gmail.com, idahoknifeshow.idahoknife.com.* AUG. 16-17 LEXINGTON, KY Central Kentucky Knife Show, Clarion Hotel Convention Center. Contact Kathy Litton 502-863-1840 litton711@aol.com.* AUG. 23-25 INDIANAPOLIS, IN Indy 1500 Gun & Knife Show, Indiana State Fairgrounds. Contact World Class Gun Shows, PO Box 14194, Oklahoma City, OK 73113 405-340-1333 indy1500.com. AUG. 23-25 TROY, OH Mid America Hammer-In, Miami County Fairgrounds. Contact Butch Sheely 419-308-3471 sheelyblades@gmail.com and/or Cindy Sheely 419-832-0400 cindy@americanbladesmith.com.** AUG. 29-31 LAS VEGAS The 11th Annual Gathering of the Usual Suspect Network, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Contact The USN Gathering, Inc., Dept. BL9, 14216 SW 136th St., Miami, FL 33186 thegathering@usngathering.com 305-255-9176 ext.215 usngathering.com.* SEPTEMBER…