Blade (magazine)

Consumer magazine about knife collecting

BladeEditor| Steve Shackleford

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Categories| knives, knife collecting
Frequency| Monthly
Circulation| 40,000
Publisher| Gun Digest Media LLC
Founded| 1973
Country| USA
Based in| Appleton, Wisconsin
Language| English
Website| https://blademag.com/
ISSN| 0744-6179

Blade is a consumer magazine about knife collecting. The magazine is based in Appleton, Wisconsin.[1]

## History and profile

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First published in 1973 under the title American Blade by Southern House Publishing Co. with Blackie Collins as the editor. The headquarters was in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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,[2] which increased its frequency to monthly. F+W Publications Inc. purchased Krause Publications and Blade in 2002[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

## Cutlery Hall of Fame

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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.[7]

* 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[8]
* Chris Reeve \- Knifemaker[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Contact Us". Blade. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
2. ^ "Krause cuts a trail to blade enthusiast", Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, 1994, archived from the original on October 21, 2012
3. ^ Baker, Don (2002). "F&W Inc. to Acquire Publisher Krause". The Cincinnati Post. Cincinnati, OH. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
4. ^ Kertzman, Joe (2003). Knives 2003, 23rd Edition. Appleton, WI: Krause Publications. pp. 47–48\. ISBN 978-0-87349-448-9.
5. ^ Ewald, Chase (2003). "Getting an Edge". American Cowboy. 10 (4). Active Interest Media, Inc.: 86.
6. ^ Searson, Mike (April 1, 2011). "The Best Knives of G2". Blade. 37 (5). FW Media Inc.: 80–84.
7. ^ "Mr. SpeedSafe Joins the Club". Blade Magazine. July 22, 2008. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
8. ^ Shackleford, Steve (June 3, 2013). "BLADE Show Names Top Knives". Blademag.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
9. ^ Sobieck, Ben (June 6, 2015). "2015 Knife of the Year Awards Recognize Best in Blades". Blade.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Official site

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F+W (dissolved)

In June 2019 the assets of F+W were sold at bankruptcy auctions.

Magazines|

* Acrylic Artist
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* Antique Trader
* The Artist's Magazine
* Bank Note Reporter
* Beadwork
* Blade
* Burda Style USA (50%)
* Cloth Paper Scissors
* Coins
* Coins Prices
* The Collector's Guide
* Comics Buyer's Guide
* Creating Keepsakes
* Creative Machine Embroidery
* Deer & Deer Hunting
* Digital Scrapbooking
* Family Tree
* Frame Building News
* Goldmine
* Gun Digest
* Handwoven
* Horticulture
* HOW
* Interweave Crochet
* Interweave Knits
* Kintscene
* Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
* Love of Quilting
* McCall's Quilting
* Memory Makers
* Metal Roofing
* Military Trader
* Military Vehicles
* Numismatic News
* Old Cars Price Guide
* Old Cars Weekly
* Paper Crafts
* The Pastel Journal
* Piecework
* Popular Woodworking
* Print
* Quick Quilts
* Quilter's Home
* Quilter's Newsletter
* Quilting Arts
* QuiltMaker
* Rural Builder
* Script Magazine
* Sew Beautiful
* Sew News
* Simple Scrapbooks
* Sky & Telescope
* Southwest Art
* Spin Off
* Sports Collectors Digest
* Step by Step Wire Jewelry
* Stringing
* Tactical Gear
* Trapper & Predator Caller
* Tuff Stuff
* Turkey & Turkey Hunting
* Watercolor Artist
* Woodwork
* Woodworking
* World Coin News
* World Tea News
* Writer's Digest

Publishing|

* Abbott
* Adams Media
* David & Charles
* Family Tree
* Gun Digest
* HOW
* Impact
* Interweave
* Krause
* Memory Makers
* North Light
* Popular Woodworking
* Tyrus
* Writer's Digest

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Knives and daggers

* List of daggers
* List of blade materials

Kitchen and
table knives|

* Boning
* Boti
* Bread knife
* Butcher knife
* Butter knife
* Caidao
* Cheese knife
* Chef's knife
* Cleaver
* Electric knife
* Fillet knife
* Grapefruit knife
* Lame
* Mezzaluna
* Parmesan knife
* Pizza cutter
* Splayd
* Steak knife
* Tomato knife
* Japanese kitchen knives
* Deba bōchō
* Maguro bōchō
* Nakiri bōchō
* Santoku
* Sashimi bōchō
* Udon kiri
* Unagisaki hōchō
* Usuba bōchō
* Yanagi ba

Other knives|

* Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
* Athame
* Balisong/Butterfly
* Ballistic
* Ballpoint pen knife
* Bayonet
* Boline
* Bolo
* Boot knife
* Bowie
* Cane knife
* Ceramic knife
* Clip point
* Coin slasher
* Combat knife
* Commander
* Corvo
* CQC-6
* Deba bōchō
* Diving knife
* Drop point
* Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
* Gerber Mark II
* Ginsu
* Golok
* Gravity knife
* Guna
* Hacking knife
* Higonokami
* Hunting knife
* Husa knife
* Ivan's Knife
* Jacob's ladder
* Karambit
* Kard
* Kirpan
* Kitchen knife
* Kukri
* Laguiole knife
* Machete
* Mandau
* Marking knife
* Military knife wz. 98
* Misericorde
* Mora knife
* Multi-tool
* Navaja
* Neck knife
* Nontron knife
* Opinel knife
* OSS Escape Utility Knife
* Palette knife
* Pantographic knife
* Parang
* Penknife
* Penny knife
* Pesh-kabz
* Pirah
* Pocketknife
* Phurba
* Putty knife
* Puukko
* Rampuri
* Resolza
* Sabatier
* Sami knife
* SARK
* Scalpel
* Seax
* Sgian dubh
* Sharpfinger
* Sheath knife
* Shiv
* Sliding knife
* Smatchet
* SOG Knife
* Straight razor
* Strider SMF
* Survival knife
* Swiss Army knife
* Switchblade
* Taping knife
* Throwing knife
* Trench knife
* Tumi
* Ulu
* Utility knife
* Verlängerungsmesser
* Warrior knife
* Wedung
* X-Acto
* Yarara Parachute Knife
* Yatagan

Daggers|

* Anelace
* Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
* Arkansas toothpick
* BC-41
* Bagh nakh
* Balarao
* Baselard
* Bichuwa
* Bollock dagger
* Cinquedea
* Dha
* Dirk
* Ear dagger
* Emeici
* Facón
* French Nail
* Gunong
* Hunting dagger
* Jambiya
* Jile
* Kabutowari
* Kaiken
* Kalis
* Katar
* Khanjali
* Khanjar
* Kris
* Kunai
* Liaoning dagger
* Mark I trench knife
* Microtech Jagdkommando
* Parrying dagger
* Poignard
* Pugio
* Push dagger
* RAF Aircrew Knife
* Rondel dagger
* Seme
* Shobo
* Sica
* Stiletto
* Tantō
* U.S. Marine Raider stiletto
* V-42
* Yoroi-dōshi

Manufacturers|

* Aitor Knife Company
* Al Mar Knives
* American Tomahawk Company
* Aritsugu
* Benchmade
* Böker
* Buck Knives
* Camillus Cutlery Company
* Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
* Chris Reeve Knives
* Chroma Cnife
* Clauss Cutlery Company
* Cobray Company
* Cold Steel
* Columbia River Knife & Tool
* Cuisinart
* Cutco
* Dalian Hanwei Metal
* Dexter-Russell
* Ek Commando Knife Co.
* EKA
* Emerson Knives
* F. Dick
* Fällkniven
* FAMAE
* Fiskars
* Gerber Legendary Blades
* Füritechnics
* Glock Ges.m.b.H.
* Imperial Schrade
* Ivan's
* Ka-Bar
* Kershaw Knives
* Korin Japanese Trading Company
* Kyocera
* Leatherman
* Mad Dog Knives
* Marble Arms
* Medford Knife and Tool
* Microtech Knives
* Morseth
* Muela
* Murphy Knives
* OLFA
* Ontario Knife Company
* Opinel
* Randall Made Knives
* Ranz Cuchillos
* Rösle
* Sabatier
* Shun Cutlery
* Slice, Inc.
* SOG Specialty Knives
* Spyderco
* STI Knives
* Strider Knives
* Thiers Issard
* TOPS Knives
* Tramontina
* Victorinox
* W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
* Carl Walther GmbH
* Wenger
* Western Knife Company
* Wilkinson Sword
* Wüsthof
* Yoshida Metal Industry
* Global
* Zero Tolerance Knives
* Zwilling J. A. Henckels

Knifemakers|

* Rex Applegate
* James Black
* Tom Brown Jr.
* Blackie Collins
* John Nelson Cooper
* Jack W. Crain
* Ernest Emerson
* Jerry Fisk
* Bill Harsey Jr.
* Phill Hartsfield
* Gil Hibben
* Jimmy Lile
* Bob Loveless
* William F. Moran
* Ken Onion
* Ralph Osterhout
* Bo Randall
* Chris Reeve
* A. G. Russell
* Jody Samson
* William Scagel
* Mike Snody
* Robert Terzuola
* Michael Walker
* Buster Warenski
* Daniel Winkler

Associations|

* American Bladesmith Society
* Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association
* Knifemakers' Guild

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