Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2018 i Blade

Kwajalein Bladesmith of the Year The Kwajalein Junior/Senior High School annual awards assembly went well, as always. I might be biased but I truly feel that our “Bladesmith Of The Year” got the biggest applause. The winner for the second year in a row, Meghan Day, truly has the talent to someday earn her ABS master smith rating, and her parents are 100 percent supportive. Unfortunately, for the upcoming 2018-2019-school term Meghan could not work industrial technology into her senior year schedule, so she talked me into adding an unofficial after-school class period so that she and her twin brother can craft more knives. Of course, I agreed with pleasure. Dr. Doug Hepler, Chief Petty Officer, USN (retired), teacher, Kwajalein Junior-Senior High School, Kwajalein Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands…

At first glance, the San Francisco knife on Dennis Friedly’s table at the 2018 BLADE Show might have looked plain compared to his other ornate art knives. The Wyoming knifemaker with an art background and 45 years of experience making knives has crafted some showstoppers in his career. On one bowie he displayed at the show, gold inlay blossomed on the blade spine. Forty-four sapphires and 12 diamonds studded the guard. And then there’s the cover knife for the May 2018 BLADE®, the fantastic piece known as “The Seas.” But the San Francisco knife lying at the back of the table has no etching on the smooth lines of the CPM 154 steel. Damascus steel made by Robert Eggerling accents the guard. The balance point rests between the first and…

The kukri—aka khukuri, cookri or kookeri—is most famous as the combat knife of the Nepalese Gurkhas, yet is also a working knife of the native people of Nepal. Variations of the design are associated with what would classify as different models. As far as I know, the only models consistently made with a full tang and scales attached are the military versions. Outside of handle and size variations, the kukri has a couple of distinct features. First, it is a true weight-forward design. Weight forward often confuses people. Just because a knife has a long and/or heavy blade does not mean it is a weight-forward design. There is a difference between a blade-heavy knife and a weight-forward blade. Weight forward means the weight of the blade is increased from the…

When seconds count, rescue knives can shatter car windows and slice through seatbelts or clothing to help extricate a vehicular accident victim. Those few seconds literally can mean the difference between life and death. Consequently, it’s important that rescue knives be well made as well as readily available to first responders. Today’s knife market abounds with rescue knives, much more so than a few years ago. Just about every major cutlery manufacturer offers at least one rescue-knife iteration. Many rescue knives are based on the tactical folder school of design. Why? For starters, the blades offer easy and rapid one-hand opening, which is important when you need to hold onto something and have only one hand to withdraw the knife, open the blade and make the cut. Next, most tactical…

OUTDOOR EDGE EDGE-X PRO DIMENSIONS: 4 x 1.5 x .75 MAIN BODY MATERIAL: Injection-molded plastic FUNCTIONS: Sharpens plain edges, serrations, fishhooks GRIT TYPES: Tungsten carbide, ceramic and diamond CARRY: Pocket, pack or kit WEIGHT: 2 ozs. COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China ACCUSHARP 4-IN-1 KNIFE SHARPENER DIMENSIONS: 4 x 1.5 x .75” MAIN BODY MATERIAL: Injection-molded plastic FUNCTIONS: Sharpens plain edges, serrations and fishhooks GRIT TYPES: Coarse tungsten carbide V-blades, fine ceramic V-rods, retractable diamond-tapered rod with fishhook groove, retractable diamond file CARRY: Pocket, pack or kit WEIGHT: 4 ozs. COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: United States LANSKY BLADEMEDIC DIMENSIONS: 4 x 1.25 x .4 MAIN BODY MATERIAL: Cast aluminum FUNCTIONS: Sharpens plain edges, serrations GRIT TYPES: Coarse 600-grit tungsten carbide V-blades, 1,000-grit fine ceramic V-rods, retractable diamond-tapered rod, fine ceramic serration sharpener CARRY:…

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The USS Nevada (SSBN-733) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1986. Its homeport is Bangor, Washington, and its motto is Silent Sentry. The nuclear-powered craft is 560 feet long, has a speed greater than 25 knots (29 mph) and a test depth greater than 800 feet. It boasts a complement of 15 officers and 140 enlisted men, and its armament consists of 24 Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles, MK-48 torpedoes and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.…

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At press time, Percy Richardson was working on a knife for President George H.W. Bush made of the steel and decking from the USS San Jacinto, a light aircraft carrier. Bush served on the San Jacinto during World War II. It was the San Jacinto from which Bush took off in his torpedo bomber only to be hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a bombing run. Though his aircraft’s engine caught fire, Bush was able to head back toward the San Jacinto before bailing out over the Pacific Ocean, where he was rescued by a U.S. submarine. Richardson indicated the knife will be displayed in the Bush Library in College Station, Texas.…

This writer thanks two parties instrumental in producing this article. First is Sgt. Gary Goodrich of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (http://www.forsyth.cc/sheriff)based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for modeling the knives for the group shot and the action shot of the Spyderco Clipitool Rescue. Second is the Lewisville Motor Co.(http://www.lewisvillemotorcompany.com)in Winston-Salem for allowing the use of several junked cars destined for recycling to test the knives’ glass breakers.…

BEASTS OF THE EAST P. 36 CRKT, attn: M. May, Dept. BL10, 18348 SW 126th Place, Tualatin, OR 97062 503.685.5015 www.crkt.com; Citadel, c/o CAS Iberia, attn: B. Pogue, Dept. BL10, 650 Industrial Blvd., Sale Creek, TN 37373 423.332.4700 www.casiberia.com; Condor Tool & Knife, attn: R. Jones, Dept. BL10, 7557 West Sand Lake Rd. #106, Orlando, FL 32819 407-905-0413 fax 407-905-0414 rtj@att.net SIMPLY SHATTERED P. 46 Boker Magnum, c/o Boker USA, attn: N. Nevins, Dept. BL10, 1550 Balsam St., Lakewood, CO 80215 303.462.0662 fax 303.462.0668 www.bokerusa.com; Hogue Knives, attn: Bill Crook, Dept. BL10, POB 1138, Paso Robles, CA 93447-1138 805-239-1440 800-438-4747 hoguestore.com and hogueinc.com; Puma SGB, attn: T. Guthrie, Dept. BL10, 13934 West 108th St., Lenexa, KS 66215 913.888.5524 www.pumaknifecompanyusa.com; Spyderco, attn: J. Laituri, Dept. BL10, 820 Spyderco Way, Golden, CO…

SPEC CHART KNIFE NAME: Scrapper KNIFE PATTERN: Fighter BLADE LENGTH: 5.75” BLADE STEEL: CPM 3V carbon HANDLE MATERIAL: Carbon fiber FITTINGS: Carbon fiber pins and tube OVERALL LENGTH: 10.75” MAKER’S LIST PRICE for a SIMILAR PIECE: $550 (includes a leather-patterned Kydex sheath) MAKER: Big Chris Custom Knives, Dept. BL10, 3803 Stony Brook Dr., Louisville, KY 40299 502-262- 9837 BigChrisCustomKnives@gmail.com  , Facebook: bigchriscustomknives (Chuck Ward image) KNIFE NAME: Damascus FR KNIFE TYPE: Flipper folder BLADE LENGTH: 2.5” BLADE STEEL: Thomas damascus HANDLE MATERIAL: Titanium anodized blue FITTINGS: 6ACTV titanium LOCK: Framelock APPROXIMATE CLOSED LENGTH: 3 7/8” MAKER’S LIST PRICE for a SIMILAR PIECE: $750 MAKER: Brad Zinker, Dept. BL10, 1519 Nov. 17 505, Homestead, FL 33033 305-215-0404 bzinker@gmail.com  (Chuck Ward image) KNIFE NAME: Dark Side Hunter BLADE…

Capt. Ryan J. Heilman is commanding officer of the Blue Crew and captain of the USS Nevada (SSBN-73). He enlisted in the Navy as a machinist mate, nuclear option, and was selected for the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program in 1991. He was commissioned from Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, in 1994. He was assigned to the PCU Wyoming (SSBN 742) in 1996, where he served as Navigation Division Officer and in several other positions. In 2002 he reported as Navigator/Operations Officer to the USS Nevada. He reported to Trident Training Facility, Bangor, Washington, in 2005 as the Engineering Training Department Director. In March 2008 he became Executive Officer of the USS Nebraska (SSBN 739). In 2011, after graduating from the U.S. Naval War College with a Master of Arts…

The special 35th anniversary Rambo edition we did for the January issue was one of our best-sellers in a while, but David Morrell’s John Rambo was fictitious. Harry Archer, on the other hand, was real. A close friend of BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© member Bob Loveless, Harry was a CIA operative who saw a lot of action during the Vietnam War, among other places. Loveless made a number of knives that were used in Vietnam, including several Big Bear models he was commissioned by Archer to make for high-ranking officers—including at least one for Harry. A leading purveyor of Loveless knives, John Denton of Bad Bob’s Knives (BobLovelessKnives.com) has Archer’s Big Bear. “The knife was actually used in several tough spots. Bob said Harry did a lot of ‘dirty work’…

According to BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© member James L. Batson, “the silver-mounted, guard-less, coffin-handle bowie knife made by James Black has the distinction of being the only knife design pictured in the Black/Buzzard Daguerreotype and to be painted in Tahchee’s sash.” Charles Bird King painted the portrait of Cherokee Chief Tahchee in Washington, Arkansas Territory, in February and March of 1837. Batson indicated Tahchee acquired the Black knife when the chief lived below the Red River. According to Access Genealogy, Tahchee was born circa 1790 and died circa 1848. In “Tahchee: A Cherokee Chief” by Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame member William R. Williamson in the December 1981 American Blade*—today’s BLADE®— Williamson writes that Tahchee and Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame member James Bowie may have been acquaintances. “The Cherokees were among the most notable of…

Note: Events with an asterisk (*) have knives and knife accessories as the main/sole focus. Events with two asterisks (**) are knifemaking seminars or symposiums, cutting competitions, auctions or other knife-related events. AUGUST AUG. 30-SEPT. 1 LAS VEGAS The 10th Annual Gathering of the Usual Suspect Network, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino2018 Tar. Contact thegathering@usualsuspect.net 305-255-9176 ext. 215 usngathering.com.* SEPTEMBER SEPT. 14-15 COLUMBUS, KS Central States Hammer-In & Knife Show, Glen-view Forge. Contact Phil Evans, Dept. BL10, 594 SE 40th St., Columbus, KS 66725 620-249-0639.* ** SEPT. 22 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI Wolverine Knife Collectors Show, 1860s Octagon House. Call Pat Donovan 586-786-5549 or Frank Meek 586-219-2487.* SEPT. 28-30 KANSAS CITY, MO The International Custom Cutlery Exposition, downtown Marriott. Contact Harvey Dean harveydeanknives@gmail.com 512-446-3111 or visit icceshow.com/.* SEPT. 28-29 BELOIT, WI…

Jerry Hossom had that twinkle in his eye again. This time it was by his table at BLADE Show 2018 in Atlanta, where he was all fired up about the latest set he had made for Capt. Ryan Heilman, USN, of the USS Nevada (SSBN-733). Sporting Navy blue Micarta handles, the set consists of this issue’s cover piece, Jerry’s USN Mark I Boarding Hawk-Submariner Model, a Retribution fighter and one of his small Dog Tag knives. However, as with many edged sets, it was a project that wound up a bit larger than when it first started. “Ryan’s wife Karen wanted something for him and I made the Boarding Hawk. I dyed the handle blue and I wanted it to look like the sleeve of a captain’s uniform. Captain Heilman…