Innehållsförteckning för February 2019 från Blade

Of Axes & Chef’s Knives I enjoyed “Chef ’s Knives Are Cooking!” (December BLADE®, page 12) and had the pleasure of meeting Don Nguyen at the Oregon Knife Collector’s Show in Eugene, Oregon. He is a very talented and nice young man. I would have liked to see some more about Harbeer Chahal than just a photo and a caption (page 20, same issue) but realize space is sometimes limited in articles. The dolabra in the photo (page 37 of the same issue) in part two of “Power of the Axe” by Ernest Emerson is unlike any I have seen before. The dolabra I am familiar with was a Roman legionary’s entrenching tool, with an axe head on one end and a pick head on the other, as seen in…

When it comes to iconic imagery, there are few if any images that instantly stir emotions like that of the human skull. Skulls have been incorporated into cultural symbolism since around 10,000 B.C., give or take a few thousand years. (I’ll leave it to the bioarchaeologists to argue the specifics.) For this exercise we travel rapidly through time, since skulls have been part of humanity’s most mysterious of décors seemingly forever. They denote themes of immortality, power, danger and even excitement, and are harnessed as the go-to allusion for an unimaginably wide swath of cultures, including the Aztecs, pirates, rock bands, bikers and even Shakespeare. (“Alas, poor Yorick!”) Nowadays, there’s even a skull emoticon: ! So, it should come as exactly zero surprise that skull imagery has found a loving…

Editor’s note: In “All Aboard the Nitro Express” in the BLADE 2019 Complete Knife Guide , we explored Nitro-V, one of the hottest nitrogen stainless steels. This time we delve more into nitrogen’s role in the steel, steels that use it and what the future holds for the use of nitrogen in other steels as well. Though the presence of nitrogen in the formula for a great blade material is nothing new, it seems more and more steel-producing companies, cutlery factories and custom makers are looking to the element to enhance knife performance. While nitrogen steels have been around in varying formulas for decades, recent variations are coming into their own for a variety of reasons, and knife enthusiasts are embracing them across the spectrum—those who appreciate…

SPEC CHART KNIFE MODEL NUMBER: 0609 COMPANY: Zero Tolerance DESIGNERS: RJ and Matt Martin BLADE LENGTH: 3.4” BLADE STEEL: CPM 20CV stainless BLADE THICKNESS: .121” BLADE FINISH: Stonewashed and machine satin HANDLE: Anodized titanium LOCK: Titanium framelock w/hardened steel lockbar insert POCKET CLIP: Titanium, left/right reversible OPENING SETUP: Flipper and KVT ball-bearing system SPECIAL FEATURES: Oversized See-Through Pivot (STP) CLOSED LENGTH: 4.25” MSRP: $275 COMPANY: Zero Tolerance, c/o Kershaw, attn: I. Forrest, Dept. BL2, 18600 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062 800-325-2891 www.kershawknives.com NAME: James Bowie and the Sandbar Fight Books I & II AUTHOR: James. L. Batson Jr. STYLE: 6” x 9”, paperback PAGES: 220 copiously illustrated w/ color and black and white images, line drawings, maps and more SYNOPSIS: BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member James L. Batson…

Neck knives have much to recommend them. While it’s true that folders are convenient to carry, neckers are equally so and they possess at least two virtues that folders lack: •Neck knives do not fold*. Today there are folders with the strongest lock mechanisms ever designed, but no folder can match the strength of a simple slab of steel. Any good fixed blade, including a tiny one with the proper heat treatment, can, in an emergency, pry, rip and tear through materials that might cause any number of folders to, well, fold. •Neckers deploy faster. While there are many folders that open quickly with one hand, none can be brought to bear as quickly as a fixed blade, which, as a feature of its design, is always open. My team…

ADragonslayer OTF (Out-the-Front) automatic by Marfione Custom Knives with copious skull engraving by Jody Muller is this issue’s cover knife. Capitalizing on the continuing craze of human skull embellishment and other like decorations on knives, Muller covered all four sides of the Dragonslayer’s handle with skulls, including curving the horns in multiple directions on at least one skull, and incorporating 24k-gold inlay and flames throughout. Hank Greenberg commissioned the one-of-a-kind piece. The 4.375-inch hollow-ground blade is dragonskin-pattern damascus that deploys via a push button. The .12-inch blade has a plain edge. Handle thickness: .59 inch. Weight: 8.95 ounces. Approximate closed length: 5.875 inches. For more information contact Marfione Custom Knives, c/o Microtech Knives, attn.: T. Marfione, Dept. BL2, 15A National Ave., Fletcher, NC 28732 828-684-4355 microtechknives.com, and/ or Jody Muller,…

“For the last five years or so I’ve consistently carried a SOG Aegis. The one-handed operation always comes in handy and the assisted opening has a satisfying sound that always makes me smile—as if using it wasn’t fun enough already.” Jason Hartley, Aiken, South Carolina “I carry a Bear Swipe from Bear Ops. I like to think of it as a gent’s tactical that I can carry most anywhere or on any occasion.” Hanford Jones, a letter via e-mail “My Gerber Razorfish is with me most of the time. I like the straight-edge blade and the slick flipper action. It’s right in my price range, too.” Cynthia Burdette, a letter via e-mail To read about the latest knives, knife news and more, visit blademag.com…

KNIVES WITH MAD SKULLS P. 12 Greg Cimms, Dept. BL2, Kayne Custom Knife Works, 2297 Rt. 44, Ste. B, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569, Phone: 845-475-7220, cimms1@aol.com; Don Hanson III, Dept. BL2, Sunfish Forge, PO Box 13, Success, MO 65570-0013, Phone: 573-674-3045, Web: www.sunfishforge.com; Web: www.donhansonknives.com; Alex Jacques, Dept. BL2, 332 Williams St., Warwick, RI 02906, Phone: 617-771-4441, customrazors@gmail.com Web: www.customrazors.com; Marfione Custom Knives, c/o Microtech Knives, attn.: T. Marfione, Dept. BL2, 15A National Ave., Fletcher, NC 28732 828-684-4355 microtechknives.com; Tad Lynch, Dept. BL2, 140 Timberline Dr., Beebe, AR 72012, Phone: 501-626-1647, lynchknives@yahoo.com Web: lynchknives. com; Jody Muller, Dept. BL2, 3359 S. 225th Rd., Goodson, MO 65663, Phone: 417-752-3260, mullerforge2@hotmail.com ; Web: www.mullerforge.com; Olamic Cutlery, attn.: Eugene Soleminick, Dept. BL2, 1954 Old Middlefield Way, Unit F, Mountain View, CA 94043 408-480-3533…

Adaruma is a small charm/doll used in Japan as a way to track your progress in achieving a goal. Princeton Wong named his flipper folder Daruma as a way of proclaiming his progress in the world of knives, and he’s progressing quite well, too. The 36-year-old mechanical engineer with a degree in graphic design started making knives in April and made enough to exhibit two months later at BLADE Show 2018. He also exhibited at BLADE Show West. Those who have inspired him include knifemaker Jay Fisher and BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member Ken Onion. Wong’s knife centers on another favorite Japanese theme—that of a crane. “All the flowing lines are based on the crane’s wing geometry, and the texture in the blade kind of looks like a wing,” he…

There have been more than a few claimants to the title of a knife that belonged to BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member James Bowie, but none seem to have as solid a claim to the throne as the Edwin Forrest knife. In James Bowie and the Sandbar Fight Books I & II, Cutlery Hall-Of-Famer James L. Batson Jr., not only reinforces that claim but makes an unprecedented, detailed case for the Forrest knife being the one Bowie used in the infamous Sandbar Fight on Sept. 19, 1827. If true, that would make the Forrest knife the original bowie, the knife that launched the bowie craze that reigned for decades after the Sandbar Fight and after the Alamo where Bowie was killed, a craze that continues in no small part to…

JANUARY JAN. 25 LAS VEGAS Tactical Knife Invitational, Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel. Show not open to the public. Admission granted through advanced registration only. Call 417-866-6688 for reservations or visit fiftyfiftyproductions.net for more details.* JAN. 25-27 LAS VEGAS, NV The Las Vegas Invitational Knifemakers Show in conjunction with the Antique Arms Show, Las Vegas Westgate Resort and Casino. Call 951-970-9669 or visit antiquearmsshow.com . JAN. 26-27 ST LOUIS, MO Gateway Area Knife Show, Carpenters’ Hall. Contact Steve Markus 314-795-4262 smarkus@gakc.org, gakc.org.* JAN. 26-27 LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Custom Knife Show, Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Call 417-866-6688 or visit fiftyfiftyproductions.net.* JAN. 26-27 KINGMAN, AZ Pioneer Country Events Knife & Gun Show, Mohave Country Fairgrounds. Contact Lon 928-692-0937 Pioneer CountryEvents@gmail.com . FEBRUARY FEB. 1-3 LAKELAND, FL The 41st Annual Gator…

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KNIFE: Daruma MAKER: Princeton Wong BLADE LENGTHS: 3.5” BLADE STEEL: Damasteel AB BLADE GRIND: Hollow HANDLE MATERIALS: Black Timascus in black on one model and heated w/a torch to bring out the blues and pinks in the other; the bronzish/brown inserts and backspacers are a Damasteel damascus ACTION: Caged ceramic bearings w/ceramic detents and carbodized lock faces CLOSED LENGTHS: 5” MAKER’S LIST PRICES: $2,900 (the one w/the winged pocket clip) and $3,500 (pink and blue Timascus handle)…