Knife Business
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Larrin Thomas Records the History of Tool Steel in Latest Book
Larrin Thomas, the metallurgist behind MagnaCut, co-creator of ApexUltra, and founder of the indispensable Knife Steel Nerds website, released his second book earlier this week....
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Makers and Fans Saddle up for Blade Show Texas
Blade Show is here – Blade Show Texas, that is. Kicking off on St. Patrick’s Day, Blade Show Texas, like it’s bigger brother in Atlanta,...
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IWA 2023 Begins Today
Today marks the beginning of IWA OutdoorClassics 2023. IWA is a massive sports industry show and the biggest production knife event in Europe. Like SHOT...
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CRKT and Hogue Knives Partner up for Future Knife Projects
On the first day of SHOT Show last month, CRKT brought a big surprise: a pair of American-made folder, the Definitive and the LCBK. This...
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New PA Law Repeals Longstanding Switchblade Ban
After ten years of related work in the Keystone State, the Knife Rights-backed Pennsylvania Switchblade Ban Repeal has been signed into law by governor Tom...
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October ’22 Begins with Blade Show West
Blade Show West is kicking off in just under 48 hours. Located in Utah this year, Blade Show West brings together custom and production makers,...
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Hogue Knives Owner Dies in Plane Crash
[Image credit: racingjets.com Aaron Hogue, one of the owners of Hogue Knives, was killed Sunday in a crash during the Stihl National Championship Air Races...
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USN Gathering XIII Opens Today, Runs Over Labor Day Weekend
As hard as it may be to believe, September is here – time is, as always, moving too fast. But there’s some good news too:...
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PSA: Follow Lin Rhea’s New Instagram Account
More Instagram drama: custom maker Lin Rhea had his account hacked earlier this year and has been building his follower count back up since then....
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WE Knife Co. Founds New Fan Photo Page as Instagram Troubles Continue
Last month KnifeNews reported on the shutdown of WE Knife Co.’s Instagram page. At the time, WE moved operations over to the We Knife Fan...
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PSA: ESEE Knives Instagram Page is Still Down
Last week we did a short post about We Knife Co.’s current struggles with their Instagram page. ESEE Knives is another company dealing with a...
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SOG VP Signs up with Boker USA as General Manager
Another former SOG employee has joined up with a different knife company following SOG’s acquisition by GSM Outdoors. Chas Fisher, SOG’s Vice President of Sales,...
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Two SOG Vets Join up with AKTI
One of last year’s biggest stories didn’t land until the end of December, when GSM Outdoors, the company that purchased Cold Steel in 2020, announced...
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Interview: GSM Talks Cold Steel, Atlas Lock, and Tri-Ad Lock
GSM Outdoors is a company that has quickly risen to the top of knife community discourse. The outdoors company acquired two major knife companies, Cold...
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GSM Outdoors Acquires SOG Knives
GSM Outdoors has purchased SOG Knives, according to posts on GSM’s official social media channels. GSM Outdoors is the same company that acquired Cold Steel...
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Shop Talk: 7Forge Knives Goes from Science Project to Semi-Production
In the last five years, the knife making scene has absolutely exploded, with dozens upon dozens of new names, new talents, and new knives. One shop that gained a...
Grant Hawk Passes Away at 82
Hawk Knives delivered deeply sad news to the knife world yesterday: Grant Hawk, one of the most innovative, boundary-pushing knife makers of the 20th century, passed away earlier this...
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Vosteed Corgi Returns with New Wheeler Mechanism in Place
Vosteed Cutlery has released a surprise just ahead of Christmas and the end of 2024. The Corgi V sees the design team giving one of their existing models a...
Kombou’s Prydwen Takes its Name from a Famous Virtual Vessel
The Bestech Excentric debuted recently, a collaboration model between Toni Tietzel of TNT Knives and Grzegorz Grabarski, AKA Kombou. Well, Grabarski has been a busy man, and has another...
Two Custom World Heavyweights Collaborate on Wild Bestech Excentric
Bestech is poised to release a new collaboration that is, itself, a collaboration model. Meet the Excentric, which results from the partnership of Grzegorz Grabarski, AKA Kombou Designs, and...
New Poltergeist Works Spectrum Features Button Lock and Ultra-Rigid Handle
Jakub Wieczorkiewicz has one more design up his sleeve for 2024, and it’s out now. This is the Real Steel Knives Spectrum, a mid-sized EDC knife with some fun...
RoseCraft Heads Down to the Farm with the Overall Creek
It was only a matter of time before RoseCraft got around to releasing their take on the specific single blade jack knife pattern popularized by the Case Sodbuster and...
