Knife Business
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Knife Rights Starts 2019 with Montana Switchblade Ban Repeal Bill
Knife Rights’ Montana Switchblade Ban Repeal and Knife Law Preemption Bill (HB 115) has been overwhelmingly passed in the state House of Representatives. 99 out...
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Todd Begg Settles Suit with Todd Begg Knives Trademark Holder
Knife maker Todd Begg and Pride In Making Products (PIMP) LLC., the company behind Begg Knives, have amicably settled their lawsuit out of court. The...
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2019’s Biggest Knife Shows
The beginning of the year is a particularly exciting time for knife nerds. Companies begin to unveil their new lineups, custom makers set to work...
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Benchmade Founder’s Son Takes on New Role as Company President
Benchmade Founder Les de Asis is stepping down as President of the company, to be replaced by his son Jon deAsis. The younger deAsis tells...
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Knife Industry Legend A.G. Russell Passes Away
The knife world is mourning the passing of the one and only A.G. Russell. Russell was 85 years old and leaves behind a lasting legacy...
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Four Maniago Makers Join Forces for New Mikita Network
Fox Knives, Lionsteel, Mercury, and Viper have come together to create Mikita (Maniago Innovation Knife ITAly), a network of Maniago-based knife makers. Mikita aims to...
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Latest Tariffs for Chinese Imports Will Affect the Knife Industry
When President Trump announced more tariffs on goods imported from China in September, it became evident that this time, knives were included. The tariffs, which went...
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First BLADE Show West Opens its Doors in Oregon
Today is opening day for the very first BLADE Show West, a new West Coast counterpart to the Atlanta-based summer Blade Show. Over 200 exhibitors have...
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Buck Appoints Industry Veteran as International Sales Manager
Buck Knives has brought on Lindsey Phelps as their new International Sales Manager. Phelps brings more than a decade of experience in the knife world...
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Spyderco Files Counterfeit Suit Against iOffer, Inc.
Spyderco has filed a counterfeit suit against iOffer, Inc., Owner of online storefront iOffer.com. The suit alleges six different charges including trademark counterfeiting and patent...
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NY Court of Appeals Upholds 2017 Switchblade Verdict
The New York Court of Appeals has just upheld a December 2017 decision in the People v. Berrezueta, where a man carrying an assisted-opening knife...
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Maniago, Italy Wins Big at Blade Show 2018
Manufacturers, makers, and fans are heading back home after the close of Blade Show 2018. Hundreds of the best and brightest in the knife industry...
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KnivesShipFree Team Will Fulfill Derrick Bohn’s Vision
The knife world has begun to mourn the death of Dr. Derrick Bohn, Owner and Founder of KnivesShipFree, who passed away suddenly as the result...
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KnivesShipFree Founder Derrick Bohn Passes Away
Yesterday, KnivesShipFree announced that Owner and Founder Dr. Derrick Bohn had suddenly passed away. KnivesShipFree got its start as a part-time eBay storefront to help...
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Bobby Branton Acquires Legendary Throwing Knife Brand
Veteran custom knife maker Bobby Branton has acquired the Tru Balance throwing knife brand. He plans to offer classic Tru Balance models alongside his own...
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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...
