Description
- *320 pages
- *Beautiful, full-color photos of knives and accessories
- *Comprehensive directory of custom knifemakers
- *In-depth features about knife collecting and making knives
- *Examples of the latest trends in knife designs and knifemaking materials
- *Edited by Joe Kertzman
About the Knives on the Cover
The two knives on the cover represent a few of the newest trends in knives. One is san mai, laminated or “sandwich steel,” in which a hard steel core, the eventual edge, is sandwiched by outer layers of another steel, and then of course forged, ground, heat treated, finished and etched to show where the steels come together. Another hot segment represented is small fixed blades or hideaway knives, and in this case showcasing a trendy mammoth tooth handle. Josh Fisher’s san mai fighter, at left on the cover, features 9 inches of sandwich steel accompanied by blued fittings and a stag handle. The keenly shaped full-tang RWL-34 fixed blade by Michael West at right parades a 10,000-plus-year-old mammoth molar root grip that’s set in Argentum silver. There seems to be no limit to the knife styles, materials or imaginations of the makers. Phenomenal!
Table of Contents
Introduction
2019 Wooden Sword Award
Features
The Cyclical Nature of Handmade Knives
Machetes of the Amazon
It’s a New Age for Autos
Making a Japanese Hamon: A Defined Process
How Knives Die, a Guide for the Next of Kin
Gear Up with a Few Good Edges
The Gleam of Gold
The Knife-Axe Connection Was Realized Early
The History and Presentation of Mosaic Damascus
It’s a Bulgarian Blades Renaissance
Trends Section
A Dagger’ll Do Ya
Exotic Burled Beauties
Good as Real Repros
International Knives & Swords
Ring ’Em Up
Singular Slip-Joint Folders
Sroppin’ Young Razors
Swingable Swords
Toothed Wonders
Bronzed Bolsters
Brave New Bowies
For Those Who Serve
Handsome Hunters and Fillets
Next-Level Tacticals
Sandwich Steels
Special Chefs
The Good Fights
Vest Pocket Bowies & Hideaway Knives
State of the Art Section
Creative Carve-Up
Wire Inlay Acts
Mosaic Makers
A Fancy Folder Feast
Gold in Good Measure
Expert Engraving
Sculpted Bods
Playing the Fluted Handle Tune
Skilled-Hand Scrimshaw
Display Case Damascus
Fully Sheathed
Factory Trends Section
Get the Best EDC Knife for Your Money
True Tacticals
The Auto Zone
Four Factory Flippers
Hunters in the House
Stylin’ Slip Joints
About the Editor
Joe Kertzman of Rosholt, WI, is BLADE Magazine’s former Managing Editor, author of the Knives annual book since 2000, and Art of the Knife, Blade’s Guide to Making Knives and Sporting Knives.
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