Tag Archives: Folding Knife

Zero Tolerance/Todd Rexford 0801CF Prototype

I am still finding Blade Show 2013 photos in my cache.  This is a prototype for the Zero Tolerance model 0801CF, which is based upon custom knifemaker Todd Rexford’s Singularity.  One’s eye immediately gravitates to the 6K twill weave carbon-fiber … Continue reading

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Benchmade Bali-Song Model 35 and Model 32

I have owned balisong knives since the late 1980’s.  It might be the only-slightly-diluted Filipino blood flowing through my circulatory system, but I love the bladed bi-fold handle action.  My very first Bali-Song®, that in this form is the Benchmade … Continue reading

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Cool Carbon-Fiber Pocket Clips from KnifeSupplies.com

I was perusing the aisles at Blade Show 2013, when something caught my eye and altered my course.  Carbon-fiber pocket clips!  A bin of them!  I moved in for the kill.  KnifeSupplies.com produces some very nice looking replacement clips from … Continue reading

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Pohl Force Knives

Dietmar Pohl is a German knife designer with over a decade and a half’s experience in the Soligen knife industry.  Pohl is the owner and designer for Pohl Force Knives, which are currently made by LionSteel in Maniago, Italy. I … Continue reading

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Boker Plus Sniper Bladeworks VLB

Sniper Bladeworks is a company founded by former law enforcement officer Lance Abernathy and veteran knifemaker Jody Muller.  I learned a secret when talking to the guys at their Blade Show booth:  most Sniper Bladeworks knives have names derived from … Continue reading

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Colonial Knife Company Blackie Collins Signature Series

It was a sad day in July 2011 when it was announced that Blade Hall of Fame knife designer Walter “Blackie” Collins died in a motorcycle accident.  His ideas had traveled across many a manufacturer’s drawing board and his own … Continue reading

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Schrade Adds New Knives for 2013

Blade Show 2013’s Schrade Knives booth had some new offerings I had not seen at SHOT Show.  I really liked their SCHA4B above.  The crosshatching on the flats of the blade are reminiscent of a vintage knife forged from a … Continue reading

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Zero Tolerance/ Dmitry Sinkevich 0454 Folder–Best in Show

This is an eye-popping prototype of the new Zero Tolerance Knives model 0454, designed by Dmitry Sinkevich, which took home the distinction of Best Overall Knife at Blade Show 2013!  I think you can see why. That three-piece composite blade … Continue reading

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Timberline Vallotton Kickstart Steel Blade

Timberline Knives, founded in the early 1980’s by the late Jim Hardenbrook and Vaughn Neeley, has a history of successful collaborations, whether the early ones with Bob Lum and Ernest Emerson (the Emerson-Neeley SPECWAR won Blade Show’s Best American Knife … Continue reading

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Blade Show 2013

Blade Show 2013 runs from May 31 to June 2 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA.  I will be attending the show floor as press, so I’m charging up the camera batteries and dragging out the notebook, pen, and … Continue reading

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