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Automatic Knives Decoded: Boker to Benchmade

Posted on April 19, 2018April 25, 2022, in GearTagged Automatic Knife, Benchmade Knife Company, Boker, Folding Knife, Gerber Gear, Hogue Knives, Kershaw Knives, Microtech Knives, Piranha Knives, ProTech Knives, Schrade

Who reigns supreme in the battle between manual and automatic knives? Manual knives are great—innovations like the thumb stud and Spydie hole have made deployment almost as fast as automatic knives. Almost is the key word! Push the trigger button on one of these autos and it will fire open like a crack of lightning. […]

2016 Blade HQ Black Friday Knife Sale: Top 7 Black Friday Knives!

Posted on November 18, 2016April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry News, New KnivesTagged Boker, Brous Blades, Buck Knives, Kershaw Knives, Microtech Knives, Olight, ProTech Knives, Rick Hinderer Knives

Guys, it’s here. The 2016 Blade HQ Black Friday Knife Sale! At about the same time you lay down on the couch to digest the four servings of mashed potatoes you’ve had, we will be kicking off our biggest knife sale yet. Set your alarm for 6 pm MST (that’s 8 pm Eastern, 7 […]

Our Favorite Knives and Gear from SHOT Show 2015

Posted on January 30, 2015April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry NewsTagged Benchmade Knife Company, CRKT Knives, Emerson Knives, Kershaw Knives, Kizer Cutlery, Knife Shows, Leatherman, LionSteel, ProTech Knives, SHOT Show, TOPS Knives, Zero Tolerance Knives

SHOT Show 2015 had tons of cool new knives and gear this year. So much new stuff that we could never show you all of it on this blog. Instead, we decided to give you an overview of some of our favorite highlights from the 2015 SHOT Show. However, if you want to see everything […]

Most Iconic Knives: Historical and Brand-Specific

Posted on September 5, 2014April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry NewsTagged Benchmade Knife Company, Boker, Cold Steel, CRKT Knives, Microtech Knives, ProTech Knives, Spyderco, Zero Tolerance Knives

There are knives out there that have such great recognition that they have become iconic due to popularity or historical significance. In this post you’ll find a variety of iconic knives including knives that are iconic of specific brands. It’s honestly kind of hard to know where to draw the line as far as how many knives […]

New Knives from SHOT Show 2014 part III

Posted on January 22, 2014April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry NewsTagged Boker, Brous Blades, Buck Knives, DPx Gear, Emerson Knives, ESEE Knives, Ka-Bar, Knife Shows, ProTech Knives, SHOT Show, SOG Specialty Knives

That’s right; we have even more knives to show you. And this isn’t even all of it. All of us over here at Blade HQ have been working tirelessly to get all of this SHOT Show content up for you, and it’s going to be pretty busy over here for the next week or so, too. […]

USN G4 2012 “The Gathering IV” Knife Show Recap

Posted on September 17, 2012April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry NewsTagged Bastinelli Creations, Benchmade Knife Company, Boker, Brad Southard, Custom Knife, Emerson Knives, Ken Onion, Kershaw Knives, Knife Shows, Microtech Knives, ProTech Knives, Rockstead Knife, Spyderco, Strider Knives, USN Gathering, Zero Tolerance Knives

Do you love knives and awesome gear? If so, then you should check out the USN forums, host of one of the best knife shows every year. Dubbed “the Gathering,” it is an excellent opportunity to meet and chat with some great knifemakers and lots of wonderful people. This was the 4th annual Gathering (from […]

USN Tactical Knife Show (G3) 2011 Recap

Posted on September 7, 2011April 25, 2022, in Knife & Industry NewsTagged Knife Shows, Microtech Knives, ProTech Knives, Rick Hinderer Knives, Spyderco, Strider Knives, USN Gathering

We just got back from the USN Tactical Knife Show aka “The Gathering” (G3), and wanted to give you a recap of our experience there. For those that don’t know what USN is, it is the Usual Suspects Network, you can view the forum here: http://usualsuspect.net/forums/. Great bunch of people, knife enthusiasts and lovers of […]