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Blade • Vol. L, No. 12, September 2024
The Nate Posner Award
CUTLERY KARMA • Feel good stories and rules changes mark the BLADE Magazine 2024 Knives Of The Year®
Summer Steel Appeal • Enjoy some custom knives that are as hot as the season
FELLOWSHIP OF SHARP • Knives and knife people go wall-to-wall at BLADE Show ’24
MR. AND MRS. WORLD CHAMPION CUTTERS
Trophy Knife TREASURES • BLADE Show 2024 recognizes some extraordinary custom knives
Groundbreakers GET THEIR DUE • Cutlery Hall of Fame enshrines three icons of cut in Atlanta
THEY HAD THEM AT HELLO • Factory knife debuts entice patrons at BLADE Show ’24
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2 GIANTS, 1 KNIFE • First Case/Ruple collaboration officially debuts at BLADE Show ’24
MAGNIFICENCE of MagnaCut • See why the hot powder metallurgy steel is all the rage in knives
CLAW ENFORCEMENT • Karambits continue to emerge as a viable EDC alternative
1 Percent WINNER • Peltonen M07 Ranger Puukko makes the author’s all-time-best test list
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