Sometimes you can best serve your country by serving those in the armed forces. Daniel Winkler got that opportunity in the years after Sept. 11, 2001. Of course, the world changed dramatically on that fateful day, and Winkler soon changed with it. Before 2001, Winkler was primarily a full-time knifemaker, having achieved master bladesmith accreditation from the American Bladesmith Society…
H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The…
I am still working on my Blade Show Haul post, expect it to drop in the next 24 hours. I am just waiting on some light-box photos from Mark. In the mean time, enjoy Knife Junkie Bob DeMarco going through his acquisitions from Blade Show 2024. Bob is a great…
Hey there sports fans, it’s time for another exciting edition of KNIFE Magazine’s 5 from the Grinder. Today we are wrapping up one of the small handful of folks in the queue from before Blade Show, so if you are a maker whom I met this past weekend in Atlanta,…
Day Two started off with a whimper. We normally park at the Cumberland Mall across two pedestrian bridges. This morning there were 4 mall cops standing at the bridge. So, I walked up to the them and politely asked, “Excuse me, officers. But is there a problem here I should…
I enjoyed getting to know George at this year’s show. Every year I tell myself I am going to get a good balisong trainer, and every year I see the bali-obsessed crowd, and have no desire to enter that community. Balisongs are pretty cool. Furries aren’t my thing. Read the…
Hey everyone, thanks for checking out the newsletter this week. I hope all is well in your part of the world. I spent last weekend in Escanaba, Michigan, which is in the Upper Peninsula. It’s a trip I make every June and September for the Bark River Knives Grind-In events.…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
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