When knife myths become "facts"
By: Johnathan Kilburn
When a statement or an idea is repeated constantly over a long period of time, it becomes "factual" to... Read Story...
Famed anthropologist Wade Davis inadvertently created an academic urban legend with his account of an elderly Inuit man in the 1950s who fashioned a knife out o... Read Story...
“I enjoy squaring up to the wooden target, taking a breath, extending my arm sharply, and letting the blade fly. Off it goes, turning exactly one and a half tim... Read Story...
Just how did those wacky Vikings get their hands on steel-making technology nearly 1,000 years ahead of time?
One of the many things I learned at BLADE? People... Read Story...
Jordan Gutierrez Is Carving a Name in the Knife Industry
Interview by Doug Jeffrey
Meet this knife maker who is forging his path to success, by making one c... Read Story...
When you’re roughing it out in the wilderness, it often comes down to survival of the sharpest. If you damage a knife’s edge and have no sharpener available, Mo... Read Story...
Plus, 6 tasty beef jerky recipes from around the web
I’m a total amateur when it comes to knives, but I got to go to BLADE for the first time this past summer.... Read Story...
From Happydays365.org: (additional links added by Knives Illustrated)
National Knife Day is commemorated on August 24 of every year. Imagine how worse your s... Read Story...
We Have a Question for Those of You with Facebook Groups
Recently, we heard rumors that a knife group or two had been shut down, possibly because members expre... Read Story...
More About Making Steel - Alloys
For budding knife makers, one part of knife crafting is forging steel blades. Early ironworkers created steel by heating iron ... Read Story...