Blade Show 2019

Answers to my own repeated questions on the best of this and that at Blade 2019 (courtesy of RamZar as posted in a thread in GKD):

Part 1(production):

  • Overall Knife of the Year®: FOX Knives Radius
  • American-Made Knife of the Year®: Microtech Socom Elite
  • Imported Knife of the Year®: FOX Knives Radius
  • Most Innovative American Design: Spyderco Para 3 Lightweight
  • Most Innovative Imported Design: WE Knife 910 - 037
  • Best Buy of the Year: CRKT CEO
  • Investor/Collector Knife of the Year®: ProTech Warenski/Brend Masterpiece Custom
  • Manufacturing Quality Award: Chris Reeve Knives
  • Accessory of the Year: Outdoor Edge Para Spark
  • Collaboration of the Year: Casstrom/Lars Falt/CAS Iberia Lars Falt Lockback
  • Kitchen Knife of the Year®: Apogee Dragon Storm (set of 4)

Part 2 (customs):

  • Best in Show: Harvey Dean
  • Best Tactical: Sergei Shirogorov
  • Best Art Knife: Veronique Laurent
  • Best Folder: Javier Vogt
  • Best Kitchen Knife: Doberman Forge
  • Best Fixed Blade: Harvey Dean
  • Best Damascus: Franco Custom Knives
  • Best New Maker: Evan Nicolaides
  • Best Collaboration: David Lisch & Andrew Meers
  • Best Handle Design: Ben Breda
  • Best Fighter: Brian Sellers
  • Best of the Rest: Ron Newton
  • Most Innovative Design: RJ Martin
  • Best Utility Hunter: Ben Breda
  • Best Sword: Vince Evans
  • Best Mini: Ohbuchi Isao
ETA: don't shoot the messenger! Most of this stuff is just a popularity contest, i.e, peers voting as opposed to really mean hearted critics. Wonder who Nathan had voted for? ;)

ETA2: https://blademag.com/blade-show/201...winners-custom-knife-award-winners-blade-show
 
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Casinostocks said:
You didn't attend? I had thought that you were going to.
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Our youngest son's team ended up in the all-stars baseball tournament this weekend, or else we would have been there, picking up blade for folks like we always do! They place 2nd in the county btw...:)

I would have gotten the wider HDMC if I could have made it to Blade. Along with some new scales for my BC.
 
bullpin said:
Anyone know how the blade sports competition went down ? How did you do JO?
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Jo had implied that NinJo fared a bit:

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Off the:

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So I'd say:

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ooo-hooo!!!

:D
 
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