NEW Spyderco Models

Posted November 17, 2009 by Howard

NEW Spyderco Models! Coming soon to the KnifeCenter
Available for pre-order only. First come/first serve. We don’t have delivery dates yet although they are all slated for November shipping. Full Story

Jun

2

Bladeshow 2009 More News!

Posted June 2, 2009 by Howard

Quick takes on some Bladeshow 2009 NEWS!
Boker will offer the Batman folder that was designed by a S. African
designer. Blade is like civilian except has the inside of the batwing.
It folds really narrowly so the fit in the pocket is good. It will be
a while for production. Spyderco has some great items as usual. The Mannix 2 will be here soon. This is a heavy medium size folder with the ball lock and $120 retail – all made
in the US. 154CM hollow saber ground with jumping all around 4 way
clip. The framelock titanium handle Military, framelock sage – and
then we will see a bolt lock model- like Gerber used on the parabelum.
Creative energy may be slowing down with the economy. If you want
innovative products everyone needs to support it – buy more knives!
Crucible steel may have filed for chapter 11 protection so we may be
losing a great knife steel company.
Darryl Ralph is designing an OTF auto. We will have cuda max type opener. soon.

Jun

1

Blade Show 2009

Posted June 1, 2009 by Howard

A great show by all accounts. Well, some of the folks selling thought the number of shoppersd was light, but, as an observer, it was outstanding.
Here are the Blade Show Award Winners:
Hall of Fame inductee: AlMar
Accessory of the year: Wicked Edge Precision Knife Sharpener
Investor/Collector: William Henry “Anthem” Best Buy: Lone Wolf Blackfoot
Innovative Import Knife: Columbia River Knife & Tool Flux
Innovative American Knife: Fox Knives USA Rescue II
Manufacturing Award: Chris Reeve Knives
Collaboration: Spyderco/Bob Terzuola Slip-it
Kitchen Knife of the year: Chris Reeve Knives Sikayo Series
Imported Knife of the year: Benchmade Nagara
American Knife of the year: Kershaw Speedform
Overall Knife of the year: Lone Wolf Defender

Kershaw has some great new offerings coming out this year. Among them is the ” Speedform” which won American made knife of the year. It has a 3-3/4″ composite steel blade, titanium frame lock handle with g10 inlay. Also the VOLT which also has a composite blade and integrated titanium and G10 handle. This one is an RJ Martin design with a flipper.
There will be an OCC 10th Anniversary knife with composite blade, G10 handle and locking liner. You can see a page with some early images at www.knifecenter.com
Much more Blade Show Knives Coming VERY soon!

Mar

25

KnifeCenter Sweepstakes. Great Harley Davidson Knife

Posted March 25, 2009 by Howard

New Sweepstakes For Harley Davidson Nitrous Folder.
We’re getting the Spring off to a great start by giving away a great Harley knife. Sign up for the sweepstakes to enter. No purchase is necessary.
This knife we are offering is really a great folder. It is very lightweight and very fast. You can go to the Sweepstakes page to read all about it.

Jan

18

SHOT Show 2009- Day 4 – the latest news!

Posted January 18, 2009 by Howard

SHOT Show 2009- Day 4 – the latest news!
Emerson will have A-100 Mini Folders and a super CQC8.
Canal Street will offer an 1873 Cowboy Bowie. Also a stainless traditional liner lock. A new large Muskrat.
Spyderco - Here’s some prototypes and concept knives I missed before.
How about a Military with titanium handle and frame lock! Just a concept knife- so don’t try to order one yet! Also, a new rendition of the Hobbit Warrior that Round Eye Knives and Al Mar did years ago! This one has H1 non rusting stainless steel on a broad upswept blade with serrated top. The Police Camo handle Concept, the Breeden Rescue with green G10 handle with an edge that is slightly upswept from sheepsfoot and a sharpened recessed notch on the top of the blade.
The Ed Schemp designed Balance – very symetrical, tiny crescent shape with 1″ blade with hole in exact middle. The new Perin folder. Bradley folder with CPM M4.

Ontario now has the full Ranger line. These are awesome fixed blades made of 1/4″ 5160 carbon steel stock. The thinner knives like the Shiv and Shank are made of 1095 carbon steel. This 5160 is a high carbon spring steel like is used in large truck leaf springs and can take repeated abuse without cracking. They also have their first auto opener.
Schatt and Morgan will have three historical models. One is from tooling dated to 1917. They found the tooling in the attic at the Queen factory. Also a cotton sampler with a wide flat blade.

CASE has a pink polkadot series of a few models. It is a white bone with pink indents. They have a “desk knife” which is a small fixed blade with sheepsfoot handle and bone or pearl handle. It comes in a leather pouch. They will also have a black G10 series replacing the orange G10.
The damascus models will be a tiney trapper, 2 blade tiny toothpick, mini trapper, canoe and stockman.

Jan

17

SHOT Show 2009- Day 3 – Columbia River Knives – the latest news

Posted January 17, 2009 by Howard

SHOT Show 2009- Day 3 – Columbia River Knives – the latest news!
Columbia River Knife and Tool only has 47 new items this year! That would sound like a sarcastic statement except that last year they had over 90! Very creative and well designed items.
They will have an orange handle Kommer with a wide blade (2 show trends in one knife!), several new models using the Fulcrum opening mechanism, Folding Razel models!- these are fantastic.
CRKT has released a new opening system which is called the Fire Safe. The thumb stud is pushed down and then you start opening it and the assisted mechanism takes over. It takes some getting used to, but it works great! The Ignitor models use it as well as the new Lift Off series.
The “Natural” series designed by Wes Crawford is a very heavy folder with the Outburst assisted system. They really have the “custom knife” feel with top quality materials includiing Micarta and bone handles and grreat tooling on the liner.
The Van Hoy Yea-go has another new opening system. You just push down on the thumb ramp and let go and the blade pops out. Again- it takes some getting used to, but works well.
The new neck knives called the “Neckolas” are ornate and work well. They are available in black or orange (show trend).
We like the McGinnis line of elegant folders. Simple set up with shaped Micarta scales, anodized liners and great handle and blade shape and a blade with a flipper on and the whole thing just has the smoothest action we have seen.
New Edgies! These are self sharpening folders and this time they have a double bevel.
The “Minimalist” is a tiny neck knife with a utilitarian blade- sort of a “Kiridishi” style (show trend).
The crossover is a scissors that comes apart and one side’s finger guard tucks into the handle so that it looks like and works like a knife!
They also have a new folding fillet, a Get-a-way tool with Torx® bits, the new Cicada tool with a pocket clip on the plastic housing, a super long Tanto fixed blade designed by Williams,a great Elishewitz combat fixed blade, and more.

Stay tuned as we add these items to our site and add lots of information as only Columbia River gives us!

Jan

17

SHOT Show 2009 – the latest news!

Posted January 17, 2009 by Howard

Overall themes of the 2009 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Orlando -in the Knife Industry
Traffic at this show has been good., The aisles have been crowded and so some businesses are doing well in this rough economy.
First trend -Orange handles on knives- It’s about time! This writer has worked in mineral exploration as a geologist and we would spay paint our tools orange so that we would be less likely to lose them in the field. I have never understood the tendancy to add camo handles for outdoor products, except when hunting. There have been a few models that have orange handles in the past, but now many companies offer many more items.
Trend 2- Different shaped blades. A lot of knives, mostly fixed blades, with very wide blades – Kukri like. Spyderco has several “leaf” shaped, Boker has the Arbolito with very wide blade ends, Cold Steel with the Spartan. The “Kiridishi” style it very utilitarian, actually meant to be used as a tool, and Spyderco will offer a model with a triangular Kiridishi blade and another maker does also.
I will add to this post throughout the show as more themes come to mind

Jan

17

SHOT Show News- Even More!

Posted January 17, 2009 by Howard

SHOT Show 2009 – the latest news!
United Cutlery will offer some great belt buckle knives by Gil Hibben. We will have them in March along with the belts to hold them. Also some great combat style knives similar to the Becker knives.
A Viet Nam Tomahawk with plastic handle and leather sheath for about $20.
The Highlander swords will be available with 2 different handles that are supposed to be dead on accurate from the movies.
Look for a Damascus steel Hero’s Swords!
A full tang super long Samurai sword with a leather sheath and great balance will be available soon.
The Tailwind assisted series will come in a wide variety of knives.
CAS Hanwai:
The have a new “Raptor” series made especially for cutting with an especially “resilient” edge.
PUMA is back- The Big Cat is Back! look for much more PUMA in the near future.
Lone Wolf has a new Paul Knife- the Defender. It sports a long spike shaped 154 steel blade, 3.9″, in G10 handle or checkered Cocobolo wood. These are a great series that have very solid lock-up. They are the first Paul knives to have a reversible pocket clip. Look for these in February.
The Laredo (name to be changed) is the large ( 3.5″ blade) and the Raven ( 3.0″ blade) is the small in the new conventional liner locking folders with S30V stainless blades and with either checkered Amboina wood or G10 handles. These are really reasonably priced and really top quality.

Jan

16

SHOT Show 2009 News Day 2!

Posted January 16, 2009 by Howard

Day 2 at the The Shooting Hunting and Outdoors Trade show!
Lots of news for the knife lovers out there!
Gerber Knives: Some great new products including a smaller version of the popular Machete. Plus a new tool similar to the Leatherman Skeletool, but with no bit driver and so it is thicker and has plastic handles. They have a new line called the Metolius that is similar to the Gator line but with a lower price. Look for some great military tools and collapsible axe. They have some creative multitools – as usual! And, an assisted opening Applegate Covert and a fully automatic Applegate folder!
Boker knives of Solingen will offer a slew of new products this year. It’s their 140th anniversary and they are offering a different limited edition every month! The first month is a Swiss style multitool with a stag handle. They will offer 2 new straight razors with more reasonable pricing. A Devin Thomas Damascus folder, some Bob Dozier models, two really creative models designed by Todd Begg, some great, new Applegates including some with wood handles, some new designs from Boker Arbolito, a new Wegner mini knife, several new Chad Los Banos models and more.
More Later!

Jan

15

SHOT Show News

Posted January 15, 2009 by Howard

The Shooting Hunting and Outdoors Trade show is underway and we have the latest news of the knife industry! Here’s some great stuff from the first day of the show:
Spyderco has a slew of new products. Sal sat with us and explained a bunch of the Prototypes. The Stretch 2 will be available soon. The standard model with S30V steel blades will come plain, combo and fully serrated with a black handle. The blue handle model will be plain edge only with ZDP189 blade.
Spyderco Slipits are non-locking folders that are one hand openers. Look for several models this year. Many are made in Taiwan to very high standards they will largely have blades made of steel that Spyderco ships into Taiwan – like S30V.
Leaf Storm Slip-it with RIL Reeve Integral Lock (Frame Lock) with G10 on one side. Leaf shaped blade.
Spyderco Bushcraft fixed blade with beautiful burl maple handle and flat grind from top of blade to cutting edge. Steel is o-1
Rock Lobster is taking longer because the hole in the blade had to be moved. Before, when closing, the handle would knock the thumb out on closing. The move of the hole delayed this item.
The New Manix! The return of a fantastic folder series. These will have the ball bearing lock that has a cage that makes it easy to use. The liner has a lot of jimping around the edges making it more ornate and secure to hold.
The new Manix models will come in 2 sizes – one will be larger than former large model, making it a jumbo folder and the other will be in between the former 2 models in size.
Tiny Slipit- a small folding miniature with no lock, a steel handle and retail of $7.95!
New fixed Temperance with Micarta handle with longer blade (5″) and nicer handle
From Africa is a new knife (Chokwa?) shape that Spyderco turned into a folder from Taiwan. The handle is coffin shaped. This folder has blade that is S30V almost sheepsfoot flat except the end turns up. The lock is the RIL (frame lock) and a percentage of the revenues will be donated to AIDS relief in Africa.
A percentage of SAGE revenues are donated to Alzheimer disease.
A new knife called the Chicago with a blade under 2″ because of the laws there about carrying knives into buildings.
JD Smith sprint run with 1200 pieces only with full flat grind and 4 way clip. Green G-10 handles, 4 placement pocket clip.
The new Poliwog with G10 handle and ball bearing lock that really works well because of the thinness of the knife. Expect May 2009 delivery.
A new Terzuola folder Slipit with Carbon Fiber handle with three distinct stops on the blade made in Taiwan with S30V steel blades they ship in.
New Ladybug with purple handle as well as a yellow handle model with H1 non rusting steel.
Jumpmaster is a fully serrated fixed blade. The jumpmaster is the guy standing in the plane as soldiers jump. If one gets tangled, the Jumpmaster cuts him loose. It uses H1 steel and has a 5″ blade.