2016 BLADE Show Knife of the Year® Award Winners

RamZar

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Two years in a row for LionSteel winning the Overall Knife Of The Year!

• Overall Knife Of The Year®: Lionsteel – Metamorphosis
• American-Made Knife Of The Year®: Spartan Blades – SHF
• Imported Knife Of The Year®: Dragon King – Dragon Claw
• Most Innovative American Design: Mike Vellekamp Knives & Designworks – The Ultimate Knife
• Most Innovative Imported Design: CRKT – Field Strip Homefront
• Best Buy Of The Year: CRKT – Tighe Tac Two
• Kitchen Knife Of The Year®: KAI-USA – Shun Hikari
• Investor/Collector Knife Of The Year®: Pro-Tech – BR-1 Ultimate Custom
• Knife Collaboration Of The Year®: Florian Knives & Russ Kommer – Sniper
• Manufacturing Quality Award: Chris Reeve Knives
• Accessory Of The Year: Work Sharp – Combo Knife Sharpener
• People’s Choice Knife Of The Year®: Schrade – SCHF52
• Industry Achievement Award: Dan Delavan
• Publisher’s Award: Forged in Fire
• BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© Inductee: CJ Buck
 
2016 BLADE Show Custom Knife Winners

  • Hugh Bartrug Best of Show: Mike Quesenberry
  • Yvon Vachon Best Miniature: Shigeru Tozazi
  • Best Folder: Gus Cecchini
  • Best New Maker: Michael Zieba
  • Best Bowie: Brian Thie
  • Best Handle Design: Regel Jean-Louis
  • Best Fighter: Bill Luckett
  • Best Art Knife: Bertie Rietveld
  • Best Collaboration: Mike Quesenberry
  • Best Damascus: Dianatrom Franco
  • Best Fixed Blade: David Broadwell
  • Best Tactical Folder: Kirby Lambert
  • Best Sword: Ron Chen
  • Best Utility Hunter: Josh Fisher
  • Most Innovative Design: Phil Booth
  • Best of the Rest: CAS
 
Congrats to all the winners!! Thanks for posting that list. :) :thumbup:
 
The SCHF52 for "people's choice?" Really? What people chose?

The design is fine, but the only one I've handled had a bent blade. Warped from heat treat I imagine as many other Schrade fixed blades have the same issue.
 
Manufacturing Quality Award: Chris Reeve Knives. Lol, no surprise there. :)
That's different.
[video=youtube;wvd9W-fotD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvd9W-fotD4[/video]
 
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Thank you very much for sharing this news, RZ!
BTW- did you attend?

Congratulations to the winners! :thumbup:
 
skyhorse said:
Manufacturing Quality Award: Chris Reeve Knives. Lol, no surprise there. :)
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Chris Reeve Knives has won the Manufacturing Quality Award every year since 2000 except for 2002 and 2014. That's pretty consistent quality!
 
RamZar said:
Chris Reeve Knives has won the Manufacturing Quality Award every year since 2000 except for 2002 and 2014. That's pretty consistent quality!
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Even in those years I don't know that their quality went down any. lol
 
RamZar said:
Chris Reeve Knives has won the Manufacturing Quality Award every year since 2000 except for 2002 and 2014. That's pretty consistent quality!
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Yeah, there were two years where the judges were chosen by short straws.
:)
 
Scurvy092 said:
Can't believe the gimmicky color changing handles won...
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Misanthropia said:
Agreed. Nothing beyond that makes the KUR of any note.
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^ Agreed!
I went & checked this knife out, after reading RZ's initial post. I didn't find anything appealing whatsoever, regarding this design.

RamZar said:
Chris Reeve Knives has won the Manufacturing Quality Award every year since 2000 except for 2002 and 2014. That's pretty consistent quality!
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^ CRK without a doubt, sets the highest standards of quality in the knife industry! :thumbup:
 
Scurvy092 said:
Can't believe the gimmicky color changing handles won...
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Misanthropia said:
Agreed. Nothing beyond that makes the KUR of any note.
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KELAMA said:
^ Agreed!
I went & checked this knife out, after reading RZ's initial post. I didn't find anything appealing whatsoever, regarding this design.



^ CRK without a doubt, sets the highest standards of quality in the knife industry! :thumbup:
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You guys are being way too harsh. It's a pretty cool looking piece.

If Kai had entered this one instead, they'd have surely won:

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