2017 Blade Show Knife of the Year® Award Winners

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• Overall Knife of the Year® – Lionsteel SR-11
• American Made Knife of the Year® – Spartan Blades Kranos
• Imported Knife of the Year® – Columbia River Knife & Tool Crossbones
• Most Innovative American Design – Tighe Breaker Integral Automatic, by Brian Tighe & Friends
• Most Innovative Imported Design – SOG Baton Q2
• Best Buy of the Year – Kershaw Dividend
• Investor/Collector Knife of the Year® – Pro-Tech Cambria Masterpiece Custom
• Manufacturing Quality Award – Lionsteel Knives
• Accessory of the Year – Wicked Edge Go
• Knife Collaboration of the Year – FOX Knives MK Ultra (Jason Knight & Doug Marcaida)
• Kitchen Knife of the Year® – Kai USA Shun Ayu
  
• Publisher’s Award – Phil Lobred
  
• Industry Achievement Award – Bladesports International
  
• Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame© Inductees – Les de Asis & Jim Batson

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

 

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2017 Blade Show Custom Knife Winners

• Best in Show: CAS & Sam Lurquin collaboration
• Best New Maker: Phil Jacob
• Most Innovative Design: Grace Horne
• Best Fixed Blade: CAS
• Best Damascus: Mike Deibert
• Best Bowie: Jean-Louis Regel
• Best Folder: Glenn Waters
• Best Fighter: Josh Fisher
• Best Handle Design: Ben Seward
• Best Miniature: Glenn Waters
• Best of the Rest: Lloyd Studios
• Best Utility Hunter: Wess Barnhill
• Best Tactical Folder: Brian Nadeau
• Best Sword: Ron Chen
• Best Collaboration: CAS & Sam Lurquin
• Best Art Knife: David Broadwell