A New Knife Magazine?

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Bud,
1. Lots of Q&A's
2. How-to projects that don't need $10,000 worh of equipment.
3. Making your own equipment articles.
4. HONEST reports on blades that most of the general public can afford.
5. Minimum of photos of expensive, fancy, custom knives that were made just for looks.
6. In depth testing by users who don't feel the need to blow their own horns in most of the article and about 3 lines of the test.
7. If it works say so it it doesn't, say so!
8. Don't make the magazine so technical that you need an engineering degree to understand the words and descriptions (Cliff ****p like).
9. Knife steel comparisons and processes to make the blade from stock to knife.
10. Kind of like the way Tactical Knives is only without all the fill-ins and personal data about the testers motorcycle when he was a kid or his favorite pollywog while in college....know what I mean?

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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington
 
I'd like to second the motion above to hear more about how the makers view their designs and less about what kind of equipment they use. I'd also like to see more about antique knives from all around the world. Last, but most controversial, I'd like to see some tactical stuff in a mainstream magazine.
 
I'm with Yitz. The last thing I want to read about is a belt grinder. If I wanted to know about tools I would buy a copy of Popular Mechanics. I want to know about new and antique knives, what the design concept is or was, what benefits were expected, and whether or not the design was successful.
 
Well how about an interview with the makers, on the knives they make, what they carry, various prefrences ect.

and don't forget to choose random people to also test a few knives. (how about me?)

and how about up and coming knife makers?
 
Bud,
Looks like you have about all you need to start except the pics and words. I too think that a knife mag should be about knives and how they came to be. When I started knife making, self taught till 97, it was an extremely slow process. A list of schools, hammer-ins, shop tours, knife clubs, and any thing else that may be considered educational for nife nuts would be appreciated greatly. Even in small type so you can get more on a page. I would put on my glasses for that.
The rest of my suggestions have already been covered.
As a heat and beat knife maker, some of the different heat treat methods and time/temprature charts for the different popular carbon steels would help.
Don't forget my subscription.
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Ray Kirk
http://www.tah-usa.net/raker
 
Bud, what I would like to see is what you already outlined in paragraph two, and as soon as possible.
I particularly like the technical side, but of course love great pictures, and honest hard hitting reviews. Just tell it like it is, and keep the advertising department and the editorial department seperated.
 
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