Blade magazine. Never subscribed

I subscribed for years. It was a good knife magazine with decent articles and pictures. There is so much instant information available on the internet that I don't subscribe any more and I'm not into knives as much as I used to be. But it was good.
 
Yes, it's a great magazine with good articles, a makers section, new releases and interesting views from some of the top makers. You'll enjoy it very much!!!!!!
 
I think I subscribed to that years and years ago. Had articles about old duffers banging out blades like Bill Moran or young guys making pocket knives like Ron Lake. I wish I'd stopped by Bill Moran's shop back in the day for a chat.
 
USMCPOP said:
I think I subscribed to that years and years ago. Had articles about old duffers banging out blades like Bill Moran or young guys making pocket knives like Ron Lake. I wish I'd stopped by Bill Moran's shop back in the day for a chat.
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I subscribed for a couple years. I just never really read it. I try to go the annual Blade Show in Atlanta. My track record is attending every other year. Moran was always there. Moran would definitely have chatted with you at his shop in MD. Time moves forward and his blades command major dollars now. He was definitely a pioneer in bringing custom or handmade knives to the folks.
 
I had a chance or two to go to his shop, I didn't know any better and missed out on it. I've driven past it quite a few times traveling from Hagerstown to Frederick. Jay Hendrickson's group have kept up with hammer ins there. A buddy at work is out there all the time. A member here was good friends with Bill, in addition to my buddy at work. Both friends are good acquaintances in their own right, with much respect for each others talents. I've been goading them into writing a book about Bill, the stories about the man are quite funny.

Driving past his house, his shop and the Lime Kiln statue west of Boonsboro, are like the road to Mecca for a knife nut.

As for magazines, I liked Tactical Knives and have met quite a few of the writers for Knife World and Tactical Knives. I preferred the newspaper format of Knife World, not really into the issues I got of Knife Magazine, not bad either. Blade magazine was a lot of pretty pictures to me, and I subscribed for most of the 00's, but I might pick up a copy of the military issue here and then.
 
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