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I get all the knife magazines every month, and have for years. Blade seems to be the most well rounded .
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Knife magazines?
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I do indeed agree with what the one good brother said about the major knife publications never saying anything bad about any manufactured knife. They are in a lot of ways like "infomercials" I thought about that a long time ago and I do agree that the major manufacturers are the financial drive behind most of them. But that's not all bad either because I do like to be aware of what's out there.
I mainly use the 3 big knife magazines to keep up to speed about the new knives and knife related products such as sharpeners, sheaths, storage, ect,. However Tactical does have some very education articles such as the "Keen Edge", "The Steel Bin" and articles every issue on Survival knives and such. I really miss Butch Winter when he wrote the STEEL BIN. My condolences.
You do indeed have to take these "Revenue Driven" publications with a grain of salt about some of the newest knives on the market. But then again most of us here know who the better manufacturers are already. Most of us are very familiar who the better custom knife makers as well.
The one magazine out there that does do some objective articles would be "KNIFE WORLD". Ironically you can't buy "KNIFE WORLD" at any newstand either. They do advertise as like most of them do but they tend to be more objective than it's competitors by a long shot. The only way you can buy it is at knife shows and through subscription only.
I still think that most knife magazines out there do at least make you aware of what's on the market and who the movers and shakers are. But I do like the idea of someone coming out with a knife magazine that would not take any advertising. But I bet the subscription price would be pretty lofty
I mainly use the 3 big knife magazines to keep up to speed about the new knives and knife related products such as sharpeners, sheaths, storage, ect,. However Tactical does have some very education articles such as the "Keen Edge", "The Steel Bin" and articles every issue on Survival knives and such. I really miss Butch Winter when he wrote the STEEL BIN. My condolences.
You do indeed have to take these "Revenue Driven" publications with a grain of salt about some of the newest knives on the market. But then again most of us here know who the better manufacturers are already. Most of us are very familiar who the better custom knife makers as well.
The one magazine out there that does do some objective articles would be "KNIFE WORLD". Ironically you can't buy "KNIFE WORLD" at any newstand either. They do advertise as like most of them do but they tend to be more objective than it's competitors by a long shot. The only way you can buy it is at knife shows and through subscription only.
I still think that most knife magazines out there do at least make you aware of what's on the market and who the movers and shakers are. But I do like the idea of someone coming out with a knife magazine that would not take any advertising. But I bet the subscription price would be pretty lofty