Comments on: ‘Most Innovative American-Made Design of the Year’ Winners at Blade Show Since 1990

By: solar

solar — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:02:42 +0000

Love this blog! The content is always so informative.

By: r l diehl

r l diehl — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:45:42 +0000

Not a one of these stirred my interest and some were just plain stupid!

By: 2018 BLADE Show ‘Knife of the Year’ Award Winners | Knife Depot

2018 BLADE Show ‘Knife of the Year’ Award Winners | Knife Depot — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:34:37 +0000

[…] always been a big fan of this award (as evidenced by my recent look back at all the winners of this award ever). The winner this year is the Hinderer Fulltrack, which utilizes the innovative Tri-Way Pivot […]

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[…] am quite fond of the lightweight version, which won the Most Innovative American Design at Blade Show 2010. For a relatively cheap price, you can get a solid slicer made in America with some innovative […]

By: Leatherman Unveils New Magnetic Multitools | Knife Depot

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[…] The company never stopped innovating, but finding new bents on a tool that has worked so well is quite difficult. In 2008, Leatherman released the Skeletool, which made an EDC version of the plier tool. It even won the 2008 Most Innovative American-Made Design at Blade Show. […]

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:37:45 +0000

I was the manufacturing engineer for the SpeedTech Synergy project. The “company” was a collaboration between Jim O’Young’s ‘Speed Option’ brand and True-Tech Corp, a silicon valley machine shop. The one piece handle was the main novelty and it won “Most Innovative Knife” at the SHOT show in ’99. It was a fun project but not a money maker even at $300+ which is why it shut down after a limited run. The tricky bit was holding tolerance on the saw cut down the middle of the handle for the blade. A few .0001″ was the difference between butter-smooth and a piece of junk. I’m not sure there has been a knife like it since. I’ve still got a one of a kind prototype with a funky lime green handle. Still butter smooth!

By: Red

Red — Tue, 29 May 2018 18:45:56 +0000

What a great article. I had forgotten about a few of these, which over the years we take for granted. It’s always nice to see makers and manufacturers push the envelope and come up with something innovative. Feels like these days there is too much focus on types of steel and materials and we’ve sort of been putting out too much of the same.

By: Sam L.

Sam L. — Thu, 24 May 2018 20:10:09 +0000

“Death On Contact” is a worse name than “Hitman, but I wouldn’t carry either. Wouldn’t want to tell a policeman that was the model name of my knife.