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Tang stamps on pocketknives as well as sheath knives were gradually changed to “Western USA” during the 1960s. Beginning in 1978 and continuing until the mid-1980s, the stamp “Western USA” was used with a letter added beneath the “USA” to indicate the production year. A-1977 B-1978 C-1979 D-1980 E-1981 F-1982 G-1983 H-1984 I-1985 J-1986
During the same year, the first Case Collectors Club Annual Club Knife, an Appaloosa Bone Large Trapper (A6151 SSP), was made available to club members. The club began with 426 charter members in 1981. As of 2016, [11] there were 11,000 members. Ferguson was listed on Case's "Wall of Fame" in 2001. [1]
Every year, Blade enters a new person into the "Cutlery Hall of Fame". The Cutlery Hall of Fame is composed of knifemakers, authors and persons who promote knife making, Bladesmithing, and Knife collecting. Each year, the living members of the Cutlery Hall Of Fame nominate and vote on the latest inductee to join their ranks. [7]
The historical Bowie knife was not a single design but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years. [20] The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clift at Bowie's brother Rezin's request, resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife. [20]
Kramer initially sold his knives in the conventional fashion: $150 for an 8-inch chef's knife in 1995, [4] $125–$225 in 2000, [5] $475 in 2008. [1] After a 2008 article in Cook's Illustrated that deemed his 8-inch chef's knife to have "outperformed every knife we've ever rated" [ 1 ] Kramer began selling by a waiting list.
In May 2005, Kai USA Ltd. won four of the top awards at the Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia. [9] This was the first time in the show's history that one company won this number of awards in one year: 2005 Overall Knife of the Year, 2005 Most Innovative American Design, 2005 Kitchen Knife of the Year, and 2005 Knife Collaboration of the Year. [9]
William Francis Moran Jr. (May 1, 1925 – February 12, 2006), also known as Bill Moran, was a pioneering American knifemaker who founded the American Bladesmith Society and reintroduced the process of making pattern welded steel (often called "Damascus") to modern knife making. [1] [2] Moran's knives were sought after by celebrities and heads ...
[1] The LMF II Infantry Knife, features a partial tang blade instead of a full tang blade, ostensibly to avoid electric shocks because the knife was designed to free pilots from downed aircraft. [2] Gerber was the first knife company to collaborate with a custom knife maker when it collaborated with World War II knife maker David Murphy. [3]