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Zombie Tools won Best Weird Knife
in the factory category for the Hurley.
Blade length and steel: 6.5 inches and
6150 carbon. Handle materials: T6
aluminum and Montana leather wrap.
Overall length: 34.75 inches. Hurleys
are used in the 3,000-year-old Irish
sport of hurling. MSRP: $550.

A Lanny’s Clip in a swordfi sh handle
earned P.H. Jacob his second award in
the custom category—Best EDC Knife.
Blade length and steel: 2 5/8 inches and
CPM 154 stainless. Rope fi lework graces
the handle spine. Approximate closed
length: 3.75 inches. The maker’s list
price for a similar piece: $750.

looks, performance and cool. AWARDS
“It was so nice to handle knives by a BLADE Show w West officials estab-
maker who really understands knives lished several newseminarsandknife
at a deep architectural level and then judging comp petition categories, in-
adds proper sculpture. This is one ex- cluding dividi ing the former into one
ample of the top of the game for de- theme each for r each of the show’s three
sign. What a treat!” days: “Get Sharp Day,” “Knifemaking

Lynn Thompson pauses
during an impromptu
demonstration of knife
self-defense techniques
in the Cold Steel booth
area to show a patron a
Cold Steel fi xed blade.

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