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KAI Makes a Statement with New Natrix Colors at Blade Show 2017

As eager knife enthusiasts waited for the doors to open on Blade Show 2017, two of the biggest mysteries were Benchmade and KAI-USA. Would either company bring any production surprises to this custom knife show?

Benchmade
Last year at Blade Show, Benchmade had jaws dropping with a limited edition, carbon fiber Contego and a giant M4 chopper. This year, though Benchmade had its full array of SHOT Show products on display, no new additions were debuted.

Kershaw / Zero Tolerance (KAI-USA)
The legal furor surrounding the Natrix left some wondering what the fate of Kershaw’s budget folder might be. A glimpse behind KAI’s cabinet revealed the answer. On display are five new flavors of the Natrix. It looks like the company isn’t backing away from a release date anytime soon.

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ESEE Doubles Down at Blade Show 2017

ESEE is doubling down at Blade Show this year with back-to-back fixed blade reveals. The PR4 joins ESEE’s popular Camp-Lore series, and the Junglas-II brings the company’s famous special forces tool into a smaller size category.

Patrick Rollins is the Lead Instructor at ESEE’s School of Survival and the man behind the PR4 – or one of the men. He based the PR4, his very first knife design, on the classic knife pattern of Horace Kephart, a famous early American survivalist and writer. Rollins describes the PR4 as simple and effective. A 4-inch 1095 spear point blade is designed for just about any kind of outdoor cutting task. “People are drawn to it out of nostalgia,” Rollins says of the design, “But once they start using it they see that it’s simple but it works.”

Kephart’s knife has a long legacy. ESEE and Rollins are definitely not the first to try their hand at a variation of this pattern. Rollins’ tweaks are simple but have an impact. He chose to go with a thinner blade stock for better cutting ability, and says that the manufacturing and materials will close the gap and help the PR4 distinguish itself from the pack. “It’s not that the design is that drastically different, but the heat treat and quality control and our warranty make it stand out.”

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2017 Blade Show White River Knife Invitation

River Knife & Tool, Coopersville, MI, May, 2017- White River Knives invites you to visit its display booth at this year’s Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia, June 2-4.

The Blade Show is the world’s number one show for cutlery, so it is the place to see custom and new production knives, and White River Knives will be at booth number 32A. Staffing the booth will be White River’s owners, Cammenga family members John Sr., Susan, Matt, and John Jr., along with the company’s newest craftsman/designer, A.T. Nyhof.

Special guest; famed master smith Jerry Fisk, who designed several White River knives, will be in the booth at 1:00 p.m. each day. If you are into forged blades, Jerry is the guy to see. Also visiting the booth throughout the show will be Jason Tietz of Firecraft Customs, and Justin Gingrich of Gingrich Tactical Innovations.

White River Knives will be displaying its full line of cutlery, including custom versions of the wildly popular Firecraft survival knives that debuted at the 2016 Blade Show. Some new knives will also make their debut at the Blade Show, including the Kucklehead II, based on White River’s original Knucklehead, the popular small skeleton knife designed for utility, carry comfort, and concealment. The company will also show never-before-seen prototypes of its incredible new bushcraft knives.

White River’s reputation for intelligent design, top-shelf U.S.-only materials, and incomparable workmanship at a reasonable price has driven a sales explosion that has allowed the company to expand its offerings and provide great knives to more and more satisfied customers.