The Blade Show is an annual tradeshow for the cutlery industry. It is the largest event of its type in the world. The show is sponsored by Blade magazine and is the host for inductees into the annual Hall of Fame.
The first Blade Show was held in 1982 as the American Blade Convention and Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. The magazine was known as 'American Blade' at the time. In 1983 it became known as "The American Blade Collector's Show". In 1984 the name became "The Blade Super Show". In 1986 the show relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1988, the name was changed to the Blade Show & Cutlery Fair and it became loosely referred to as the Blade Show. In 1993 the show moved to Atlanta, Georgia and officially became known as The Blade Show.
Every year, the Blade Show admits 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.
Henry D. Baer - Knifemaker, President of Schrade Knives and namesake of the "Uncle Henry" brand of pocketknives.
Dewey Ferguson - Author
Bo Randall - Knifemaker
James B. Lile - Knifemaker
M.H. Cole - Knifemaker and Author
Al Buck - Founder of Buck Knives
William R. Williamson - Scholar and collector of Bowie knives
Pete Gerber - Founder of Gerber Legendary Blades
Bob Loveless - Knifemaker
William F. Moran - Bladesmith
Jim Parker - Knifemaker
George Herron - Knifemaker 1932-2007
Frank Buster - Knifemaker
Frank Forsyth
A.G. Russell - Knifemaker
Ken Warner - Author
Jim Bowie - Father of the Bowie knife
Maury Shavin
Hubert Lawell
William Scagel - Knifemaker
Gil Hibben - Knifemaker
Harry McEvoy - Author
Buster Warenski - Knifemaker
Albert M. Baer - Founder of Schrade Knives
Col. Rex Applegate - Knife designer, author
B.R. Hughes - Author
Bruce Voyles - Author
Bernard Levine - Author
Houston Price - Author
Bill Adams - Author
Jim Weyer - Author and photographer
Chuck Buck - Knifemaker - Buck Knives
Blackie Collins - Knifemaker
Frank Centofante - Knifemaker
Ron Lake - Knifemaker
Sal Glesser - Designer, Founder of Spyderco
Joe Drouin - Knife Collector
Bob Schrimsher - Knifemaking Supply
Rudy Ruana - Knifemaker
D¹Alton Holder - Knifemaker
Michael Walker - Knifemaker, Inventor of the Walker linerlock
George "Butch" Winter - Author
Tim Leatherman - Inventor of the multi-tool knife and founder of Leatherman Tools
Dan Dennehy - Knifemaker, Founding Member of the Knifemakers' Guild
Ken Onion - Knifemaker and inventor of the SpeedSafe Mechanism
Al Mar - Knifemaker, founder of Al Mar Knives
Paul Bos - Master heat treater - Buck Knives
