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BLADE Show 2022: Inside the Coolest Knife Show in the United States

Joshua Swanagon by Joshua Swanagon
February 3, 2023
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Last month 11,000+ people descended on Atlanta, Georgia, for the biggest knife show in America. BLADE Show 2022 boasts 900 exhibitors from 17 countries, all displaying some of the coolest knives on the planet. Not to mention EDC products, bushcraft products, blunt force trauma weapons, guns, etc. You never know what, or who, you will see there.

Inside BLADE Show 2022

I have been a knife writer for years, and BLADE Show is perhaps my favorite time of the year. Hosted by BLADE Magazine, it is the largest knife show of its kind in the United States and still growing. Taking place at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia, it used to only occupy the main hall but has expanded to fill the second hall as well.

The show boasts 900 exhibitors and 11,000+ attendees.
The show boasts 900 exhibitors and 11,000+ attendees.

The show features everything from up-and-coming custom makers to all of the large corporate brands and everything in between. If you are curious about what Benchmade, Spyderco, TOPS Knives, Spartan Blades, the newly branded Outlier Knife Co., etc., have coming out for the year, this is the place to find out.

I had to stop by the Reate Knives booth and check out the Exo gravity knife. It is as cool as it looks.
I had to stop by the Reate Knives booth and check out the Exo gravity knife. It is as cool as it looks.

Likewise, if you have ever wanted to hold a custom knife from a master bladesmith, you’ll find them here. Just make sure to ask before you pick up a knife.

In addition, throughout the show, there are free demos on the latest knife sharpeners, forges, presses, grinders, etc. And, if you were a fan of Forged in Fire: Knife or Death, you would really enjoy the cutting competition that takes place outside on Saturday.

There are demos of all kinds taking place around the floor of BLADE Show 2022.
There are demos of all kinds taking place around the floor of BLADE Show 2022.
Every BLADE Show has a cutting competition and it is worth the time to watch.
Every BLADE Show has a cutting competition, and it is worth the time to watch.
The BLADE Show 2022 cutting competition did not disappoint.
The BLADE Show 2022 cutting competition did not disappoint. Photo: Michael Janich.

For me, BLADE Show is an opportunity to catch up with old friends in the industry, it’s like a family. Or, in the case of Dark Timber Custom Knives, a knife cult. That’s an inside joke. I wish I could list everyone here because I have so many great friends at so many great companies. However, the list would be way too long, and I know I would forget someone.

But I did get to acquire some great knives and other products for coverage. So, keep an eye out.

An Unexpected Surprise

The highlight for me was stopping at the TOPS Knives booth. When I got there, President Leo Espinoza handed me a custom version of my knife, the C.U.T. 4.0. The knife is a handmade version of the production model, done by Leo himself in the Custom Shop.

It features beautiful file work on the spine and belly of the grip. And the handle scales are constructed of a piece of bloodwood that some friends and I backpacked out of the Amazon Jungle. To say that this knife has a lot of personal meaning to me would be putting it mildly.

The custom C.U.T. 4.0 made for me in the TOPS Knives Custom Shop by President Leo Espinoza.
The custom C.U.T. 4.0 made for me in the TOPS Knives Custom Shop by President Leo Espinoza.

If you couldn’t make it to BLADE Show Atlanta this year, don’t worry because it comes around yearly. Also, if you’re out west, you can attend BLADE Show West, which is coming to Salt Lake City in October.

If you’re even remotely interested in knives, you owe it to yourself to attend a BLADE Show at least once. You’ll thank me.

Even Nighthawk Customs had a booth displaying some of their amazing pistols.
Even Nighthawk Customs had a booth displaying some of their amazing pistols.
BLADE Show 2022 wasn't short on EDC items, like this keychain knife tool from Lionsteel Knife.
BLADE Show 2022 wasn’t short on EDC items, like this keychain knife tool from Lionsteel Knife.
There were a lot of interesting things to see at BLADE Show 2022, like the Buddy Blade from Fox Knives.
There were many interesting things to see at BLADE Show 2022, like the Buddy Blade from Fox Knives.

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