{"id":2011,"date":"2026-02-13T09:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:43","slug":"2026-blade-show-texas-get-lone-star-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=2011","title":{"rendered":"2026 BLADE Show Texas: Get Lone Star Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BLADE Show Texas will kick off the \u201926 show slate in style<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n

Knives and knifemakers planetwide and most everything else keen, utilitarian and covetable will inundate the 5th Annual BLADE Show Texas March 20-21 in the Fort Worth Convention Center.<\/p>\n

The show will host over 400 exhibitors and thousands of knives from such countries as Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and elsewhere, not to mention top American custom knifemakers, ABS master and journeyman smiths and knifemaking members of the Knifemakers\u2019 Guild; the lion\u2019s share of members of the South Texas Slipjoint Cartel; the BLADE Show Texas custom and factory knife judging awards; and some of the world\u2019s leading factory knife companies, including current and past winners of BLADE Magazine Knife-Of-The-Year\u00ae Awards.<\/p>\n

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Get ready for some Texas steel set on sizzle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Fort Worth Convention Center will be crawling with cutters, with gobs of custom and factory knives\u2014from low end to high end, stock removal to forged, fixed blade to folder\u2014tomahawks, swords, sharpeners and more. And if the exhibiting makers don\u2019t have what you want, the exhibiting custom knife purveyors and factory retailers probably will\u2014and if they don\u2019t, they can put you in touch with who does.<\/p>\n

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For knife hobbyists and novice and veteran makers alike, the show\u2019s comprehensive selection of knifemaking supplies and suppliers will have the materials, tools and equipment to make the knife of your dreams. From the latest steels, handle materials, hardware and sheath materials to most every knife part extant, the show\u2019s suppliers should have it.<\/p>\n

Knife Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Zero Tolerance will be among the top factory exhibitors featuring the sleekest folders and fixed blades. ZT\u2019s ultra-lightweight (1.9 ounce) 0117 Duralock folder in CPM MagnaCut stainless
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The knife judging competitions will recognize the best of the show\u2019s custom and factory knives that are entered. The custom award categories, with last year\u2019s winners in parentheses: Best in Show (Dionatam Franco); Best Bowie (David Lisch); Best Fighter (Dionatam Franco); Best Damascus (Pedro Fornari); Best Hunting Knife (Josh Fisher); Best Folding Knife (Tom Overeynder); Best Kitchen Knife (a Luke Dellmyer\/Richard Patterson collaboration); Best M.A.C.K. (Jared Oeser); Best EDC (Evan Nicolaides); Best Art Knife (Paul DiStefano); Best of the Rest (Josh Taylor); and Best Slipjoint (Evan Nicolaides).<\/p>\n

The factory award categories, with last year\u2019s winners in parentheses: Best in Show (Poikiloblade); Best EDC (Dauntless Manufacturing); Best American Made (Dauntless Manufacturing); Best Imported (Poikiloblade); Best Fixed Blade (QSP); Best Folder (a Pro-Tech\/Vero Engineering collaboration); and Best of the Rest (Vero Engineering).
The custom and factory knife judging is reserved exclusively for show exhibitors, all of whom received packets with complete details on category descriptions, judging rules and more prior to checking into the show.<\/p>\n

What’s Next<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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World-class South African knifemaker Bertie Rietveld (left) returns to help headline the international contingent of knifemakers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BLADE Show Texas will be the first of three BLADE-Show-sponsored events for 2026, the other two being the grandaddy of them all, the 45th Annual BLADE Show June 5-7 at the newly named Cobb Convention Centre-Atlanta (formerly the Cobb Galleria Centre), and BLADE Show West 2026 at the Salt Palace Convention Center Oct. 9-10 in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

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