Blade Show Winners
Legend:
- O = Overall
- AM = American Made
- I = Imported Knife
- AMD = American-Made Design
- ID = Imported Design
- MQ = Manufacturing Quality
- INV = Investment
- C = Collectors
- B = Best Buy
- A = Achievement
- MIA = Most Innovative American-Made Design
- MII = Most Innovative Imported Design
- CI = Collector/Investor or IC = Investor/Collector
- P = Publisher's
- ACC = Accessory
- COL = Collaboration
- IA = Industry Achievement
- K = Kitchen
1982
- Fight'n Rooster (O and INV)
- [Tommy] Lee Benchmade (AM and MQ)
- Parker (I)
- Queen (AMD)
- Knife World (C)
1983
- Timberline (AM)
- Fight'n Rooster (I)
- Pacific Cutlery (AMD)
- Parker (ID)
- (Tommy) Lee Benchmade (MQ)
- Fight'n Rooster (INV)
- Queen (C)
1984
- Timberline survival hunter (O)
- Case (AM)
- Jet-Aer Corp., G-96 Knives (I)
- Lee Benchmade (AMD)
- Fight'n Rooster (ID)
- Bulldog (INV)
- Parker (MQ)
1985
- Gerber Clip-Lock (O)
- Fight'n Rooster 12-blade (INV)
- Lee Benchmade damascus hunters (AM)
- Bulldog serpentine stockman (I)
- Timberline survival hunter (AMD)
- Kershaw old-world-style dagger (ID)
- Rodgers-Wostenholm USA (MQ)
1986
- Fight'n Rooster 7-blade congress whittler (O)
- Alcas Solution (AM)
- Timberline survival folder (AMD)
- Hoffman Condor hunting knives (ID)
- Bulldog and Lee Benchmade (tie) (MQ)
- Kershaw Model 1005 (I)
- Parker JK-1 (INV)
- Gerber Ultralight LST (B)
1987
- Buck Titanium (O)
- Fight'n Rooster 4-blade canoe (I)
- Blue Grass/Winchester stockman (INV)
- Cold Steel Trail Mate (ID)
- Gerber Parabellum (AM)
- Lee Benchmade (MQ)
- Blackjack Folding Mamba II (B)
- Parker razor pocketknife (AMD)
1988
- SOG Tomcat (O)
- Cold Steel bowie (AM)
- Fight'n Rooster pearl whittler (I)
- Damascus USA damascus Rambo knife (AMD)
- Outdoor Edge Game Skinner (ID)
- Case 059L SSP (B)
- Spyderco Police (MQ)
- 25th Anniversary Buck 110 (INV)
1989
- Blue Grass/Winchester W15 1927 (O)
- Beretta USA K92 (B)
- Case/Parker 100th Anniversary knives (INV)
- Camillus Promaster 893 (AMD)
- Damascus USA Reagan Bowie (ID)
- SOG Stingray (I)
- Fight'n Rooster (MQ)
- Buck Yellowhorse Knives (A)
1990
- Spyderco Endura (O)
- Camillus 716 Yello Jaket (AM)
- Blackjack/Warner Moran Rio Grande Bowie (I)
- Becker Knife & Tool Tactul II (MIA)
- Sante Fe Stoneworks gent's skinner (MII)
- Queen Jumbo (B)
- Buck BuckLock I Model 531 (CI)
- SOG (MQ)
- Beretta factory/custom collaboration program (A)
1991
- Timberline Timberlite (O)
- Camillus High Country Hunters (B)
- Spyderco Pro-Hunter (I)
- SOG ToolClip (MII)
- United Cutlery T2 (AM)
- Gerber Gator Serrater (MIA)
- Santa Fe Stoneworks trout knife (IC)
- Queen Schatt & Morgan line (MQ)
1992
- Gerber Multi-Plier (O)
- Equip USA El Diente (MIA)
- Spyderco Civilian (MII)
- Blackjack Classic 1-7 (AM)
- Bear MGC 125 BR (B)
- Camillus CCC-2 (CI)
- Beretta USA (MQ)
- Linder-Solingen Purple Perlex Dagger (I)
- Little River Knives Winston Motor Sports Set (P)
1993
- Spyderco Snap-It (O)
- Beretta USA/Jack Busfield collaboration (MQ)
- Boker Delta 2040 (I)
- Gerber Guardian Back-Up (AM)
- Case/Little River Racing Collectibles (P)
- Soque River Lev-R-Lok (MIA)
- Bear MGC Wildlife Series (CI)
- Outdoor Edge Fish Skinner (I)
- Camillus Crown Stag Bowie (B)
1994
- Buck CrossLock (O)
- Timberline/Equip USA Spec War (AM)
- Spyderco Remote Release Snap-It (I)
- Knives of Alaska Brown Bear/Cub Bear Combo (MIA)
- Little River X-9 Para-Bow (MII)
- Benchmark Feather Mate (B)
- Santa Fe Stoneworks/Tommy Lee collaboration (IC)
- Bear MGC (MQ)
- DMT Diafold (ACC)
- Queen (P)
1995
- Spyderco Silhouette (O)
- SOG Power Plier (AM)
- Outdoor Edge FieldLight (I)
- Benchmark Feather Mate Sharpee (MIA)
- Euroblade laguiole (MII)
- Bear MGC 520 stag peanut (B)
- Santa Fe Stoneworks/Tommy Lee folder (CI)
- Blackjack (MQ)
- DMT Diamond Mini Sharp (ACC)
- J. Bruce Voyles (P)
1996
- Buck BuckTool (O)
- Gerber Applegate Combat Folder (AM)
- Spyderco/Michael Walker Lightweight (I)
- Bear MGC Bear Jaws (MIA)
- United/Colt CT-2 knife/ax combo (MII)
- Blackjack Chucker (B)
- Queen Schatt & Morgan Series VI (IC)
- Camillus (MQ)
- DMT Diamond Aligner (ACC)
- Frank Centofante (P)
1997
- Boker Super Liner (O)
- Meyerco Strut'N'Cut (MIA)
- Benchmade (MQ)
- GATCO/Timberline Stealth (AM)
- Al Mar Ultra Lite (MII)
- Ontario SP-17 (B)
- Outdoor Edge Wedge (I)
- Santa Fe Stoneworks/Bob Terzuola gent's folder (IC)
- EZE-Lap 510 (ACC)
- Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing (P)
1998
- Outdoor Edge Kodi-Pak (O)
- Kershaw/Ken Onion 1510 (AM)
- Columbia River Knife & Tool [CRKT]/Ed Halligan K.I.S.S. (I)
- Camillus CUDA (MIA)
- Al Mar Havana Clipper (MII)
- Microtech (MQ)
- EDI Genesis-I (B)
- Linder-Solingen/Blue Mountain Turquoise Kris Dagger Art Set (IC)
- DMT Double-Sided Diafold (ACC)
- American Knife & Tool Institute (P)
1999
- Emerson Knives, Inc., Commander (O)
- William Henry Knives (WHK)
- T10-CF (AM)
- SOG Vision (I)
- SpeedTech Synergy (MIA)
- C.A.S. Iberia Starship (MII)
- Kershaw Black Out (B)
- Santa Fe Stoneworks/Eddie Baca (IC)
- GATCO Tri-Seps (ACC)
- Beretta/Warren Thomas Stealth (COL)
- Case (IA)
- Jerry Fisk and Larry Fuegen (P)
2000
- WHK S07 (O)
- M.O.D. Duane Dieter CQD (AM)
- CRKT/Pat Crawford Point Guard (I)
- Microtech/Greg Lightfoot LCC (COL)
- Timberline/Butch Vallotton Discovery (B)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- WHK T-10 pearl damascus(IC)
- Imagical Design 2000 DP1 (MII)
- Gerber Multi-Plier 800 Legend (MIA)
- Sentry Solutions Tuf-Glide (ACC)
- Bill Moran (IA)
- C.J. Buck (P)
2001
- M.O.D. CQD Mark V ATAC (O)
- Kershaw/Onion Black Chive (AM)
- CRKT/Michael Walker Blade-LOCK (I)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- WHK T-12 (IC)
- Schrade/Van Barnett gent's folder (COL)
- Tigersharp Neon (MII)
- TiNives BayoKnife (MIA)
- Camillus/Darrel Ralph ArcLite (B)
- Sentry Solutions knife-and-tool care kit (ACC)
- CRKT (P)
- Paul Basch (IA)
2002
- Kershaw/Onion Rainbow Leek (O)
- WHK Spectrum (AM)
- A.G. Russell Gent's Pocketknife (I)
- TiNives (MQ)
- WHK Maltese (IC)
- Phantom Knives Rip Cord Medallion (MIA)
- Smith & Wesson Power Glide (MII)
- Camillus/Jerry Fisk OVB Bowie (COL)
- Benchmade Mini-Griptilian (B)
- DMT Mini Hone (ACC)
- Buck Knives (P)
- Jim Batson (IA)
2003
- WHK Westcliff (O)
- Simonich Urban Raven (AM)
- CRKT/Allen Elishewitz Rollock (I)
- Buck Revolution-XT (MIA)
- Kershaw Carabiner Tool (MII)
- Ka-Bar/Bob Dozier Zytel folding hunter (B)
- Chris Reeve Knives/Bill Harsey Green Beret Knife (COL)
- WHK Monarch (IC)
- Kershaw Shun Santoku (K)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- DMT Diafold Ceramic Serrated Knife Sharpener (ACC)
- Spyderco (P)
- David Morrell (IA)
2004
- CRKT/Ed Van Hoy Snap Lock (O)
- Microtech MTX2 (AM)
- Ka-Bar/Bob Dozier aluminum folding hunter (I)
- Gerber Nautilus (MIA)
- Benchmade/Steve Fecas Gamer (B)
- A.G. Russell SeaMaster (MII)
- CRKT/Barry Gallagher Montana Gentleman (COL)
- WHK Arc Display System (K)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Case Family Brands Encyclopedia Set (IC)
- DMT 6N1 sharpener (ACC)
- A.G. and Goldie Russell (P)
- Dan Wright (IA)
2005
- Kershaw/Onion Offset (O)
- SOG Topo Meridian (AM)
- RKT/Van Hoy Snap Fire (I)
- Spyderco/Kershaw Spyker (COL)
- Kershaw/Grant & Gavin Hawk E.T. (MIA)
- Miltner Adams MA-1 (MII)
- Spyderco Byrd line (B)
- Chris Reeve Knives 21st Anniversary Sebenza (IC)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Kershaw Shun Classic Chef Knife (K)
- CRKT Merlin (ACC)
- Don Fogg (IA)
- Houston Price and Mark Zalesky (P)
2006
- William Henry Knives GenTac CTD (O)
- Benchmade Model 610 Rukus (AM)
- CRKT My Tighe (I)
- Benchmade/Bill McHenry 3300 OTF Infidel (COL)
- Kershaw Zero Tolerance M.U.D.D. (MIA)
- Spyderco Bi-Fold (MII)
- Byrd G-10 Meadowlark (B)
- Kershaw Shun SG0405 (K)
- WHK B5 Bengali (IC)
- Shapton GlassStone sharpening system (ACC)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Hank Reinhardt (IA)
- Kershaw, Ken Onion and Strider Knives (P)
2007
- Kershaw Tyrade (O)
- Chris Reeve Knives Pacific (AM)
- Boker Three Roses (I)
- SOG KIKU by SOG Specialty Knives and Kikuo Matsuda (COL)
- Kershaw R.A.M. (MIA)
- CRKT K.I.S.S. Two-Timer (MII)
- CRKT Guppie (B)
- Kershaw Shun Kaji (K)
- WHK B10 Decade (IC)
- Blade-Tech Tek-Lok Sharp Shim (ACC)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Wayne Goddard and Paul Bos (IA)
2008
- Chris Reeve Knives Umnumzaan (O)
- WHK B06 TAT Ventana (AM)
- CRKT Fulcrum (I)
- Arkansas Hunter by Case and Tony Bose (COL)
- Leatherman Tool Group Skeletool (MIA)
- CRKT Glide Lock (MII)
- Spyderco Tenacious (B)
- Kershaw Shun cook's knife (K)
- WHK B11 Tapestry (IC)
- CRKT Get-A-Way Driver (ACC)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Daryl Meier (IA)
- BladeForums Bowie Project Participants (P)
2009
- Lone Wolf Knives Paul Defender (O)
- Kershaw SpeedForm (AM)
- Benchmade Nagara (I)
- Spyderco Bob-T Slipit (COL)
- Fox Knives USA REZ-Q2 (MIA)
- CRKT Flux (MII)
- Lone Wolf Knives Blackfoot (B)
- Chris Reeve Knives Sikayo 10-Inch Slicer (K)
- WHK Anthem (IC)
- Wicked Edge Precision Knife Sharpener (ACC)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Phil Lobred and Kevin Pipes (IA)
2010
- Chris Reeve Knives TI-Lock (O)
- Kershaw Tilt (AM)
- CRKT Eros (I)
- Spyderco Manix2 Translucent Blue Lightweight (MIA)
- J.W. Denton (IA)
- Lion Steel SR-1 (MII)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Kershaw Shun Premier (K)
- A.G. Russell Knives Steel Thumbnail (ACC)
- the Knife Community At Large (P)
- Spartan/Harsey Model 1 Limited (COL)
- Pro-Tech Knives Don (IC)
- Stone River Gear SRG1STLB (B)
2011
- Zero Tolerance 0777 (O)
- Spyderco Native Fluted Titanium (AM)
- Spyderco Vallotton Sub-Hilt Folder (I)
- Microtech SF (MIA)
- Pete Cohan (IA)
- Fox Ax-Dobolock (MII)
- Chris Reeve Knives (MQ)
- Kershaw Shun Fuji Chef's Knife (K)
- Blade-Tech MOLLE-Lok (ACC)
- New Hampshire Rep. Jenn Coffey (P)
- Zero Tolerance/Hinderer 0560 (COL)
- William Henry Studio B12 Rising Sun (IC)
- Columbia River Knife & Tool Shenanigan PPS (B)