Production knife manufacturers innovate to maintain their edge in a competitive marketplace and this annual reference is the only place to find their latest innovations. It also provides a complete selection of currently available knives, knife gear, and knife accessories that workingmen and women carry or use on a daily basis. Knife listings cover every factory and semi-production knife in existence. A host of stories delve into today’s hot topics, including how knives work, why they work, what features are attractive to knife buyers, which steels work and why, and how the handles, guards, frames, and tangs hold up.

• A to Z coverage of every hot knife style
  
• Field reports from the 2003 S.H.O.T. Show