The Blade Magazine 2011 Knife Of The Year® Awards recognized the industry’s finest factory knives and are as follows:
•Overall Knife Of The Year®: Zero Tolerance 0777;
•American Made Knife Of The Year®: Spyderco Native 5 Fluted Ti;
•Imported Knife Of The Year®: Spyderco Vallotton Subhilt:
•Most Innovative American Design: Microtech Select Fire;
•Most Innovative Imported Design: Fox Dobolock;
•Best Buy Of The Year®: Columbia River Knife & Tool Shenanigan;
•Investor/Collector Knife Of The Year®: William Henry Studio ST-4010;
•Manufacturing Quality Award: Chris Reeve Knives;
•Collaboration Of The Year®: Zero Tolerance and Rick Hinderer for the Model 0560;
•Kitchen Knife Of The Year®: Kershaw Shun Fuji;
•Accessory Of The Year®: Blade-Tech MOLLE Lok;
•Industry Achievement Award: Pete Cohan;
•Publisher’s Award: New Hampshire Rep. Jenn Coffey.
The BLADE Show custom knife awards are as follows:
•Best Knife Collaboration and Best Of Show: Dennis Friedly art knife engraved by Gil Rudolph;
•Best Miniature Knife: Yoshio Sakauchi;
•Best Fixed Blade: Rodrigo Sfreddo;
•Best Bowie: John White;
•Best Fighter: R.J. Martin;
•Most Innovative Design: Joe Caswell;
•Best Utility Hunter: Dan Farr;
•Best Sword: Vince Evans;
•Best Art Knife: Donald Vogt;
•Best Of The Rest: Mardi Meshejian;
•Best New Maker: Rod Watts;
•Best Handle Design: Vince Evans;
•Best Tactical Folder: Brian Fellhoelter;
•Best Damascus Knife: John White.