Black Belt Editor Shows You Seven Cool Blades!

At the Black Belt offices, we see a ton of knives. Every time a manufacturer releases a new model, we're sent a sample. We know, we know... it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it! As a supplement to the "Best Blades" sidebar in Steven Drape's article "Psychology of the Blade," featured in the September 2010 issue, we offer this video commentary from Black Belt Executive Editor Robert Young regarding the special features on and what he thinks is cool about the seven blades featured in the piece. For more information on the these knives, see the individual Web sites listed.

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