{"product_id":"9781440242076","title":"BLADE's Best Knifemakers: The Best Knifemakers of BLADE's First 40 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eBLADE enters the home stretch in observance of its 40th anniversary by doing a three-part series recognizing the top 40 custom knifemakers over those first 40 years (1973-2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe compiled a list of some of the top makers and submitted it to a panel of seasoned knife observers and asked them to select their top five to 10 and rank them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough \"top custom knifemakers\" can be subjective, we would like to think a top maker is one who excelled in terms of setting a standard that other makers attempted to emulate, and\/or excelled in quality of craftmanship, originality, and creativity - or both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"F+W Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128354259184,"sku":"9781440242076","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440242076_p0.jpg?v=1763785679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440242076","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}