Let’s take a detour from talking about specific products to do a brief 2007 year-in-review. I’m going to focus on the blogosphere only, since I’m mostly interested in opinion pieces. And I’ll cover knife forum discussions in a separate post. Without further ado, then, let’s take a look at some interesting knife-related blog posts of 2007.

It’s a great pleasure to see a new knife-related blog come online, and the Knife Haggler was no exception. Especially his series on choosing a survival knife which was well thought-out and comprehensive.

Another new blog took a different approach. The Dark Blade focused on fantastical weaponry. Some really cool stuff to check out there, including a few posts on making your own Wolverine claws!

2007 brought us the dissolution and subsequent asset auction of Camillus Cutlery in September. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out in 2008. I’m concerned that, though the brand may live on, it will be in name only.

October brought us a pretty substantial safety recall from Gerber.

At the 2007 Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia, Kiku Knife and SOG Knives won Best Collaboration Knife of the Year.

And, on the product review front, it seems like the theme is to now include videos. I’m all for that, as it gives you a chance to see exactly what the reviewer is talking about. We saw a good video review of The Kershaw Blue Ti Bump Knife, as well as a good post on Syperco Locking mechanisms.