BERNARD LEVINE is the leading full-time writer on knives and 
cutlery in the world today. Since 1971 he has researched the 
history and identification of knives, as well as the art and 
technology of knifemaking. Besides the four widely acclaimed 
editions of his Levine's Guide to Knives and Their Values (1985, 
1989, 1993, 1997), his knife books include Knifemakers of Old San 
Francisco (1978; 2nd edition 1998), The Knife Identification and 
Value Guide (1981), The Knife Collection of Albert Blevins 
(1988), Pocketknives, a Collector's Guide (1993), and Identifying 
Pocketknives (1998). 
  Since 1974 he has been a regular contributor to Blade Magazine, 
and has published hundreds of feature articles about knives in 
this and other periodicals. Since 1978 he has written the popular 
monthly "Whut Izzit" feature for Knife World Magazine, in which 
he identifies, explains, and evaluates unusual knives. From 1988 
to 1996 he wrote the wide-ranging feature, "Bernard Levine's 
Knife Lore," for the National Knife Magazine, and his "From 
U.S.A. Report" for Tokyo's Knife magazine. 
   Mr. Levine serves as an advisor and consultant on cutlery to 
the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American 
History, to the California Academy of Sciences, and to other 
leading museums. He has testified as an expert witness in a wide 
variety of knife related court cases and commission hearings 
around the country. He has done knife research and appraisals 
for hundreds of individual, corporate, and government clients 
around the world. 
  Mr. Levine is a life member of the National Knife Collectors 
Association and of the National Rifle Association, and an 
honorary member of the Knifemakers Guild and The American 
Bladesmith Society. In 1994 he was inducted into the Blade 
Publications Cutlery Hall of Fame. 
  Bernard Levine is a native of Boston. He attended Commonwealth 
School and Harvard College. From 1969 to 1987 he lived and worked 
in California. He now lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he is active 
in the Oregon Knife Collectors Association. 



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