The American Knife and Tool Institute has increased the size of its Board of Regents as part of an initiative to expand its impact as an advocate to ensure that Americans will always be able to buy, sell own, carry and use knives and edged tools. AKTI was formed in 1998 as a non-profit organization representing all segments of the knife industry and all knife users.

C.J. Buck, a founder and current Board member of the American Knife & Tool Institute, will speak about the Outdoor Writers Association of America’s efforts “to clarify state and federal knife law” at the organization’s annual conference June 10.

AKTI’s language regarding bias toward closure enacted in Texas.

Kansas enacts AKTI’s bias toward closure language.

Hugh Carnes of Tennessee won a drawing for a one-of-a-kind Kershaw SpecBump at the 2010 SHOT Show Monday. The knife was the grand prize in a drawing open to all new or renewing members from May 15 to December 30, 2009.