death_date death_place birth_place awards name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
20 july 2011 north , south carolina florence , south carolina , usa '' blade '' cutlery hall of fame blackie collins 1939 blackie collins
 walter wells collins knifemaker , magazine editor
blackie collins

walter wells collins -lrb- 1939 -- july 20 , 2011 -rrb- or blackie collins was an american knife maker who designed and popularized the assisted opening mechanism and various automatic knife designs within the art of knifemaking .
he is cited by other knifemakers and collectors as one of the most innovative knife designers in the world and was an author and the founder of what became `` blade magazine '' .
collins died july 20 , 2011 in a motorcycle accident near north , south carolina .
