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Ralph, Van Reenen, Cohan and Baker

The world of knives said goodbye to four well-known members recently with the passing of knifemakers Darrel Ralph and Ian Van Reenen, knife collector, dealer and writer Pete Cohan, and famed knife designer Ben Baker.

Ralph, of Newton, Ohio, died Nov. 20. He was 67. A long-time award-winning custom knifemaker working out of Galena, Ohio, early on, he was among those

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