# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-emerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:54:49.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-emerson"
name: "Ernest Emerson"
slug: "ernest-emerson"
description: "Ernest R. Emerson is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career. In the 1980s he became better known for his combat knives and popularizing a style of knife known as the Tactical-folder."
tagline: "American knifemaker and martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_Emerson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1955-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.486610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ernest Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إرنست إيمرسون"
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    title: "ارنست ايمرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_R._Emerson"
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    title: "ارنست امرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Emerson"
    title: "Ernest Emerson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3057151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump