Andrew North
This Survival Knife is all about Control and Comfort There are only so many things that can be done right or wrong on a fixed blade, but the harder you use one the more obvious (and sometimes painful) it gets when just one or two of those things are done poorly. Basically everything felt right …
CRKT is Blade Show Ready With New Premium Pocket Knife Releases CRKT is going into Blade Show 2023 with a set of limited edition collaborations with ex-jeweler, prolific inventor, and knife designer Michael Walker. They’re releasing two versions of the Monument: a flipper with a wharncliffe-like blade, although the edge has plenty of curve going …
This is a Set of True Kitchen Essentials in a Very Tall Package Most chefs and knife makers (custom makers, anyway) will tell you that you only really need a chef’s knife, a paring, and a bread knife. And yet, most kitchen knife companies will push huge sets containing twenty knives insisting it gives you …
An Outdoor Chef Knife for Those Who Don’t Like to Compromise When Camping. It’s called the Anzick, and it’s “designed specifically for bringing a professional-grade culinary experience into the outdoors”, according to their press release. It’s also a limited edition handmade and individually numbered in the USA, so it might not be available for long. …
Gird your pockets and pack your band-aids, because June is coming and that means Blade Show is happening soon. It’s going to be a busy weekend packed with classes and demos, featuring over 900 exhibitors of all kinds including full production knife makers, a whole hell of a lot of custom makers, and even a …
The man behind Knife Steel Nerds just released his second book, The Story of Knife Steel – Innovators behind Modern Damascus and Super Steels. This is a slight departure from Larrin Thomas’ highly technical debut book, Knife Engineering – Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry (which has become something of a bible for knife makers since …
Another Military Fixed Blade Design Evolved for the Campground Zero Tolerance dropped into Shot Show 2023 with this thing and the rest of us had to put on water wings to wade through the drool. It’s the slightly more camp knife-oriented version of the ZT-9 Bayonet designed by Mike Strider. It’s a little smaller and …
A Big Handled Kitchen Knife that Cuts Above Its Price Tag The Artisan Chef’s knife is the purebred Western knife in Cutluxe’s modest line up. Currently their other offerings are a more thin handled series with Swedish steel (the Olivery series), and a heavier-set series featuring harder Japanese steel (the Shinobi series). The key difference …
The sleek, tactical minded side of Bear & Sons just dropped its first reverse tanto blade. Bear OPS is going full high-speed, low-drag with the new Bold Action XV auto. It’s a slim but sturdy folder with a 3-inch blade in 14C28N steel, and a titanium handle. There’s a lot of texturing and contouring going …
LionSteel partners with CRKT for limited premium editions of a Ken Onion design. Starting April 4, 2023, CRKT will be offering two limited runs of the Ken Onion-designed Facet folder. Originally released in 2021, the original Facet is a clean looking, assisted open folder with a 3.3″ blade in D2 steel with a stainless steel …
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