Andrew North
CRKT’s New Line-up Features A Few Surprises, New Collaborations and Plenty of Variety. Columbia River Knife and Tool is putting a lot of attention into updates this year. Many of their new models are continuations of established designs, and in some cases a resurgence of some knives we thought had gone away years ago. But …
A New Lock, New Steel and Even a New Zero Tolerance Model Highlight Kai’s Early 2023 Product Drop Kershaw just announced their first OTF auto design, the Livewire 9000, making all of us at NBK bring up Google and say “wait, they didn’t have an OTF already?” Designed in collaboration with Matt Diskin, the Livewire …
A High Class Western Chef’s Knife with a Hard Bite and Smooth Looks Cangshan has been putting out some great designs lately that showcase a genuine love and attention to detail with kitchen knives. The Thomas Keller series chef’s knife is the first one of their knives I’ve tested that felt like it was really …
When an American Outdoor Knife Company Goes Japanese Hybrid The Bradford chef’s knife is technically a gyuto. The blade certainly cuts like one. You could work it next to the Tojiro DP and watch it perform in roughly the same way. It’s very thin behind the edge and the edge has a subtle curvature that …
A Classic Looking Survival Knife with an Incredible Sheath Demko showed up at Blade Show in early 2022 with the FreeReign. At the time he was calling it the AD15F because it’s essentially the same handle and blade, just fixed and a little longer. There are a couple of other key differences (besides being a …
Kitchen Knife Manufacturer Cangshan Cutlery is Building a New Factory in Leander, Texas. This is a huge move for Cangshan, which had been manufacturing exclusively in Yongjiang, China up to this point, with an international headquarters in Chino, California. This both signals Cangshan’s expansion into US manufacturing, and closing up their operations in California. The …
The Revo Duo Can Handle Beer Bottles or Regular Knife Stuff Revo popped into Blade Show West with their first ever multi-tool. The Duo is a hefty little thing with a 9Cr18MoV steel blade and a toolbar set into the body. The tool bar includes a slotted drive at the end and a prong that …
Vosteed’s Latest Folder is a Lightweight, Tactical EDC With A Push Button Lock and a Unique Look. Overall Length: 8.2″ Blade Length: 3.48″ Handle Length: 4.72″ Weight: 3.77oz Blade Material: S35VN Handle Material: G-10 Opening mechanism: Flipper, front flipper and thumbhole Blade Grind: Compound hollow Lock Type: Trek Lock (patent pending button lock) Carry Position: …
Playing with Sharp Things in Salt Lake City We took a desert trek over to Utah this weekend to go to our first Blade Show West event. We missed the first three because we were either too drunk, too poor, or just didn’t want to go to southern California. The Salt Flats seemed a lot more appealing …
A Lightweight Bushcraft Knife with EDC Ambitions Small fixed blades are a tricky beast to wrestle. People expect it to be rugged and comfortable like a regular sized fixed blade, but also lightweight and slicey. A lot of smaller designs end up being lightweight and rugged but with a blade that can’t do much like …
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