Finding The Perfect Knife Is A Lot More Fun When You Know What Everything Is Most people think knives are cool, but not everyone knows what tang is, or the difference between AUS8 carbon steel and 420HC stainless steel, or even what the difference between carbon and stainless is. That’s the realm of knife makers and … Read more
Find the Best Bread Knife For You Technically speaking, any knife can slice bread. However, there are certain qualities that your knife has to have to make cutting bread faster and more efficient. Shopping for the best bread knife for you can be a bit confusing, because there are lots of choices in the market. However, … Read more
It’s Important to Know the Metal of Your Knife Almost all knives will be made out of variations of two different steels: carbon and stainless. The crazy sequences of numbers and letters you sometimes see pinned to a knife are the steel grade, which vary depending on the mix of elements in the steel and … Read more
Why Put a Gut Hook On a Hunting Knife if Hunters Don’t Use it? The gut hook feature is a funny thing. It’s usually forged on the back of a blade so you can just flip the knife around and cut a clean line through a fresh kill. But most hunters don’t seem to like … Read more
Nobody Like a Dull Knife Using a dull knife can be very frustrating. You need to repeat the cutting or slicing action many times because your knife is inefficient. When this happens you can either buy a new knife which can be a time consuming and expensive process or you can learn how to sharpen … Read more
How Tangy is Your Knife You’ve probably encountered a few zealous knife enthusiasts speed talking about the full tang bushcraft knife they just picked up the other day. If you’re not a zealous knife enthusiast, that phrase might raise a few questions: mainly, what is tang? Can I drink it? What does this have to … Read more
From Flint to Stainless Steel Man has a special bond with hunting tools especially the knife. Even during pre-historic times, the knife was man’s special tool used not only for hunting but also for survival. Later on, knives became essential for construction and food preparation. Knives started out as sharpened tools and slowly evolved into … Read more
The Are A Lot Of Great Kitchen Knife Sets Under $200 In 2021. This Article Will Help You Find The Top Set For Your Needs There are a lot of great kitchen knife sets in the $100 – $200 price range in 2021, and it seems like more new sets are announced constantly. While it … Read more
10 Of The Best Spydrco Knives By Great Independent Knife Designers Spyderco is famous as an inexhaustible source of knife designs. It seems like they come out with a dozen new knives every week, and while it’s fun to watch them pump out new stuff all the time, the volume makes it really easy to miss … Read more
This classic full tang hunting knife is cheap, good looking and durable. This has been a fairly popular knife for over forty years, but it’s popularity seems to have peeked in the 70’s and 80’s. The fact that it is no longer made in America has removed some of the appeal of this Old Timer … Read more