We cover most knives from hard-use folders to gentleman carries and a lot of odd things in between. Since “EDC knife” is a really broad term that basically includes whatever people carry every day, you’ll find a lot of variation in this category, but we try to be descriptive with our titles so you’ll know roughly what range of use a knife falls under before clicking on the full review.
We carry every knife we review for several weeks and subject them to various tests ranging from comfort to sharpness and edge retention. We cut a ridiculous amount of cardboard and probably do a lot of other things each knife wasn’t really designed for. By the end of each review you should have a good sense of how well a knife performs, how long it might last you, and if there are similar alternatives to consider. For other articles, we might list a knife we don’t own but are recommending based on a lot of research and genuine interest and curiosity on our part. We always prioritize knives we’ve actually used, but there are a lot of designs out there and even though we can’t physically own them all, we still like talking about them.
AUS8 Stainless Steel Is An Underrated Steel That is Perfect For Budget Knives – Here Are A Few of Our Favorites in 2021. In the world of stainless steel, AUS 8 offers a great compromise between quality and price in 2021. It can take an incredibly sharp edge. It won’t hold that edge as well …
Camillus Carbonitride Titanium Folding Knives Listed and Compared They’re a well-established American name, but they started getting a bad rep in the knife world after the name was bought by Acme United back in 2007 and Camillus knives began being made overseas. They’ve made a lot of moves to rebuild the brand since then though, …
The Collaboration Between Ruger and CRKT Resulted in a Surprisingly Practical Folding Knife At first glance the Ruger CRKT Two Stage Compact may look like a pocket knife created for the type of guy who carries a tactical backpack to the mall where he berates the sales people at clothing stores for the lack of …
Kizer Cutlery’s Premium Bladesmith and Prime Series Knives Are On Point Kizer separates their high-end knives into two different series: Bladesmith and Prime. They don’t seem too concerned with differentiating between the two series with the 2018 catalog (which is mostly organized by designers), possibly because the difference between the two is a thin line. …
This Quality Budget Brand is Making Great Custom Knives Affordable Kizer been working their way into the mainstream with heavy hitting designs for a while. High priced knives like the Sheepdog and the Kane have a place in small sections of the knife-collecting community that aren’t completely against Chinese manufacturing. Kizer really hit a new …
The Kizer Cutlery Vanguard Begleiter Is One of the Best Gentleman Folding Knives Under $100 I’ve accepted that I’m never going to own a Sebenza, or hold anything designed by Chris Reeve, probably. That’s fine. I don’t even want one anymore. Reeves can take his million dollar knives and genius wife to whatever supersteel cloud …
If You Are Looking For a Ken Onion Designed Knife From Kershaw or CRKT, This List is a Good Place to Start Ken Onion has about a million knives that make him famous. The big hitters seem to be stuff like the first Hi Jinx and the Chive. Certainly his run of vegetable-inspired knives hit …
8 Great Ceramic Blade Pocket Knife Options For EDC. A ceramic folder seems sort of like a fedora in that there’s an attractive theory behind it as far as function and aesthetic, but you can’t shake the feeling of impending regret, and any attempt to use it in public causes a tidal wave of eye rolling …
These 14 Knives Are The Stand Outs In Our Review of Boker’s Budget Magnum Line Boker Magnum is what you call a budget line. It’s the kind of brand you go to when you need a new carry for under $100. Magnum gets a bad rep and poor reviews sometimes for its quality, but you …
Whether It’s Hunting, Bushcraft or EDC, Steel Matters Anyone who only buys their knives in a certain kind of steel is the kind of person who’s going to have an opinion about S30V, S35V or S45V steel. Or 154CM versus CPM154, or D2 and why a $50 price increase for Crucible powder steels is worth …
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