Spartan Blade’s Modern Take on an American Classic Spartan Blades has a reputation for making fighting knives. The Spartan-Harsey Nessmuk draws on some of those traditions, but also pays homage to old Nessmuk himself, the 19th century outdoor icon who changed the way a generation of Americans who idolized the Bowie by introducing them to …
This Budget Folder Features a Big Comfortable Handle and a Blade That is All About Finger Placement. The harpoon is rapidly becoming a go-to shape for knife designers, and for good reason. The concavity ground into the spine is an often-graceful addition that adds versatility to the blade. And Artisan Cutlery specializes in functional knives …
The FC-PKO Survival Knife is Smaller, Lighter and One Helluva Fire Starter. White River Knife and Tool makes purpose built blades for hunting, fishing, and survival. They don’t make folders and they don’t make overtly tactical knives, but their outdoor blades have, for more than a decade now, been winning fans in the field. Their …
A Compact Draft Horse of a Knife that’s the Proof In Steel That Fixed-Blade EDCs Do Exist Hard-earned experience – and I contend that having endured more than one season of The Walking Dead qualifies as such – suggests to the initiated that there’s basically two types of knives caused to be invented by the …
A Razor-Inspired Fixed Blade Knife That Pays Homage to an Innovator There are not many fixed-blade razors. We’ll get into why that is in a bit. But the CRKT Razel comes really close. While this isn’t a knife I’d want to shave with, it is a razor-inspired fixed blade that holds really close to the …
These Are the Official Favorite Folders, Fixed Blades, and Kitchen Knives Our Groping Hands Could Find in 2022 Well, no one told us to stop since last year, so I guess we’re still doing this. Here to tell you which knives from last year performed the best in all the categories you don’t care about …
A Well Designed Pocket Bowie That May Be Civivi’s Next Classic EDC. Some folder designs seem built around a rather desperate premise: the company needs something new. Others, like this build from Civivi, strike me as instant classics–designs that will likely define a long line of successors. There’s nothing half-baked or desperate about Civivi’s Sinisys. …
This Discontinued Tactical Classic is Worth Owning if You Can Track One Down. Let’s talk fighting knives. It is a sensitive topic, to be sure, but there’s no way to sugarcoat the intended purpose that defines Massad Ayoob’s contribution to the Spyderco lineup. The Massad Ayoob is a knife that is purpose-built as a tool …
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 …
This Subtle Workhorse of a Knife is a Fitting Homage to the Gun That Shares Its Name There’s a lot of crossover between those of us who are fixated by knives and those who like guns. Knife companies have long recognized this and many have tried to create gun-themed knives that are doubly appealing–something Hogue …
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