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A Simplified but Hopefully Comprehensive Overview of Damascus and Wootz Steel for People Who Don’t Read Good Damascus steel is tie dye for knives. That’s the heart of the matter, and if that feels like enough for you then go ahead and check out our recommendations for Damascus fixed blade knives, folders, and kitchen cutlery. … Read more
Knife Makers Have Been Freezing their Knives for a Long Time You’ve probably seen the term thrown around forums and knife product descriptions. Cryogenic treating, or processing, or refining, or whatever a knife manufacturer decides to call it, sounds suspiciously like marketing nonsense. Blade Mag covered this topic pretty well by interviewing some high profile … Read more
Boker Knife Brands Company Breakdown – The Differences Between, Solingen, Plus, Arbolito and Magnum Explained Jump to: Boker Manufaktur Solingen | $140 – $600 Price Range Boker Arbolito | $100 – $250 Price Range Boker Plus | $20 – $250 Price Range Boker Magnum | $15 – $120 Price Range There’s a little confusion about where specifically Boker actually manufactures their knives. … Read more
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
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
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