There’s a lot of crossover between survival and bushcraft, so when we say that we spent most of our time thinking about bushcraft activities like hiking, camping, starting fires, and building shelters, that generally includes survival knives.
We go out into the woods and mountains as much as we can get away with. When we review a knife, it’s been dragged through a few miles of wood and dirt, started (or failed to start) at least one fire, and been generally abused until we’re satisfied that it’s worth praising or complaining about for a couple thousand words.
Any discussion of the Ek Commando knives has to begin with a long line of stiletto inspired knives. Like the Fairbairn-Sykes, the Marine Raider knives, and the V42, the Ek Commando was double-edged and built for stabbing. These knives were designed for special operations units that, optimally, worked with the element of surprise and the …
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 is a Great Machete, Hatchet, and Work Out Routine in One Package The Apex is a burly chopper with a surprisingly keen edge. It looks like something you slam against a rock to crack a nut for fun, but the ergonomics and the blade geometry give it a lot more utility past the typical …
Ka Bar and Spartan Basically Made a Small, Tactical Prybar I don’t mean that in a bad way, though. This little beater of a thing is handy to take pretty much everywhere. That’s the whole intent of the design, from the lightweight build (in spite of the thick blade stock) to the retention straps on …
A Big Bushcrafter with a Perfect Scandi Grind The Ridgeback is a big knife that feels and moves like a big knife, but it cuts and carves fluidly, chops brutally, and, oddly enough, carries on the belt politely. Before I run out of adverbs, I should address the fact that we received this knife for …
Here are a Few Great Camp Cooking Knives that have their Place at the Campfire Good food needs good tools, even if it isn’t in the kitchen. The older we get the more we find we need good food on our camping trips, so we put together this list of our favorite outdoor-friendly knives to …
Another Great Italian Push into the American Survival Knife Market This is the first knife produced by Woox. They’re a new company that started making noise in 2020 as the knife and gun-stock centric branch of the Italian wood products company, Minelli Group. This particular branch also happens to be based in North Carolina. Right …
The Most Aggressively Full Tang Finnish Hunting Knife is Also Their Weirdest Looking It feels rude to say Marttiini is the better looking but lesser known Mora alternative, but that’s how it’s been for a while. At least, it was until the YouTubers discovered them. Also until now, Marttiini has mostly made half to three-quarter …
A Surprisingly Good Fixed Blade Camp Knife from a Folding Knife Company It’s weird to see a knife this big come from the same company that makes the Elementum, but here we are. Civivi made a big camp knife, and it oddly looks and feels exactly like you would expect a big, fixed-blade Civivi knife …
Good Looking, Tough And Easy To Carry. The lionSteel T5 is The Knife We All Aspire To Be The lionSteel T5 is a good looking knife. It is also relatively expensive. This is a combination that often gets me in trouble when writing a review. It is just too easy to make excuses for a …
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