This Bushcraft Chef Knife Hybrid May Be The Ultimate Option For Survival Food Prep Or Just A Really Practical Camping Knife The Bush Slicer is a fixed blade Swiss Army knife. It is tough versatile and fun. Initially I despised the blade notch, and I would still probably prefer a version without it. But it … Read more
The 4 Max Scout May Be The Ultimate Hard Use Pocket Knife The original Cold Steel 4MAX was released a few years back to much fanfare, and a lot of drooling from people like me who love big, heavy hard use folding knives. However, the $300 plus price tag was a little too steep for … Read more
This is a Spyderco Tactical Knife, but You Should Use it for Other Stuff Too The Ronin 2 is a good purpose-driven knife. The whole design is centered around the cutting power of the edge. And that was executed well enough that the knife as a whole comes out as an incredibly useful slicer, but … Read more
This Versatile Compact Fixed Blade Knife is Fun and Practical And Kinda Cute In a Sharp, Pointy, Tactical Sorta Way Modern knives are often made for very specific purposes like bushcraft, self defense or skinning. The Outdoor Edge Le Duck, however, seems to have been made to just be versatile. It was designed by knife … Read more
A Fun Budget Bowie Knife With A Comfortable Handle There are a lot of rules concerning what it takes to rightly call a knife a Bowie knife. Rules are a fun tool to use when you want to make yourself sound smart online (editor’s note: or like a tool), but in the wilderness it is … Read more
Some Knife Companies are Better for Emergencies than Others Most companies try their hand at tactical knives these days, but for some brands it’s more like an afterthought in an attempt to attract or appease the troves of spindly “self-defense” enthusiasts. When you search for “tactical” knives, you need to be careful that you don’t … Read more
A Neck Knife Can be Okay, but the Sheath Needs to Be Great A neck knife is a great way to keep a blade close at hand that’s quick to deploy. The problem is that even when a neck knife is made well they often come in a sheath that was a haphazard afterthought by … Read more
The Versatile Neck Knife You Can Carry Horizontal, Vertical, and Upside Down, but Won’t Like Using The Gerber Ghostrike is a versatile fixed blade that’s made to be packed anywhere in any fashion your heart desires. It’s an odd little thing that doesn’t seem to be made for any one task specifically, but has a … Read more
It’s a Small Machete Pretending to be a Bowie Knife There are a lot of things about the way the Battle Bowie looks that gave me pause. It has a little too much of that sword-at-a-flea-market styling for me to really expect much. The extreme curve of the handle and the way the blade basically … Read more
AUS8 Stainless Steel Is An Underrated Steel That is Perfect For Budget Knives – Here Are A Few of Our Favorites in 2019. In the world of stainless steel, AUS 8 offers a great compromise between quality and price in 2019. It can take an incredibly sharp edge. It won’t hold that edge as well … Read more