Come look around our tactical knife reviews and guides for a sturdy utility blade to carry for emergencies, or a quick-access neck knife for protection. It’s rough when any knife fails on you, but it’s a lot worse when they fail in life or death situations. We do our best to test and review tactical knives for their ability to be deployed quickly, cut reliably, and stand up to the rigors of an emergency.
Many of our writers have backgrounds in law enforcement, military, and martial arts, and are well acquainted with what elements of a knife make it vital in critical situations. We also really like playing with knives and have developed a sense of what makes knives dangerous over many years of stupid mistakes made during hazy dares and overconfident demonstrations. So we like to think we have the full spectrum of expertise in this area.
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 …
Great Horizontal Side and Scout Carry Knife and Sheath Options For Tactical, Survival and Bushcraft Knives Most people equate the horizontal carry style to some kind of tactical life decision when really it’s just a comfy life decision. The horizontal belt carry has only ever been optimally useful to me when I’m sitting down at …
An Innovative, Budget Bushcraft…ish Knife With A Sheath The Feels Like It Was An Afterthought So this review is mostly gonna be pictures with the exception of the specifications below and a few relatively useless observations that I put up just to make it look legit, because every time I hold the Cima G20 all …
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 …
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. …
Sometimes Size Matters The Cold Steel Voyager XL is a big folding knife. So big in fact that when it was first announced many years ago I just sort of ignored it as a gimmick, because I thought it was too big to be a practical EDC pocket folder. Turns out I was an idiot. While …
Knife Fights are Like Venereal Diseases: They Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible Knife fights look cool in movies. I get a little flutter in my heart when I see two people in a movie pull bowie knives and spend the next ten minutes cutting each other up in the woods. That’s pretty much the only …
Great Bang for the Buck on This Full Tang, Clip Point Fixed Blade Knife from Schrade I am going to start this review off with a question to the manufacturer. Schrade! What the hell is up with the name? Seriously you named this well priced, fixed blade, full tang knife, “SCHF32”? It makes no sense! That is the …
The Cold Steel 49HTF is Durable, Functional and Fun The Cold Steel Mini Tac Tanto has been out for over five years, so this is probably a bit late to do a review. Up till now I have ignored the Mini Tac series from Cold Steel, because I am not a big fan of neck …
A Folding EDC for People Who Actually Use Knives The Zancudo is a folder with a 2.9 inch AUS 8 steel blade, a tough frame lock, a plain face, and I’m going to marry it someday. I’ve been a big fan of ESEE Knives for a while now, but I rarely need fixed-blade knives so …
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