Stay sharp with the latest on new knife releases for everything from bushcraft blades to kitchen cutlery. You’ll find updates on production knives, custom makers, upcoming events, round ups on events that already happened, and the occasional interview with whoever we can get to talk to us. We won't claim to cover all the knife related news out there, or that we'll do it in a particularly unbiased way, but any time we go to Blade Show or get a whisper from a knife maker, we'll tell you about it here.
The F4 Embraces Its Bushcraft Side with the Release of the Scandi Grind Version. The people at Reiff Knives announced both on Instagram and their website that their releasing a new version of the F4 with a true scandi grind and Micarta scales. Everything else looks to be staying the same, but here are the …
There are two new exclusive versions of the Raccoon coming out with some pretty striking handle scales: The Crispy Donuts Community exclusive Raccoon features sprinkles-themed G10 scales with the option to go purple or pink with the base color. You can also get it with a satin or black blade finish (available sometime in late …
It’s Nice to Have Options. The ESEE Sencillo Will be Available in Magnacut or A2. The Sencillo will be ESEE’s first Magnacut knife, joining a host of other knife companies in testing waters with the new supersteel (in fact this announcement came right on the heels of CRKT’s Redemption press releases, and a couple weeks …
CRKT Bolsters Their American Made Line-up With a Magnacut Blade on a Ken Onion Design. The upcoming CRKT Redemption is a Ken Onion design made in collaboration with Hogue (and it should not be confused with another, much larger Onion-designed offering from CRKT: a very wavy fixed blade also named the Redemption). The spear point …
It’s only a limited run for now, but Gerber has been slowly dipping its toes into different materials with many of their designs lately, and seeing the Terracraft show up in Micarta scales seems like a sign of testing the waters just a little farther. Everything else on the knife is the same: The blade …
And it’s a little more vintage than the kind of overbuilt, tactical fare we’ve all come to expect from Cold Steel. The Cold Steel Republic is an outdoor fixed blade with a roomy Micarta handle and a 3.9 mm spine, which is sort of a long way of saying it was designed to be a …
This American Made Folder Is The James Brand First Pocket Knife With A Flipper Tab. The James Brand just released a little flipper called The Wells (named after the projectile points found in east Texas). It’s a compact sheepsfoot folder with an aluminum handle featuring a sub-three-inch Magnacut steel blade and a wire pocket clip. …
Versatile Female Artist Excels In The World of Knives. I’ve said many times before that there are a countless number of talented bladesmiths in just the US alone. Most of these makers are, unsurprisingly, men. Now while there is a sizable number of female knife makers, both popular and yet to be discovered, it’s hard …
There are some new models and a couple of updates to Kershaw’s under-100 line up, including a blacked out Iridium, a gut hook on the Deschutes Skinner, a hard-use clip-point flipper, and an assisted-open EDC to fill out their Starter Series. Let’s dig into it: All Black Iridium The Iridium is a mid-sized folder with …
Long Live the Off-Grid Sheath Thumb Ramp Off Grid has made a few changes to the Ridgeback, making it lighter, updating the sheath, and giving it a steel with better edge retention. Here are the gritty details: We reviewed the original version of the Ridgeback a while back, and it quickly became one of our …
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