The Buck Compadre Is Equal Parts Camping, Bushcraft, Survival, and Hunting Knife. This comfy fixed blade is very much the kind of knife that we all love around here. The feel of the handle, the toughness of the blade, and biting edge all hit in a way we’re always looking for in a camping knife. …
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 …
Kitchen Knives And Sets By Companies Like Buck, Kershaw, Spyderco, TOPS and More There’s an odd, little-known trend among the EDC knife makers of the world: A lot of tactical, hunting and gentleman’s folder pocket knife companies like Buck, Case, Boker, and Cold Steel make kitchen knives. Every now and then you’ll catch a company …
A Fun and Capable Bushcraft Camp Style Knife That Only Improved with the X2 Update Off-Grid Knives is a relatively new company that I have absolutely been ignoring. Every once in a while in a moment of weakness I have looked over their catalog of folding knives with big beautiful bellies and been tempted to …
This is the Budget Survival Alternative to the Esee 3 Anyone who’s ever drooled over an ESEE knife only to have their heart broken by the three-digit price tag might appreciate the Rat III for what it is: the cheaper, identical cousin of the ESEE 3 design. From afar they appear to be the same, …
An Ever-Evolving Classic Fixed Blade with a Ton of Upgrade Options We spent several weeks testing the Bradford Guardian 3 to ensure complete coverage in this review. We have several versions featuring different handle scales and blade steel material, so feel free to ask questions in the comments section of this article. The Guardian 3 …
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 …
A Decent 3-Inch Fixed Blade for All Occasions The S.P.E.W is one of the few horizontal carry knives I own that I actually consider an EDC. It’s small enough not to be intrusive on a day to day basis, the blade is non-threatening, and it’s shaped well for most of the light tasks I need …
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 …
These are just Rugged Bushcraft Knives Disguised as a Butcher Knife Set The Old Hickory butcher set from Ontario Knife Company is a case of toughness over function, and age turned into beauty. It’s an asset in the kitchen but better suited for outdoor food prep on a camping trip, and clearly designed for butchering …
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