Morakniv Garberg Review

The Morakniv Garberg full tang bushcraft knife with its blade tip stuck in a log in the forest.

Key Review Takeaways Anyone who knows much of anything about bushcraft knives knows the Morakniv brand. These knives are no-nonsense designs that keep costs modest and utilitarian features front and center. The Garberg series is one of the most robust lines to come out of Morakniv, and the knives are accompanied by a host of …

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The Best Bushcraft Knives At Almost Every Price Point

We tested dozens of bushcraft knives and picked the best ones at every price point.

This Is Our Attempt To Help You Find The Perfect Bushcraft Knife For Your Budget in 2024. There’s surviving and then there’s thriving, and a good bushcraft knife is mostly about the latter. Whether you’d like to sit around the campfire whittling a spoon or want to make small game traps or a strong shelter, …

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CRKT Bugsy Review

The CRKT Bugsy review

Kaila Cumings’ First CRKT Collaboration is a Mean Carver The Bugsy is the solution for people who want a light survival knife with a smaller handle. In the right hands, this knife has a secure grip that can generate a lot of power for carving and slicing with surprisingly little effort for a sub-4-inch blade. …

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Revo Knives Ness Review

The Revo Ness is a versatile Nessmuk style folder That excels at hard-use activities.

This Pocket Nessmuk Excels at Food Prep and Camping Tasks, but Struggles to Remove Splinters. I spend a lot of time in the woods. Over the years I’ve developed some strong opinions about what makes an ideal camping knife—and there are few folders that would make the cut. The Revo Knives Ness is one I’m …

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Artisan Revere Chef’s Knife Review

Header image for our in-depth review of the 8 inch Artisan Review chef knife.

This is as Close to Custom Knife Performance as US Production Will Bring You That was company founder David Olkovetsky’s mission when he started designing this knife: create something that had a custom maker’s level of attention to detail without the $1,000 price tag. It had to be comfortable. The transitions had to be smooth, …

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Vosteed Raccoon Review

The Vosteed Racoon features a button lock, micarta handle scales and a 14C28N steel blade.

Key Review Takeaways Vosteed had a strong year of efficient, collectible, and fidgety folders in 2022. The Raccoon feels like the first one that was made to be tough. Not that their other designs aren’t tough (God knows the compound grinds of the Thunderbird can handle their share of work), but the feel and shaping …

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Off-Grid Viper V2 Photo Tour & Review

There are three different versions of the Off-Grid Viper V2.

The Off-Grid Viper V2 makes no attempt at disguising itself as a lightweight gentleman’s folder. It is big, and thick and it has the lines of a fighter jet. Words like, subdued or sophisticated don’t usually find themselves into an article about an Off-Grid knife. That is especially true of the Viper V2. This update …

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Ocaso Strategy Review

The Ocaso Strategy is a practical gentlemen's folder style knife that comes in a variety of handle and blade options.

Camping with Mike Wallace’s Pennsylvania Church Knife. The Perfect Hard Use Gentleman’s Folder to Spruce Things Up Outdoors The Strategy feels like a Cold Steel knife that bought a nice suit and switched to drinking whiskey instead of beer. But the secret of this knife is that it’s not actually an EDC; it’s a camping …

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Our Incomplete Coverage of Blade Show 2023

Blade Show 2023 Highlights and more.

Highlights from Atlanta’s Sharpest Event The biggest knife show in America probably saw its biggest turnout post-Covid this year, which meant it was a hip-to-crotch affair with all of us grubby knife nerds clambering over each other to rub our dirty hand oils on the newest Magnacut blade. As we are not very good at …

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Reiff F4 Review

Basically everything felt right with the Reiff F4: The blade is sharp enough to carve easily and tough enough to chop wood without chipping, the sheaths (both of them) ride well and have excellent retention.

There are only so many things that can be done right or wrong on a fixed blade, but the harder you use one the more obvious (and sometimes painful) it gets when just one or two of those things are done poorly. Basically everything felt right with the Reiff F4: The blade is sharp enough …

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