A Great Gentleman’s Folder that Signals the Return of the American Made Nail Nick Knife Kershaw hit 2022 with a bucket of slip joint designs (along with basically every other major knife company, but we aren’t complaining). Only one of them comes out of their US factory, though. In that sense, the Federalist has a …
The Better Option for a Locking Higo no Kami Pocket Knife The true appeal is that it’s a well-executed update of a classic Japanese design, but it holds its own just fine as a hard-use camping folder. The JT01 cuts well, has super-smooth ball bearing action, a practical cutting edge, and it carries well thanks …
Our Top Picks For Folding, Fixed Blade and Kitchen Knives Released in 2021 There are probably some knife awards out there that knife manufacturers actually care about and are proud to win. The Drunken Hillbilly Knife Awards is not one of those. In fact, we are expecting to get a couple of emails from knife …
Another Great Italian Push into the American Survival Knife Market This is the first knife produced by Woox. They’re a new company that started making noise in 2020 as the knife and gun-stock centric branch of the Italian wood products company, Minelli Group. This particular branch also happens to be based in North Carolina. Right …
It’s Heavy, but It Has a Good Western Blade and a Cool Handle The main idea behind the TC chef’s knife concept was to create something that feels thin but still has the toughness of a western style kitchen knife. It’s definitely tough, but I’m personally at odds with the way it feels. The handle …
A Surprisingly Tough Hiking Gentleman’s Carry Finch pushes this as a knife for the “day hiker and the extreme adventurist”. That was surprising to me, because this knife looks and feels like something I should be wearing in a blazer, if I were the kind of idiot who wore blazers. The Cimarron came off as …
This is a Thorough Look at Every Kitchen Cutlery Series and Knife Set Zwilling Makes Right Now Zwilling is the other staple of German kitchen knives. They feel like the Pepsi to Wusthof’s Coca Cola. Or maybe it’s the other way around. I can never remember which one is more popular these days. The point …
A Great All Around EDC Pocket Knife That is Easy To Carry and Tough to Categorize The Civivi Relic refuses to be defined by an intended use. This makes it tough for lazy knife bloggers to categorize and then criticize it. Unfortunately I drew the short straw here at NBK (which means I lost a …
This Gentleman’s Multitool is a Surprisingly Good Alternative to Swiss Army Knives The Civivi Crit looked neat from a distance, and I was under the impression that I was just getting a neat knife when I picked it up. But every little thing I’ve encountered in using this knife has been a new, pleasant surprise: …
This Front Flipper Pocket Knife is Small and Weird and Good for Carrying to the Office I’m not used to reviewing gentleman folders, but this thing is cool. I’ve always appreciated Sam Abderahman’s designs from afar, but he’s a custom maker which means that his knives have always kept me at a distance with custom …
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