My Cheap D2 Folder is Better than Your Expensive Supersteel I will die on my cheap muddy hill about this. In the right hands, D2 steel can have better edge retention and overall performance for the price than pretty much any other option on the market (but I’m also clearly biased toward budget steels). D2 …
A Tough Alternative To Shun Classic The 8 inch Mon chef knife is a pretty knife that’s comfortable and cuts well in that order. It’s not a high performance chef knife, but it is a durable knife that requires a minimal amount of maintenance compared to other kitchen knives in the same price range. And …
A Work Horse of an EDC with Big Pocket Energy The updated version of the Sheepdog is a good example of the nice-knife paradox: it’s a great hard-use design that has come in handy on a lot of dirty jobs, but I like the knife enough that I don’t want to use it on dirty, …
A Capable Survival Tactical Hybrid That Makes A Great Camping or Backpacking Companion There are few combinations that have been as successful as Ka-Bar and Ethan Becker. You could make a strong case for peanut butter and jelly, or penicillin and prostitution, but the Becker Ka-Bar collaboration has arguably had a bigger impact in the …
We Cover The Difference Between All The Yaxell Knife Series Including: Mon, Gou, Dragon, Ran And More Of all the kitchen knives coming out of Seki right now, Yaxell might be making some of the most approachable stuff, with the possible exception of Tojiro. They tend to make knives that are a little tougher and …
A Classic Fighting and Utility Design Made into a Gentleman’s Folder I don’t normally go in for classy knives, but if nothing else, the LionSteel Gitano was good for turning me onto navaja style knives. That’s a big piece of knife history I was largely unaware of until I looked into the inspiration behind the …
The Tactical Outdoor Knife that’s Mostly Tactical if We’re Being Honest I’m always uneasy about reviewing knives that look like this: which is to say, like something you’d see in a Call of Duty game. I can never get past that fear of reading a headline about someone who accidentally fell on their new Buck …
A Great 3 Inch Folder for Big Hands and Dirty Work The Badger fits into that odd category of little big knives. If you just go by product pictures, it will either look smaller or bigger than it actually is. In fact, most of the complaints I’ve seen about it are that it was smaller …
We Put in the Work of Testing All Types of Outdoor and Kitchen Knives to Help You Find the Best Knife Related Gifts. There are so many choices in 2024 when it comes to choosing the perfect knife to give as a birthday or holiday gift. We understand that it can be overwhelming, so each …
A Tough, Versatile Hard Use Flipper That Looks Kinda Weird, But Slices Like A Dream I always act like a kid at Christmas when a new flipper arrives in the mail. I open the package quickly using the last folding knife I ordered and immediately begin flipping the new knife open and then closing it …
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