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 …
It’s a Budget Japanese Gentleman Carry with a Great Blade but a Rough Handle The Katsu Bamboo folder is, at best, an okay knife, but not the best representative of the folding knives coming out of Japan right now. I picked it up, like so many people have, because I was interested in seeing a …
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 …
Whether you enjoy the minimalism of a simple knife or have legal limitations because of your state or workplace, there’s usually a place for at least one friction folder in your EDC rotation. Most modern companies make them for legal reasons, but that’s slowly changing with the growing popularity of traditional Japanese friction folders (one …
The Straight-Edge Folding Pocket Knife is the Alternative Gentleman Carry The straight-razor style of pocket knife is sort of like a slimmed down alternative to a pocket cleaver folder. In fact, the whole reason I’m even writing about this is because I kept coming across straight-razor folders when I was researching our article on folding …
Knife Designers Should Take Notes on This Pocket Knife’s Handle Gerber has managed to do something that I see a lot of companies struggling with on the budget end of knives: they designed a large pocket knife cleaver with a comfortable handle that also rides easy in the pocket, and has a strong set of …
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 …
If You Just Want Utility, Folding Pocket Knife Cleavers are a Good Way to Go Cleaver-style folding knives have been kind of a slow burning trend for a few years. There’s a whole mess of opinions about whether they’re actually a good design or not, and ultimately I think people buy them because cleaver blades …
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