The 4 Max Scout May Be The Ultimate Hard Use Pocket Knife This beast of a folder was released over 12 years ago, but it remains the king of pocket knives from a toughness and durability standpoint. Key Knife Review Takeaways The original Cold Steel 4MAX was released a few years back to much fanfare, …
The Buck Compadre Is Equal Parts Camping, Bushcraft, Survival, and Hunting Knife. The Buck Compadre very much the kind of knife that we all love around here. Almost every element of it is exactly the kind of thing we hope to see and feel in a camping knife: It’s the kind of knife that, at …
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 Great Looking Pocket Knife That Is Surprisingly Capable I like big knives. You can chalk that fact up to overcompensation, insecurity, or maybe even practical application. I spend a lot of time in the woods, and big knives tend to get stuff done better than small knives. In general I avoid gentleman’s folder style …
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 …
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 …
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