Kershaw and CRKT Knives By Ken Onion

Great folding and fixed blade knife designs by Ken Onion for Kershaw and CRKT

If You Are Looking For a Ken Onion Designed Knife From Kershaw or CRKT, This List is a Good Place to Start Ken Onion has about a million knives that make him famous. The big hitters seem to be stuff like the first Hi Jinx and the Chive. Certainly his run of vegetable-inspired knives hit …

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Hunting Knife Sets for Small and Large Game

The best hunting knife sets for deer, rabbit and everything in-between.

The Best Hunting Knife Kits For Deer or Rabbit or Anything in-beween. Maybe there are some knives that can do it all when it comes to dressing a deer, from the first slit down the belly to separating the pelvic bone. God knows companies like Condor and Buck make some pretty impressive knives that shoot …

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Ceramic Folding Knife Gear Guide

Great pocket knives with ceramic blades.

8 Great Ceramic Blade Pocket Knife Options For EDC. A ceramic folder seems sort of like a fedora in that there’s an attractive theory behind it as far as function and aesthetic, but you can’t shake the feeling of impending regret, and any attempt to use it in public causes a tidal wave of eye rolling …

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Kyocera Ceramic Revolution Series Paring Knife Review

Kitchen knife review of the Kyocera Revolution Series 3 Inch Paring Knife.

A Good Ceramic Knife for Beginners The Revolution paring knife actually turned out to be a great introduction to ceramic knives, not just because of its good price (relative to their larger knives) but because it is incredibly well made, and eventually kind of fun to use. I always held the view that ceramic knives …

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10 Buck Knives With S30V, S35V And S45VSteel

Buck has been making several of their popular knives with SV30 steel for quite a few years.

Whether It’s Hunting, Bushcraft or EDC, Steel Matters Anyone who only buys their knives in a certain kind of steel is the kind of person who’s going to have an opinion about S30V, S35V or S45V steel. Or 154CM versus CPM154, or D2 and why a $50 price increase for Crucible powder steels is worth …

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Marttiini Condor Bowie MN17 Knife Review

Marttiini Condor Bowie Knife Review. This is an excellent combination of U.S. and Finnish knife design.

2024 Update – Unfortunately the Condor Bowie has been discontinued. i will reupdate this review if Marttiini ever decides to rerelease it which is something they do occasionally. Until then it may be worth checking out our article on our Top Survival Knife Picks here. Knife Specifications Overall Length: 9.5″ Blade Length: 4.5″ Handle Length: …

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Condor Stratos Knife Review

The Condor Tool and Knife Stratos is the best chopping bushcraft knife there is.

What Happens When You Turn a Lumberjack into a Fixed-Blade Knife? Awhile back I played around with my brother’s Condor Swamp Romper, which is a great bushcraft knife, but pretty light in the blade. I mentioned to him how much better it would be at chopping if the blade had a thicker spine and was …

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Best Kitchen Knife Sets Under $300

Excellent kitchen cutlery sets from Calphalon,, Zwilling J.A. Henckels and Dalstrong

High Quality Steel, Good Design and Excellent Durability Are A Few Of The Reasons These Are The Best Kitchen Cutlery Sets Under $300. There are a lot of decent kitchen cutlery sets at the sub $100 and $200 price point, but in most cases there is a notable increase in quality in the sets manufacturers …

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CRKT Ignitor Review

CRKT Igniter Assisted Opening Knife

The Assisted Open Knife that Almost Changed my Opinion I don’t like CRKT much. They’ve never exactly been high quality, and most of their designs don’t hold my attention (although that’s clearly not true of all CRKT designers). It’s not that they make bad knives, they just rarely make something that makes me look away …

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