Spartan Blade’s Modern Take on an American Classic Spartan Blades has a reputation for making fighting knives. The Spartan-Harsey Nessmuk draws on some of those traditions, but also pays homage to old Nessmuk himself, the 19th century outdoor icon who changed the way a generation of Americans who idolized the Bowie by introducing them to …
Key Review Takaways The moment I first found out that I would get to review the Fällkniven F1 – a compact survival/utility blade that has, by this point, probably gotten more unforced laudation than the late and unlamented Idi Amin Dada (third president of Uganda, and generally considered one of the most brutal despots in …
This is a Set of True Kitchen Essentials in a Very Tall Package Most chefs and knife makers (custom makers, anyway) will tell you that you only really need a chef’s knife, a paring, and a bread knife. And yet, most kitchen knife companies will push huge sets containing twenty knives insisting it gives you …
Key Takeaways Zero Tolerance dropped into Shot Show 2023 with this thing and the rest of us had to put on water wings to wade through the drool. It’s the slightly more camp knife-oriented version of the ZT-9 Bayonet designed by Mike Strider. It’s a little smaller and meant to be easier to choke up, …
The Artisan Chef’s knife is the purebred Western knife in Cutluxe’s modest line up. Currently their other offerings are a more thin handled series with Swedish steel (the Olivery series), and a heavier-set series featuring harder Japanese steel (the Shinobi series). The key difference between these designs is in their handles (the blade shapes all …
This Budget Folder Features a Big Comfortable Handle and a Blade That is All About Finger Placement. The harpoon is rapidly becoming a go-to shape for knife designers, and for good reason. The concavity ground into the spine is an often-graceful addition that adds versatility to the blade. And Artisan Cutlery specializes in functional knives …
The FC-PKO Survival Knife is Smaller, Lighter and One Helluva Fire Starter. White River Knife and Tool makes purpose built blades for hunting, fishing, and survival. They don’t make folders and they don’t make overtly tactical knives, but their outdoor blades have, for more than a decade now, been winning fans in the field. Their …
Nature’s great, but it’s not as nurturing as most people seem to think these days. There’s a reason humans latched onto the dormant conveniences of modern life, and anyone who’s had to spend a rainy night in the wilderness after going a day or two without food is very familiar with that reason. With that …
A Purpose Driven Pocket Knife That is Rugged Enough for the Woods and Refined Enough for the Board Room. Rarely have I found a folder that feels as good in the hand as the Labrador. Vosteed has a track record of building solid working knives with a refined aesthetic, and the Labrador holds true to …
A Compact Draft Horse of a Knife that’s the Proof In Steel That Fixed-Blade EDCs Do Exist Hard-earned experience – and I contend that having endured more than one season of The Walking Dead qualifies as such – suggests to the initiated that there’s basically two types of knives caused to be invented by the …
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