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So you don’t trust the crazy robot? To be honest, we don’t either. Decide for yourself! Check out all the other great & awful Chef Knives we’ve reviewed over the years. Our Most Recent Chef Knife Reviews

Civivi Sinisys Review

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A Well Designed Pocket Bowie That May Be Civivi’s Next Classic EDC. Some folder designs seem built around a rather desperate premise: the company needs something new. Others, like this build from Civivi, strike me as instant classics–designs that will likely define a long line of successors. There’s nothing half-baked or desperate about Civivi’s Sinisys. …

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CRKT Taco Viper Review

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Antonio Rodriguez Hits The Knife Design Scene With a War Zone Ready Flipper That is as Fun as it is Versatile. Columbia River Knife and Tool has a new addition to their Forged by War line: the Taco Viper. For this odd snake, CRKT turned to knife designer Antonio Rodriguez, a veteran of the 82nd …

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Bradford Chef’s Knife Review

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When an American Outdoor Knife Company Goes Japanese Hybrid The Bradford chef’s knife is technically a gyuto. The blade certainly cuts like one. You could work it next to the Tojiro DP and watch it perform in roughly the same way. It’s very thin behind the edge and the edge has a subtle curvature that …

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Cold Steel Engage Review

Header image for our in-depth review of the Cold Steel Engage pocket knife featuring the new Atlas lock.

New Lock, New Look, New Ownership, But Everything About This Knife Screams Cold Steel. I have mostly ignored Cold Steel since the company sold to GSM Outdoors almost two years ago. This reaction is not justified, and I certainly don’t have any particular issue with GSM Outdoors. It was mostly just due to my general …

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Demko FreeReign Review

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A Classic Looking Survival Knife with an Incredible Sheath Demko showed up at Blade Show in early 2022 with the FreeReign. At the time he was calling it the AD15F because it’s essentially the same handle and blade, just fixed and a little longer. There are a couple of other key differences (besides being a …

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White River Knives Exodus 4 Review

The White River Knives Exodus 4 is a great knife for backpacking, hunting, camping or fishing.

A Lightweight Bushcraft Knife with EDC Ambitions Small fixed blades are a tricky beast to wrestle. People expect it to be rugged and comfortable like a regular sized fixed blade, but also lightweight and slicey. A lot of smaller designs end up being lightweight and rugged but with a blade that can’t do much like …

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Hogue SIG K320 AXG Pro Review

The Hogue SIG K320 AXG Pro tactical pocket knife is tough, understated and practical.

This Subtle Workhorse of a Knife is a Fitting Homage to the Gun That Shares Its Name There’s a lot of crossover between those of us who are fixated by knives and those who like guns. Knife companies have long recognized this and many have tried to create gun-themed knives that are doubly appealing–something Hogue …

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Work Tuff Gear Apex Review

The Work Tuff Gear Apex is big, effective and fun.

This is a Great Machete, Hatchet, and Work Out Routine in One Package The Apex is a burly chopper with a surprisingly keen edge. It looks like something you slam against a rock to crack a nut for fun, but the ergonomics and the blade geometry give it a lot more utility past the typical …

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Wusthof Classic Ikon 8 Inch Chef’s Knife Review

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Key Review Takaways Pick out a random line cook, ask him what a good knife is and the odds are pretty good he’ll tell you to get a Wusthof Classic Ikon. Most of the times I asked a cook or chef what knife they used or what they wanted (if they were ready to move …

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