Recent Entries

  • Among those who carry a knife everyday, whether for general utility or in the line of official duty, there are two main options: fixed blades or folders.  Which is for you will depend on your intended use case and application. This short post may help with that.  Why a Fixed Blade? Fixe...
  • Stroup Knives might be best known for models like the Bravo V and Mini 2, but when it comes to other tools, don’t count them out. The company produces some top-notch tomahawks, too.  Before you count out tomahawks as a tacticool gimmick, give them a chance, specifically the Tomahawk...
  • REMETTE Knives are not among the industry’s best known, especially alongside more commonly encountered brands like CKRT, Spyderco, and ZT (to name just three of dozens). And yet, REMETTE Knives deliver quality in relatively unconventional ways. Here are 6 things you’ll appreciate a...
  • Jesper Voxnaes, the designer behind such popular blades as the CRKT Pilar and the Viper Knives Vox Fortis Flipper, is known for his insightful and practical designs.  At one point, he had a vision to create a small knife with a utilitarian blade that, despite its diminutive stature, still offe...
  • You may have heard of flint and steel, or simply flint fire starters, as well as the potential benefits they offer to bushcrafters or survivalists, but the truth is what’s often referred to as “flint” is anything but. Here’s what you need to know. No, It’s Not Fl...
  • What method an EDC knife uses for deployment is one of the key features you should evaluate before you buy, as it will impact the usability of the knife as well as the learning curve you need to surmount to become proficient with the tool.  Here are some of the more common deployment...
  • A2 steel is a dinosaur among knife steels, but thanks to a unique combination of properties, it is still in common use as a quality tool steel that still makes a good knife.  It is also fairly commonly used in LT Wright knives, alongside other tool steels like 1075 and AEB-L.  This ...
  • Congratulations; you’ve just gotten a new set of kitchen knives. You can finally retire the old set, the ones with the chipped edges, stained blades, and chopped up handle scales. But what are you going to do to ensure that this new set of knives doesn’t look like the old one in a ...