Recent Entries

• About the A2 Steel Used in Many LT Wright Knives

  by The Knife Connection Jul 31

  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 ...
• The Woods Monkey Kerf Carver Is the Tiny Fixed Blade You Didn’t Know You Needed

  by The Knife Connection Jul 23

  Made and finished by hand, and indicative of quality that is rare in knives nowadays, LT Wright Knives set a standard that is hard to meet. Many of their knives are designed for bushcraft and survival, and one of the best of these is a tiny knife you might not expect to make that applicati...
• 6 Things Not to Do with Your Kitchen Knives

  by The Knife Connection Jul 20

  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 ...
• 5 Ways Custom Knife Scales Can Improve the Ergonomics and Utility of Your Knife

  by The Knife Connection Jul 16

  Suppose you have a popular knife like a Becker BK14 or an ESEE 3 or Izula. These knives come with knife handle scales from the factory that are pretty solid; but they could definitely be better.  And on that note, upgrading the handle scales for your knives is one of the simplest and...
• Sheath Materials and Blade Profiles in Hunting Knives

  by The Knife Connection Jul 14

  Two important attributes you will want to consider in any hunting knives are the blade profile and sheath material. This post will break down some of those details.  Hunting Knives and Blade Profile Four of the more common knife blade profiles in hunting knives are as follows: Dr...
• 4 Things You’ll Love About Joker Knives

  by The Knife Connection Jul 14

  Sometimes simplicity is the best policy of design. In many modern knife brands, like Becker and ESEE, this is evident. They aim to produce knives that are simple, even forgettable in aesthetic, but which are intended to perform unfailingly.  This maxim also typifies Joker Knives, known fo...
• Caring for Great Eastern Cutlery Knives

  by The Knife Connection Jul 8

  Like the traditional pocket knives of yore, Great Eastern Cutlery knives, also known as GEC, are made with a high-carbon steel alloy, 1095. This is the same steel that is commonly used in ESEE Knives, for those of you familiar.  It is also similar to the high-carbon alloys that have been ...
• About Half Face Blades’ V-42 Dagger

  by The Knife Connection Jul 7

  The V-42 Stiletto was a fighting knife issued to the First Special Service Force, also known as the FSSF, which was a joint American-Canadian unit known as the Devil’s Brigade, which saw action in Italy in the Second World War. The original fighting knife was made with a hollow-ground 1095 st...
• 7 Reasons ESEE Knives Are Great

  by The Knife Connection Jul 2

  ESEE Knives like the ESEE 4 and Izula are only a few of the great tools that are available to enterprising modern outdoorsmen, but they are still some of the best in the market, hands down; and here are some of the reasons for that.  Simplicity Married to Versatility  The backbone o...
• Everything You’ll Love About TOPS Knives’ Snake River Rescue

  by The Knife Connection Jun 16

  TOPS Knives like the Tom Brown Tracker get a lot of press, but they are far from the only excellent knives that the company makes. Case in point, the Snake River Rescue that will be the feature of this post. Let’s take a closer look at (pretty much) every feature you will love about it. ...
• Why Your Collection Needs a Boker Arbolito Esculta

  by The Knife Connection Jun 16

  Commonly referred to as the “tree brand” in homage to the company’s tree logo, Boker is one of the most respected knife makers in the world, with a long history of knife production that spans back well over a hundred years.  In addition to Boker knives, the company also ...
• What to Know About Jack Wolf Knives, from a High Level

  by The Knife Connection Jun 10

  Jack Wolf Knives are a wonder of modern computer-aided design, and the founder’s mission is, in his own words, to make his customers smile, as a result of the unique designs and functional pieces of art that his creations represent. Here’s what you should know about Jack Wolf Knive...