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State laws against automatic or “push button” knives are falling like dominos across the nation and cutlery manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon.
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The Kopis STK

One place where the question “What is this younger generation coming to?” is in the cutlery industry. Sure, there was some hand-wringing among the older...
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Battle Horse FULT friction...

Back during the early 1800s, slip-joint pocket knives — those that stay open when the blade is fully engaged — were highly developed but weren’t...
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2QUARE, 2COOL

For years Ontario Knives was known for classic military and rugged outdoor fixed-blades. They dabbled in tactical folders but didn’t strike gold until...
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Lightweight Heavyweight

Over the years we’ve heard some forthright claims of tough knife steels claiming to hold an edge for a very long time. Today, many of the exotic...
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Bear Ops Bold Action V

How many times have you needed another hand while doing something? If you’re a first responder, the consequences can be deadly when you’re short-handed....
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Toor Knives

Experience is a huge factor in knifemaking. There’s no substitute for day-to-day, hands-on dirty work to know what works and what doesn’t. The Toor...
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Kephart Revival!

One of the early pioneers of modern day Bushcrafting was Horace Kephart, an American outdoorsman who wrote extensively about camping in the wild in the late...
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Boker Vox Tool – Small,...

Even though virtually every pocket tool on the planet has a hole for a key ring, few of them ever make it on to mine. Either the tool is too big or heavy or...
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Brute Force!

W.R. Case & Sons is known for making some mighty fine pocketknives, and they’ve offered some fine fixed-blade hunting knives in their line over the years....
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SOG’s Terminus

The Terminus carries well and cuts well — just like you’d expect from any folding knife offered by SOG. But it doesn’t have any assisted opening...
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Big Bore For Big Boars

At the risk of enraging millions of American deer hunters, I will boldly state my favorite big-game quarry is wild boar.
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Performance-Plus

How hard do you really push a piece of gear to discover its capabilities? I don’t think most of us do, which is too bad because there are often...
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Aggressive Elegance

V Nives may just be the coolest American cutlery outfit you’ve never heard of, but their slick designs are well worth your attention. The company was...
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Spear-Point Shaman

You can tell a successful brand by the number of models staying in the lineup, plus the different versions morphing out of the originals. The Spyderco...
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Super Skinner!

“Sisu” is a Finnish word meaning exemplary courage beyond the pale. Arkansas knifemaker Bob Dozier is widely known for making hard-use knives, so the...
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Exclusive Edge

The Chris Reeve Sebenza has been one of the most hailed and awarded folding knives in the history of the modern tactical era.
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Choppin’ ’Chete!

TOPS Knives has never been shy when it comes to making big bad brawlers, but their new El Chete may just be their coup de grâce. The El Chete is not the...
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