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 S by Stroup Knives. Here’s what you should know about it. Bombproof Design  This is...

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 about them if you get more familiar with them.  Unique Blade Profiles  Not that this is...

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 offered a full handle grip.  It’s exactly what he pulled off in the Fox...

Your fishing knives are critical for preparing and cutting bait, fileting and pan dressing harvests, and for general utility, such as opening packages, trimming line, and other basic chores like that.  Fishing knives also, perhaps more than any other category of knives, are subjected to some of the worst conditions out there, as far as steel is concerned, and this is especially...

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 Flint and Steel Those black rods that are sold to preppers, bushcrafters and other outdoorsmen and...

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 methods used in most folders carried as EDC knives. Nail Nicks Nail nicks are old school, and...

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 short post will take a closer look at this tool steel, used in many LT Wright Knife models like the...

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 application.  It’s called the Woods Monkey Kerf Carver, and it is one of the most practical and...

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 year? Well, you can start with this list. Make sure you never do these 6 things with your kitchen...

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 most accessible things you can do to improve its overall utility and your overall satisfaction...

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: Drop point: A drop point blade has a spine that curves down to meet the point. This is a very...

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 for models like the Bushcraft Survival Knife, which sport simple aesthetics but uncompromising...