Knife Reviews
If there's a gripe I have with Kershaw as a whole, it's that there are simply a lot of products in the company's lineup to keep track of. Over the last decade or so I've paid attention to their catalog, I'd argue half of Kershaw's offerings are similar to the point of being completely undifferentiated. ...
The vice president under Woodrow Wilson, a man named Thomas Marshall, once said that “What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar.” Even when the world is going to hell in a handbasket, there's reassurance to be had in getting a great bargain. Admittedly, today's consumers are spoiled for choice when it comes to ...
The Magpul Rigger is the Gray Man of knives. It’s yet another titanium framelock with average EDC knife dimensions and a forgettable-looking design, but like the literary character the Gray Man, it kicks major ass. Before I get into the review, here’s a little background info on Magpul and the Gray Man: Magpul Industries is a ...
If you hadn't heard: the war between form and function continues to rage. Sure, in a perfect world we'd end up with tools that look fantastic and work great. That said, the reality of the knife world is that most of us end up with pug-ugly blades we don't mind hammering on, and a lot ...
As most of you know, the Ontario Knife Company threw down the gauntlet a little over a decade ago with the Rat Model I. At the sub-$30 price point, the EDC knifebuying public received a well-constructed product with a slick action, great ergos, good-enough steel, and simple-but-effective blade geometry. Since then, OKC followed up with ...
I knew I had to have the CRKT CEO as soon as I saw it. A miniature katana blade hiding inside of a package that resembles an elongated cigarette lighter? Sold! Over the better part of a year and since that impulse buy, I've come to appreciate what CRKT's knife represents, and I've additionally come ...