Knife Reviews
It’s been interesting to watch Kizer’s evolution over the years. They had an ambitious, albeit amorphous, beginning, with somewhat forgettable designs rendered in high-quality materials at head-turning prices; I still get a little jolt when I see the Sliver going for $70 with S35VN steel. Then Kizer knives had the brilliant idea of bringing in talented ...
Spartan Blades has a reputation of producing a premium product geared towards military applications. Founded by a duo of retired Special Forces operatives, I always considered Spartan Blades to have a unique position in the market. Their approach is simple: manufacture high end fixed blade combat knives in the USA out of premium materials. The ...
Giorgetto Giugiaro is a well known Italian designer. Giugiaro is primarily an automobile designer, and his work includes some iconic cars - most notably might be the Delorean. But Giorgetto doesn't just design cars. He also works with Seiko and has designed several watches. His original 7A28-7009 is worn by the character Ripley in James ...
This post came out of a desire to solve my own problem. I have some Oster Fast Feed hair clippers, and the blades became dull after a while. I spent $50+ on these clippers, so I wasn't about to throw them away. They sell replacement blades, but at almost $20 they seemed awful expensive. I ...
I try not to read too much into the name of a knife. After all, the name has no impact on the performance. But sometimes good knives can have bad names. Even after learning that this knife was designed by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and named after his Broken Skull Ranch, I still thought the ...
Despite positioning itself as a maker of hard use tools for hardcore individuals, Zero Tolerance has always had more universal appeal than its marketing would suggest – and I don’t think the company’s appeal has ever been wider than it is today. Unlike sister brand Kershaw, there isn’t any internal division between ZT products: there aren’t ...