Knife Reviews
I bought the Silky Pocketboy because I was looking for a small compact saw to take with me on suburban bicycle rides. It's an odd use case, but that's how I came to acquire my Pocketboy. Allow me to explain. Long bicycle rides were a habit I formed when I was going to school in ...
Snecx! If you haven’t heard of him yet, Snecx Tan is a Malaysian knife and tool maker who is, in my opinion, currently the most mechanically innovative knife designer in the world. His Instagram profile says “Just a hobbyist working on knives. Not a knifemaker.” That’s a bit of an understatement for someone who recently ...
Expectations are a terrible thing to shake. As gear geeks, hopping onto the hype train is all too easy, especially because most of us are passionate about our hobbies. We see something cool - either the newest catalog or the latest teaser on Instagram - and start forming our own idea of what the end ...
I like weird stuff in general, and that extends to my knife collection. The good news is knives can get really weird. I now have three cleavers that have been produced by companies who don't specialize in kitchen utensils. My ESEE cleaver, my Gerber Flat Iron, and now a second Gerber, the Gerber Tri-Tip mini ...
Kombou is on fire lately! In the last few years, Bestech Knives has released 8 knives that he’s designed, including the Marukka reviewed here. I bought the Marukka the day it was released, and as I write this review 60 days later, two more Bestech/Kombou knives are starting to hit stores: the Wibra and the ...
I'm on a mission. A mission to find the best, budget-priced EDC knives. Many people carry budget knives for a variety of reasons, one being they often lose them. I've been there and done that, so I see the logic. One budget knife brand that seems to garner some respect is Kershaw, and with that ...